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Create CoreOS Container Linux Ignition File
With all recent changes within CoreOS’s Container Linux distribution one of the most notable change is related to the Ignition file, basically this file handles the configuration for any Container Linux installation and we can say that it is pretty powerful. The concept behind this is somehow simple but as we have already said, quite powerful, allowing the users to configure the operating system right from the start with all basic and advanced settings needed. In this short tutorial we will cover the basics of how to create a simple .yaml CoreOS Container Linux ignition config file and how to […]
Category: General | Published: 10/01/2020 | Updated: 10/01/2020CoreOS static IP address configuration it is quite straight forward even though when we build a CoreOS cluster, DHCP should always be the standard setup. CoreOS has been cleverly designed to discover all new nodes that are joining in the same the network – with some extra configuration – but, in some cases, for various reasons, DHCP may not be an option and that is why in this short tutorial we will be showing you how to set up a static IP address on CoreOS by using a basic example. The solution for setting up a static IP is not […]
Category: General | Published: 05/12/2019 | Updated: 06/12/2019Setup Squid proxy with caching on CentOS
Squid Proxy setup with caching on CentOS is our next short tutorial where we will learn how to install Squid in just a few easy steps, with caching enabled on a CentOS VM. Squid is still one of the best software for setting up a proxy that comes packed with many great features like caching, authentication and many others despite the fact that it has a very small footprint in terms of resources compared to many other solutions available on the market. By using Squid’s caching feature we can save a lot of bandwidth and we can even reduce the […]
Category: General | Published: 26/08/2019 | Updated: 13/09/2019NGiNX Reverse Proxy Caching Setup
NGiNX reverse proxy caching can boost your website or web application loading speed when enabled and properly configured. We all know that NGiNX, at least for now, is one of the best software mainly used for web servers but NGiNX has more amazing capabilities, can be easily used as Reverse Proxy and even as Load Balancer within any stack, can be used in many other cases but these are the common scenarios. In this very short tutorial we will be focusing on its caching capability, more precisely caching with NGiNX when used as Reverse Proxy for backend web servers. Table […]
Category: General | Published: 03/06/2019 | Updated: 07/08/2019Install PHP 7 on CentOS 7 using REMI repo
Install PHP 7 on CentOS 7 using REMI repository is our next short tutorial where we will show you briefly how to install PHP 7 (php-fpm) on CentOS 7. It is true that by using container technologies like Docker for this particular task would be indeed more easy and handy for most of us but maybe from time to time we have to install PHP manually, maybe for a specific project on one of our servers or maybe just for fun. No worries we will be covering PHP 7 (php-fpm) setup on Docker in another tutorial shortly but for now […]
Category: General | Published: 14/05/2019 | Updated: 07/08/2019How to install MySQL 8 on CentOS 7 is our next quick tutorial where we will learn in just a few easy steps how to install and test latest MySQL 8 available – as of today – from Oracle on a CentOS 7 server by using only our terminal window. These days most of modern companies are using Cloud managed services for their databases, some of these with fancy names, different functions, speeds and sizes but sometimes we may have no other choice than to use the classic MySQL. Depending on the project requirements we may have to perform these […]
Category: General | Published: | Updated: 19/07/2019