In this article, we’ll look at how to extend a disk partition in Linux online without shutting down the system or unmounting the partition. You can use the fdisk tool to delete a partition and create a new larger partition in its place on the fly without losing data. In my case, a Linux VM running on VMware ESXi ran out of space on the ext4 data partition.
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Docker is one of the most popular software for running containers. With Docker, developers can build, deliver, and run their code in containers. The host where Docker is installed and containers are running is called the Docker Engine. In this article, we’ll walk you through how to install Docker Engine (Community Edition) and Docker Compose on Linux (CentOS, Debian, and Ubuntu).
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The MySQLB package is not included in the Debian 11 Bullseye repositories. The developers suggest using MariaDB instead. For some projects you need to use the original MySQL, not its fork. In that case you can manually add the MySQL repository and install the package in Debian. In my case, after upgrading the release from Debian 10 (Buster) to Debian 11 (Bullseye), I needed to install the original MySQL 8.0 on my Linux host.
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Let’s look at how to send an email notification when logging into a Linux server remotely via SSH. We’ll use postfix to send email alerts and the Gmail SMTP server as a relay host.
AnyDesk (analog of TeamViewer) is a lightweight (about 6 Mb) cross-platform application for managing and remotely connecting to the desktop of another computer. In this article, we’ll show you how to install AnyDesk on popular Linux distros (Ubuntu, Debian, Mint, Alt).
CMake is a set of cross-platform tools for building programs from source code on different compilers and operating systems. It doesn’t directly build, but only generates a Makefile, which will then be executed by the make command.
In this tutorial, we will show you how to upgrade PHP to version 7.4 on a web server with Nginx and php-fpm (based on Ubuntu or Debian Linux). PHP 7.4 contains a large number of updates to improve the stability, security, and performance of your web server and is highly recommended to use.
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