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Disable the Firewall on Linux Mint 20 - Step by step guide ?

This article covers the different ways of disabling the Firewall on a Linux Mint 20 system. In fact, You can easily disable the Firewall for Linux via the following tools:

  • ufw – Used by Ubuntu and Debian based system to manage the firewall.
  • firewalld – Used by RHEL, CentOS and clones. It is a dynamic solution to manage the firewall.


Monitor your NGINX web / proxy server using Amplify

This article covers Amplify which is an important monitoring tool having a significant role for the better handling of the server that is based on a SaaS monitoring platform. In fact, Amplify support for Nginx Plus, php-fpm and other components of the underlying operating system is a great advantage for the Nginx users to monitor all the involved systems through a WEB UI portal.


Nginx Amplify Agent collects the following types of data:

  • Nginx Metrics – It collects various Nginx-related metrics from stub_status, logs files, and from the process state.
  • System Metrics – Nginx Amplify monitors a variety of system metrics such as CPU usage, memory usage, network traffic, and many more.
  • PHP-FPM Metrics – If it identifies a running PHP-FPM master process, it gets metrics from the PHP-FPM pool status.
  • MySQL Metrics – The MySQL global status set of variables can be used by the agent to collect metrics.
  • NGINX Metadata – The agent gathers data about NGINX instances such as package data, build information, binary path, build configuration settings, and many more.
  • System Metadata – The agent collects data on the operating system, including hostname, uptime, OS flavor, and other details.


Change the Default User Shell in Linux OS - Step by step guide ?

This article covers the different ways to change default user shell in Linux OS. In fact it includes instructions for changing the login shell from the command line using chsh, or changing the shell only for a particular terminal application. 


Difference Between LXC, LXD and Docker Containers

This article covers the differences between Docker containers, LXD, and LXC. In fact, You can use any of these containers as per your working environment and the requirements as each container technology has its own advantage and the limitations. 


Python sum() Function in Linux - Step by step guide ?

This article covers how to use the sum() function in Python. In fact, the sum() function adds the items of an iterable and returns the sum. Also it calculates the total of all numerical values in an iterable. sum() works with both integers and floating-point numbers. The sum() function has an optional parameter to add a number to the total.


Migrate from CentOS 7.x versions to RHEL 8.x using Elevate Project

This article covers the complete process of migrating from CentOS 7.x to AlmaLinux using the Elevate upgrade packages. In fact, You can upgrade to other RHEL 8.x distros using different leapp migration data packages.