Tag: linux
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Mellanox 2010 Switch – MNSET Docker & DHCP Docker Configuration Guide
This guide provides internal technical staff with step-by-step instructions to deploy Docker-based services (such as DHCP) on a Mellanox 2010 switch. It includes file transfer methods from macOS and Windows, switch configuration, Docker container management, and DHCP configuration using a dnsmasq.conf file.
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Ubuntu (Linux) CLI Cheat Sheet
As we’ve been utilising more IP in our production systems there has been an increasing need to work with Linux. I’ve attached a handy cheat sheet which is provided with Ubuntu with some of the basic CLI commands to get you going.
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Firewall Rules on Linux
There are a few different ways of configuring firewall rules in the various flavours of Linux that we run.
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Zabbix Proxy: Install on Ubuntu 20.04 / 18.04
Zabbix proxy is a service that can collect performance and availability data from the end devices on behalf of the Zabbix server. You can use Zabbix proxy to monitor remote locations behind the firewall or locations that have unreliable communication and to offload the Zabbix server in large environments.
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Shutting Down a Linux Server
In this post we will look at how to use the shutdown command through practical examples and detailed explanations of the most common shutdown options.
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Setting a Script as a Service on Linux
Sometimes you want to get a script to run automatically on boot of a server, this means setting up a service to call the script.
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Reset a Lost Administrative Password on Linux
Before I go into this, some people might think this a security vulnerability, It really isn’t, to reset the password you will need physical access to the machine, if someone has that then they can do far worse than reset the password…
