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Resize RAID 0 array by adding new disks

In this tutorial called Resize RAID 0 Array by Adding New Disks we will learn how to extend an existing RAID 0 Array in just a few easy steps via CLI. Before starting to resize your RAID 0 array please do take a backup of your data, this is very important as the resize action can lead to data loss. It’s well known that RAID 0 architecture by definition is very fast but in the same time it is not the safest, at any time one of the disks can fail and the entire array could be lost. It is […]

Category: General | Published: 10/01/2019 | Updated: 23/04/2019

Setup an SFTP Server on CentOS

Set up an SFTP server on CentOS is our next tutorial where we will guide you as always, step by step, how to build from scratch such a server. We all agree that an SFTP server can be quite handy or sometimes a must if for example one or more applications within our stack requires file transfer between different processing steps or maybe for backups. In this tutorial we will learn how to build an SFTP server on CentOS 7 and OpenSSH 7.4 and also providing you two authentication solutions, first one being based on using basic password authentication and […]

Category: General | Published: 08/11/2018 | Updated: 14/12/2018

Kubernetes Cluster setup on CentOS

Kubernetes Cluster setup on CentOS isn’t that difficult anymore as it used to be in the past where we had to perform some major OS changes in order to build a proper environment. In this short tutorial we will guide you step by step how to actually set up a simple Kubernetes Cluster based on CentOS 7.5 and Kubernetes 1.12.1. Exactly like any other cluster a Kubernetes Cluster must always have an odd number of nodes like 3, 5, 7 and so on but in this particular tutorial we will resume to use only 3 nodes, one master node and […]

Category: Docker | Published: 23/10/2018 | Updated: 02/10/2019

Setup NFS Server and NFS Client on CentOS 7

In this tutorial we will learn how to set up NSF Server and NFS Client on CentOS 7 operating system, setting up or managing a NFS server or a NFS client is not quite a complex task at all, we’ll do our best to explain this entire process in the most simple possible way. We can use the set up from this tutorial for various small network sharing applications like setting up a backup server or maybe a simple file server etc., either way NFS package is always a good candidate to start with. Network File System (NFS) has been […]

Category: General | Published: 17/07/2018 | Updated: 26/08/2019

Create MySQL slave by cloning

In this tutorial called create MySQL slave by cloning we’ll try to guide you through a very detailed but in the same time simple process to create a MySQL slave, also known as MySQL replica, by using a fresh backup taken from an existing MySQL server referred here as MySQL master server. Assuming that our master database is 11TB large we’ll have to copy its data content from US, where the master server is located to another server located in a UK data centre, not quite an easy task with this amount of data or without using a costly commercial […]

Category: MySQL | Published: 06/07/2018 | Updated: 05/11/2018

Upgrade Kofax Kapow Tutorial

We all know that the upgrade process for Kapow Kofax has never been easy or somehow straight forward, it requires a bit of extra work to be done in order to make it functional. We are sure that you haven’t landed on this page by mistake and you’re not here to complain about the software itself. We know that the whole upgrading process can be a bit frustrating, no clear documentation is provided by Kofax or maybe a simple shell script that can facilitate the upgrade process. No forums or tutorials about this software or at least a troubleshooting guide. […]

Category: General | Published: 26/06/2018 | Updated: 09/05/2019