This week, Red Hat created a huge public outcry over its announcement regarding the future of CentOS. Red Hat, in a shocking move, is discontinuing CentOS Project in favor of the rolling release, CentOS Stream. The focus now shifts to CentOS Stream as the main CentOS distribution. In fact, at the end of 2021, curtains
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How to Install PHP 8 on CentOS/RHEL 8/7
PHP is a popular open-source server-side scripting language that is integral in developing dynamic webpages. PHP 8.0 is finally out and was released on November 26th, 2020. It promises lots of improvements and optimizations which are set to streamline how developers write and interact with PHP code. In this guide, you will learn how to
Chattr Command in Linux (File Attributes)
In Linux, file attributes are meta-data properties that describe the file’s behavior. For example, an attribute can indicate whether a file is compressed or specify if the file can be deleted. Some attributes like immutability can be set or cleared, while others like encryption are read-only and can only be viewed. The support for certain
How to Install PHP 8.0 on Ubuntu 20.04 / 18.04
PHP is arguably one of the most widely used server-side programming languages. It’s the language of choice when developing dynamic and responsive websites. In fact, popular CM platforms such as WordPress, Drupal, and Magento are based on PHP. At the time of penning down this guide, the latest version of PHP is PHP 8.0. It
How to Boot into Rescue Mode Or Emergency Mode In Ubuntu 20.04 / 18.04
It’s not uncommon for users to forget their login passwords or have their system suffer a corrupt filesystem. When that happens, the recommended solution is to boot into rescue or emergency mode and apply the required fixes. The rescue mode is also referred to as the single-user mode. As the name suggests, the rescue mode
How to Install CDH and Configure Service Placements on CentOS/RHEL 7 – Part 4
In an earlier article, we have explained the installation of Cloudera Manager, in this article, you will learn how to install and configure CDH (Cloudera Distribution Hadoop) in RHEL/CentOS 7. While installing the CDH parcel, we have to ensure the Cloudera Manager and CDH compatibility. Cloudera version is having 3 parts – <major>.<minor>.<maintenance>. Cloudera Manager
How to Install PHP 8 on Ubuntu 20.04
PHP is one of the most widely used server-side programming languages. Many popular CMS and frameworks such as WordPress, Magento, and Laravel are written in PHP. PHP 8.0 is the latest major release of the PHP language. It introduces several breaking changes, performance improvements, and lots of new features such as named arguments, JIT compiler,
How to Fix “MySQL ERROR 1819 (HY000):” in Linux
When creating a MySQL user with a relatively weak password, you might encounter the error ‘MySQL ERROR 1819 (HY000): Your password does not satisfy the current policy requirements’. Technically, this is not an error, but a notification that you are using a password that does not meet the recommended password policy requirements. In other words,
The Best RedHat-based Linux Distributions
Red Hat Enterprise Linux is a hugely popular enterprise-level operating system that supports a diverse range of open-source technologies such as Ansible automation, Hybrid Cloud, virtualization, and containerization. In this guide, we highlight some of the most popular and widely used Linux distributions based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux. 1. CentOS Built around the Redhat
How to Install Microsoft Teams on Linux
Teams is one of the popular collaboration platform created by Microsoft, that come in bundled with Office 365 suite. You are free to download and use teams without Office 365 subscription. Microsoft in December 2019 announced, Teams is available for Public preview on Linux distributions. It is to be noted that it is the first