CentOS
Headless KVM Server on CentOS 8
Update and reboot if this is a new setup. Here I download the ISO I’ll create a test VM with. Create bridge interface. Backup the current interface configuration and create a new one called br0. […]
yum
CentOS 7
Host your Own Yum Repository
Here we create our own yum repository on a fresh up-to-date installation of Centos 7. Configure Nginx First install the EPEL repository. And then Nginx. Start and enable Nginx. Install and configure a local firewall. […]
CentOS 6
Rackspace Cloud Monitoring Agent
The Rackspace cloud monitoring agent allows you to monitor CPU, memory, filesystem usage and system processes. It does this by collecting information about the system and pushing it out to Rackspace Cloud Monitoring web services, […]
CentOS 7
Install and Configure fail2ban on CentOS 7
To install fail2ban on CentOS/RHEL 7, you first need to make sure you have the EPEL repository enabled. Then you can simply install it with yum as usual. Configure fail2ban You will need to create […]
CentOS 7
Repodata is over 2 weeks old
In Red Hat 7 / CentOS 7, you may need to clear your repository cache if you see the below message when using yum. Repodata is over 2 weeks old. Install yum-cron? Or run: yum […]
CentOS
Unable to Install mkpasswd on CentOS 6.4
I was surprised to find the mkpasswd utility missing from my new installation of CentOS 6.4. Yum has a feature called whatprovides, which can be used to find out which installable package provides some feature, […]
CentOS
Installing WordPress on a Rackspace Linux Cloud Server
Assuming you’ve already “spun-up” a Linux cloud server of your choice, the first thing to do is update the system. I’m using CentOS because it’s free and binary compatible with Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). […]