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What is watch? The Linux watch command line utility is installed by default and it allows for real time system monitoring on the command line interface. This command allows for you to monitor command output in regular intervals and during each interval the output of your command refreshes. In the past I’ve personally used the […]
Linux offers different variations of shell types which can be utilized in terminal. Common shells such as BASH (Bourne Again Shell), ksh (Korn Shell), csh (C Shell), sh (bourne shell), tsch (TC shell) among others are available on linux operating systems. Ever wonder which shell you are using when accessing a Linux server in terminal? […]
What is a file descriptor? In Linux everything is considered a file, even directories. The only thing which is not considered a file within the Linux world is a process. When a process opens/interacts with a file in Linux there is a number or identifier assigned to that interaction on the opened file and the […]
What is cURL? cURL (client URL) is a popular command line tool which is used to send requests to between servers to obtain information/data via HTTP requests, HTTPS and other protocols. On most every operating system the cURL command line tool comes installed by default and can be used in terminal (command prompt for windows). […]
What is node.js? Node.js is a popular open source JavaScript platform used for the creation of application environments. There are a couple different ways to install node.js and in this article we’ll explain how to do so using the homebrew utility. Upon installing node.js using homebrew it will also install the node package manager (npm) […]
It is crucial these days to serve your web traffic through Hypertext Transfer Protocol (HTTPS), the secure version of HTTP which we’re familiar with seeing in our web browsers. But in order to use this secure protocol to serve our web site data to users we will first require an SSL to be installed on […]
What is Vim? Vim is a very useful command line interface text editing tool which is widely used for editing program code as well as text files. This tool was created as an improvement on the Vi text editing utility and comes default with nearly all Linux distributions. Sometimes files containing code will contain hidden […]
Virtually every website depends on a Database Management System to store and serve data to users as they interact with a website or application. In Linux environments you will commonly see the use of MariaDB or MySQL as the Database Management System. Such software allows for us to store and manage our site data securely […]
Security is always a top priority when hosting any website. It’s extremely important to keep plugins, themes and other software all up to the latest version to shield yourself away from exploits. On sites such as WordPress, we see that 99% of the time, malware hacks are from the exploits of out of date code, […]
Within a shared or multi-tenant hosting environment there important items to keep in mind such as server stability, resource allocation for clients, software version requirements and maintaining security. In this article, we’ll be going over the benefits of CloudLinux and utilizing Cagefs in those environments. What is Cloudlinux? Cloudlinux (CL) is an operating system available […]