Since the first public release of CentOS back in 2004, many administrators and tinkerers alike began their journey down the path of converting their once free but increasingly outdated copies of Red Hat Linux 7.2 to this promising new community-driven contender. This first migration was triggered by Red Hat announcing the death of a product, […]
Your website is the beating heart of your business. Whether or not your enterprise operates partly or exclusively through facilitating eCommerce transactions, in the digital age your website’s health and wellbeing are inextricably tied to the fate of your business. For many new prospects, your website is their first taste of your business and brand […]
Don’t be afraid to use IPv6, It’s not a whole lot different from IPv4. IPv6 Basics Taking a first look at IPv6 can be overwhelming, but in reality, the addressing scheme is exactly the same as IPv4. For example, it would be possible to write an IPv4 address as FFFF:FFFF, which would equate to 255.255.255.255. […]
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Introduction to MySQL MySQL Replication using Binary Log File Position, as opposed to Global Transaction Identifiers(GTID), uses binary logs, relay logs, and index files to track the progress of events between the master and slave databases. GTID can be used in conjunction with binary/relay logs, however, starting with an understanding of binary log file position […]
If you’re running a Linux server and you value uptime and stability, this server maintenance guide will help keep you on track. It’s best to perform maintenance and checks on a regular basis for various reasons. It’s not fun being a sysadmin and finding out that a downtime causing issue could have been easily prevented. […]
Docker is a container management platform and is a rather new way of thinking about administration. It’s a tool to manage containers, and GigeNET mainly uses containers to manage processes on an individual level. Let’s take a step back to discuss what a container consists of. Containers are a method of virtualization much like virtual […]
The Shell… A cloudy mystery for the novice, but an indispensable tool for any seasoned administrator. It is the underlying foundation in any operating system, and if used to its maximum potential, can be extremely effective. You might be wondering, why is the command line considered useful? cPanel has almost every function you’d need for […]
Qubes OS is a distribution of Linux with security as its focus, and it does it very well. At its core it’s based on Fedora and utilizes the Xen hypervisor to achieve security by isolation. Qubes can take a bit to get used to and it has its quirks but generally works quite well and […]
Being a sysadmin is no easy feat, especially for sysadmins working for a hosting provider like GigeNET. They’re tasked with overseeing the software and network of hundreds of our clients all over the world, working day and night to ensure our customer’s systems are up and running. Unlike many other professions, there’s not one clear path […]