cowsay and lolcat – more Ubuntu shell commands
If you read my article about fortune, I mention cowsay and lolcat towards the end of that article. I decided to write another article that expands on cowsay and lolcat…
fortune – Unix/Linux Shell Goody
"You are WRONG, you ol' brass-breasted fascist poop!" -- Bloom County (fortune) fortune is a little program that I install on just about every single Unix/Linux box I administrate. It’s…
There’s a Cursor in My Browser
A little problem started bugging me a few weeks ago. Every once in while when browsing web pages there would be a ‘cursor’ somewhere in the page. The cursor is…
Internet Architecture for Beginners – What are Tiers?
I’ve spent 35+ years of building and deploying internet facing web sites. The front end load balancers and web servers which are tier 1 and sometimes referred to as client…
Linux shell commands I use daily
In day to day administration we as system administrators have literally thousands of commands to choose from to keep our servers running in tip top condition. I’ve seen top 10…
fail2ban for Ubuntu – ssh port security
fail2ban is a tool in the Ubuntu repository which helps in securing your internet facing ssh port. It uses a simple algorithm to detect repeated login and password attempts to…
Tripwire for Ubuntu
Tripwire is a file integrity checking tool. It’s primary function is notify you of any changes made to files or directories you have selected for monitoring. There are many tools…
Microsoft Azure Cloud – Installing an Ubuntu VM
After agreeing to the Microsoft End User Agreement blurbs, applying for your free Microsoft Azure Cloud Portal account and taking advantage of the current $200 credit you’re now ready to…
Installing Mediawiki with Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificate Part 2
This is Part 2 of the Mediawiki with Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificate installation guide. In part one we covered the prerequisite OS portion of the installation which detailed the core…
Installing Mediawiki with Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificate Part 1
Part 1 – OS Installation Details This will be an actual ‘How To’. As I am concentrating on Ubuntu Linux 20.04, it will be very 20.04 ‘centric, however much will…