You can run different versions of PHP on a Linux host at the same time. In this article, we’ll show you how to install multiple versions of PHP using Ubuntu/Debian as an example.
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In this article, we will look at how to attach an additional hard disk to an existing Linux machine: create a partition table, format, and mount the partition with fstab. An Ubuntu virtual machine running on a VMware ESXi host is used in this example.
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You can use systemd timers to replace cron jobs on modern Linux distros. This article shows you how to use, create, and configure systemd timer on Linux.
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Netcat (or nc) is a classic Unix networking tool that allows you to make TCP and UDP connections, receive and send data, check open ports on a remote computer, test firewall rules, etc. In this article, we will look at some typical examples of using the netcat CLI tool.
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By default, the command line console is used to configure and manage the OpenVPN server. For OpenVPN, there are several web interface administration panels (frontends) that allow you to perform routine operations (create users, create/revoke certificates, manage configuration files, etc.).
IPv6 protocol is enabled by default in all modern Linux distros. You can disable IPv6 on Linux if you only use IPv4 addressing on your network. This article shows how to disable IPv6 in Ubuntu and Debian Linux.
In this article, we will look at how to pass through a physical hard disk (HDD/SSD) or USB storage to a virtual machine running on Proxmox VE. Continue reading “Passthrough Physical Disk or USB to VM on Proxmox VE”
The make tool in Linux is used to build and compile programs from source files. The utility takes instructions for compilation from the makefile. In some Linux distributions, the make command is not installed by default (for example, in Linux CentOS 8), so when you run the build command, you will see an error:
The inability to pass through a connected USB device from a Hyper-V host to a virtual machine is one of the major shortcomings of the Microsoft hypervisor. You can use the open-source project usbipd-win to solve this problem (https://github.com/dorssel/usbipd-win). The usbipd-win utility allows you to pass through (redirect USB device or key including HASP) over the network from a Windows host to any Hyper-V virtual machine, remote computer running Linux, Windows, or WSL2.
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Proxy servers (such as the Squid proxy) are often used in corporate networks to provide access to the Internet for internal devices. In order for your internal Ubuntu/Debian hosts to be able to install and update deb packages from external repositories, you need to configure the proxy settings for the APT (Advanced Packaging Tool) package manager. This article describes how to configure proxy connection settings for APT.