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Empty file content on Linux

Empty file content on Linux can be quite handy when for example you want to empty a small or a very big log file or any other similar files that could take long time to open, select all lines and finally remove these lines. We know is not so complex to go down this path but for sure is time consuming, too many operations we would say for such a simple task. This quick tutorial will show you ten easy ways how to empty a file on Linux without opening or editing files, nothing fancy or advanced stuff but as […]

Category: General | Published: 06/11/2018 | Updated: 06/11/2018

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

MySQL GTID Replication Error

MySQL GTID replication error can happen unexpectedly for various reasons and as often as the classic master slave, circular or multi-master replication but in this short tutorial we will learn, step by step, how to skip MySQL GTID transaction error in order to keep in sync our MySQL slave server. Before we begin we need to say that all below steps were tested in a master-slave setup using MySQL 5.6 and MySQL 5.7, we think that this MySQL skipping transaction method detailed below can be easily applied even for newer MySQL versions like 8+. Please note that all below operations […]

Category: MySQL | Published: 28/06/2018 | Updated: 05/11/2018

Generate SSH Key – Linux, Mac and Windows

In this quick tutorial, Generate SSH Key, we will learn more exactly how to generate a SSH Key in Linux or Mac using a terminal window and also in Windows using Putty. Before we start our little journey we should be clear about one thing, all SSH Keys consists of two parts, a Private Key and a Public Key. In this article we’ll generate both these keys and we’ll learn the importance but also the difference between these two. What is a Pivate Key As we said in our introduction a SSH Key contains a Private Key and a Public […]

Category: Security | Published: 09/02/2018 | Updated: 05/11/2018