Apt-get is the command-line utility for dealing with applications and may be considered for the person’s “back-end” to other tools for making use of the APT library.Apt-cache performs a variety of operations on APT’s package.This article explains about -“Basic Commands of APT-GET and APT-CACHE for Package Management”.Apt-getTo get the more options about apt-get, use the following command as shown below –$ apt-get -hThe sample output contains the following options as shown below –update - Retrieve new lists of packages    upgrade - Perform an upgrade    install - Install new packages (pkg is libc6 not libc6.deb)    remove - Remove ... Read More

Iptables and ip6tables are used to established, maintain, and check up on the tables of IPv4 and IPv6 packet filter ideas in the Linux kernel. Several distinct tables may be defined. Each table contains a quantity of constructed-in chains and may also contain person-outlined chains. Let us explore about how to manage a system firewall using Iptables in Linux.Installing IP tablesTo install IP tables, use the following command –$sudo apt-get install iptablesThe sample output should be like this –Reading package lists... Done Building dependency tree Reading state information... Done The following packages were automatically installed and are no longer required: ... Read More

This article will help you to monitor IT infrastructure, Servers, Websites from the cloud. There is a huge requirement of having a tool to monitor and cloudstats.com fits the bill of a cloud monitoring tool. One of the key feature of this tool is to send you alerts and notifications to the team for CPU, DISK, RAM, Network usage and also monitors the services like Apache, MySQL, Mail, FTP, DNS.Cloudstats.meCloudStats.me is a new monitoring tool from Linux server, which is very easy to use and has a good yet capable feature of providing most vital information of your servers. CloudStats ... Read More

This article will help you to migrate the database from MySQL to MariaDB as the binary compatibility of MySQL-to-MariaDB in the migration process is very much straightforward.After the Oracle’s acquisition of MySQL, the community has driven an outcome of such movement and developed a new database called MariaDB. MariaDB is the open-source and its compatibility with MySQL. Most of the Linux distributions (RH, CentOS, Fedora) have already started to use the support of MariaDB as a drop-in replacement of MySQL.If we want to migrate the database from MySQL to MariaDB then this article will help.Preparing a MySQL Database and TablesWe ... Read More

This article shows you how to use the Linux pkill command to kill running processes within Linux by using a name. Pkill (see pgrep) is a command-line utility while Solaris 7 process is running. pkill works on a currently active running process and lists down process ID’s which matches with the criteria.To kill a process by name in Linux, use the following command –pkillTo get a list of process in Linux, use the following command –$ ps -AThe sample output should be like this –PID TTY          TIME CMD    1 ?           ... Read More

Are you looking for an alternative Linux music player? Winamp might be a good option to consider.Winamp supports a wide variety of contemporary and specialized music file formats, including MIDI, MOD, MPEG-1 audio layers 1 and 2, AAC, M4A, FLAC, WAV, OGG Vorbis, and Windows Media Audio. It supports gapless playback for MP3 and AAC, and Replay Gain for volume leveling across tracks. This article describes” How to install Winamp on Ubuntu/Linux Mint”Installing WinampTo install Winamp, get access of Winamp PPA from repository, use the following command –$ sudo add-apt-repository ppa:forkotov02/ppaThe sample output should be like this –Releases of Qt-based ... Read More

VMware Workstation Player is a streamlined desktop virtualization application that runs one or more operating systems on the same computer without rebooting. Using VMware, we can easily interact and exchange data between applications running on the virtual machine and the desktop. It supports hundreds of guest operating systems weather it may be new or old. This article describes “how to install VMware Player on Ubuntu”.Installing VMwareTo install VMware, Linux essential headers is required. For this, use the following command to install Linux essentials headers –# sudo apt-get install build-essential linux-headers-`uname -r`The sample output should be like this –Reading package lists... ... Read More

Rundeck allows you to run commands/scripts on a remote computer. It is used to create a job by defining a single step or a workflow that can execute any set of commands, scripts, or tools on any number of local or remote nodes. Jobs can be triggered by the scheduler or on-demand via the web interface or API. This article explains about ‘How to install Rundesk on Debian 8 server’Rundeck is written in java programming language, so it requires you to install java in your machine. To install Java programming on Debian, use the following commands –$ sudo dpkg --add-architecture ... Read More

Dstats is a versatile resource statistic tool. This instrument combines the capability of iostat, vmstat, netstat, and ifstat. Dstats permits us to watch the server assets in real-time. While you need to collect this know-how in actual-time, Dstat will adjust /suit your requirements. This article explains about how to use Dstat tool to Monitor Linux Server Performance.FeaturesIt combines vmstat, iostat, ifstat, netstat know-how and extraIt shows stats in exactly the equal timeframeIt has the capability to enable/order counters as they make most sense for the period of evaluation/troubleshootingIt is a modular designThis is python program so comfortably extendable for the ... Read More

Lynis is a security audit tool for Unix and Linux based systems. It assists auditor in scanning the system and its security defenses helps in improving system hardening. This software will determine system information which is specific to OS type, installed packages, system and network configuration. Additionally, it will check the system for configuration errors and security issues. This article explains about how to install lynis on Ubuntu.FeaturesIt is an open sourceIt supported shell scriptNo dependenciesEasy to understandDynamic OS detectionIt supported 300+ built-in testsIt supports for custom testsPlugin supportIt supports compliance checksExtensive software supportInstalling of LynisLynis doesn’t required any installation, ... Read More