10 most used Linux Distributions

Posted by: Shailesh Posted on: July 4, 2012 Comments: 0

10 most used Linux Distributions 1. Ubuntu: This is probably the most user-friendly Linux distribution ever made. It’s very well done. Some power users don’t like it because they say its “too user friendly”, but most people seem to be very happy with it. I have used several different versions of Ubuntu, and I have nothing bad to say about it. This is a great distro. Now stop reading, and…

Most Used Linux System Monitoring Tools Every Linux Admin Should Know

Posted by: Shailesh Posted on: June 21, 2012 Comments: 0

Most Linux System Monitoring Tools Every Linux Admin Should Know 1. Ping IP Address/ Website To check that IP address or website accessible or not. 2. setup To change admin tools 3. top – Process Activity Command The top program provides a dynamic real-time view of a running system i.e. actual process activity. By default, it displays the most CPU-intensive tasks running on the server and updates the list every…

How to Install & Configure Nagios On CENTOS/RHEL/FEDORA

Posted by: Shailesh Posted on: June 4, 2012 Comments: 0

Nagios is one of the popular open source system and network monitoring software application.Nagios let us monitor our IT infrastructure, be it servers, routers, switches or other devices.It monitor hosts and services and then alerting users when something wrong has been triggered. It is the powerful monitoring system that enables organizations to identify and manage IT infrastructure problems before they effect critical business processes. Step to Install & Configuration Prerequisites…

Redhat/CentOS Mail Server Setup: Postfix, Dovecot, Virtual users, MySQL, SASL, Postfixadmin, TLS

Posted by: Shailesh Posted on: May 18, 2012 Comments: 0

Redhat/CentOS Mail Server Setup: Postfix, Dovecot, Virtual users, MySQL, SASL, Postfixadmin, TLS This is a small guide, showing how to install postfix, dovecot and postfixadmin on a server running CentOS. The components of an e-mail server are: the delivery and reception service – Postfix, which handles mail delivery the mail retrieval service, dovecot, which handles POP3 and/or IMAP mail retrieval users database, storing usernames, passwords, mail location. In this guide,…

Difference between VMware Workstation, Player and Server

Posted by: Shailesh Posted on: May 18, 2012 Comments: 0

VMware Workstation, VMware Player and VMware Server seem like redundant products. However there are quite a few distinctions, that are quite apparent from their names already. VMware Workstation is intended for “desktop use”, for a user who creates and edits Virtual Machines and uses them on his/hers desktop. It has features useful for product development that no other VMware product has such as integration with MS Visual Studio or VM…