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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Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) is the latest version of Ubuntu released on April 21, 2022, with five years of support (until April 2027). This release is based on the Linux 5.15 LTS kernel and adds support for new hardware and file systems. In this article, we’ll show you how to upgrade from Ubuntu 20.04 or Ubuntu 21.10 to Ubuntu 22.04 LTS.
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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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Sometimes I run into various problems when jpining VMware ESXi hosts to an Active Directory domain. In this article, I have described typical steps to solve this problem.
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In this article, we will look at how to install and configure a Squid proxy server with HTTPS filtering support on Linux (Ubuntu 20.04 in this example).
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When you mount network drives in Windows (manually, via net use, or GPO), File Explorer shows the full UNC path to the mapped network folder as the drive name. In this example, the network shared folder \\DESKTOP-1FOH5A8\Share\Docs\Reports\2022 is mapped as drive Z:\. Displaying the network drive name as a UNC path is inconvenient for many users. In Windows, you can change the name of the mapped network drive through the registry.
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Webmin is an open-source web interface service for managing Linux. You can use Webmin to perform typical Linux administration tasks from a graphical web interface instead of a command-line shell. In this article, we’ll look at how to install and configure Webmin in CentOS and Ubuntu.
Safe mode in Windows is used to troubleshoot and fix the operating system in case of various failures. When started in Safe Mode, Windows boots with a minimal set of system services and drivers.
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After installing Windows guest in a virtual machine on a KVM host, you must install the correct device drivers for virtual hardware (KVM VirtIO drivers). Without these drivers, guest Windows won’t be able to recognize virtual network adapters and a number of other virtual hardware.
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