Port Knocking is a nifty technique of controlling access to a port by only allowing legitimate users access to the service running on a server. It works in such a way that when the right sequence of connection attempts is made, the firewall gladly opens the port that was closed. The logic behind port knocking
How to Install Latest Mate Desktop in Ubuntu and Fedora
MATE desktop is a simple, intuitive, and attractive continuation of GNOME 2. It is under active development to bring about constant improvements using modern technologies while holding to the traditional desktop experience. There are several Linux distributions that support the MATE desktop including of course Ubuntu, and there is a dedicated Ubuntu MATE edition for
How to Install Latest Cinnamon Desktop in Ubuntu and Fedora
In this tutorial, we shall walk through the various steps that you can follow to install the latest stable version of Cinnamon desktop on Ubuntu and Fedora. Before we move any further, let us talk about a few properties of the Cinnamon desktop as outlined below. [ You might also like: 13 Open Source Linux
How to Install Latest XFCE Desktop in Ubuntu and Fedora
Xfce is a modern, open-source, and lightweight desktop environment for Linux systems. It also works well on many other Unix-like systems such as Mac OS X, Solaris, *BSD plus several others. It is fast and also user-friendly with a simple and elegant user interface. [ You might also like: 13 Open Source Linux Desktop Environments
How to Install and Setup Apache Spark on Ubuntu/Debian
Apache Spark is an open-source distributed computational framework that is created to provide faster computational results. It is an in-memory computational engine, meaning the data will be processed in memory. Spark supports various APIs for streaming, graph processing, SQL, MLLib. It also supports Java, Python, Scala, and R as the preferred languages. Spark is mostly
How to Install Apache Nifi in Ubuntu Linux
Apache NIFI is an open-source scalable tool to manage transformation, data routing, and system mediation logic. To put it in layman’s terms nifi simply automates the flow of data between two or more systems. It is cross-platform and written in Java that supports 180+ plugins that allow you to interact with different kinds of systems.
How To Install Jenkins on Ubuntu 20.04/18.04
Jenkins is a leading self-contained open-source automation server that is used to automate repetitive technical assignments involved in building, testing, and delivering or deploying software. Jenkins is Java-based and can be installed through Ubuntu packages, Docker, or by downloading and running its web application archive (WAR) file that includes all the contents of a web
How To Install Java with Apt on Ubuntu 20.04
Java is one of the most popular programming languages and the JVM (Java’s virtual machine) is the run-time environment to run Java applications. These two platforms are required for much popular software that includes Tomcat, Jetty, Cassandra, Glassfish, and Jenkins. In this article, you will learn how to install Java Runtime Environment (JRE) and the
How to Install SQLite and SQLite Browser in Ubuntu
SQLite is a lightweight, small and self-contained RDBMS in a C library. Popular databases like MySql, PostgreSQL, etc. works in the client-server model and they have a dedicated process running and controlling all the aspects of database operation. But SQLite has no process running and has no client-server model. SQLite DB is simply an file
How to Install Terraform in Linux Distributions
In this article, we will discuss what Terraform is and how to install terraform on various Linux distributions using HashiCorp repositories. What is Terraform? Terraform is a popular cloud orchestration tool in the world of automation, which is used to deploy your infrastructure through the IAC (Infrastructure as code) approach. Terraform is built by Hashicorp