Articles marked as System Administration are usually geared towards Linux security, networking, server configuration, virtualization, and similar topics.
At Linux Nightly, we’re always auditing our Linux servers and desktops, and looking for ways to improve performance and security. In these guides, we share some of the helpful things we’ve learned.
This guide shows the step by step instructions to install WordPress on Ubuntu 20.04 with Apache HTTP server, MySQL database, and an SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt. 1. Get started by installing all of the required packages on your Ubuntu 20.04 system. This will include Apache, PHP, MySQL, Let’s Encrypt certification bot, and all of …
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After you’ve installed AlmaLinux, VirtualBox Guest Additions will help you get the most out of your AlmaLinux virtual machine. It gives you automatic resolution scaling, a shared clipboard between the host and VM, and drag and drop ability. The step by step instructions below will explain how to install VirtualBox Guest Additions on AlmaLinux. 1. …
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The GNOME desktop environment is the default GUI for AlmaLinux, but it doesn’t always come pre-installed, for example if you opted for a minimal install during the AlmaLinux installation. In this guide, we’ll give you the commands you need in order to install GNOME on AlmaLinux. 1. AlmaLinux makes GNOME easy to install with yum …
Ubuntu has automatic updates enabled by default. Ordinarily, this is a convenient feature that helps our system stay up to date with the latest features, and protected with the newest security patches. However, on test systems or in edge cases, it can just be plain annoying. In this article, we’ll show you how to disable …
This article will go over the step by step instructions for migrating from CentOS Linux to AlmaLinux. These are the official instructions as released by the AlmaLinux developers on their GitHub page. Before beginning, make sure you have made a backup of your CentOS system. These instructions worked fine for us, but you’ll want to …
