CentOS / RHEL 7 / Debian – Disable IPv6

If network troubleshooting leads you to believe there’s an issue with IPv6, you may need to shut down that protocol on your Linux machines. Since some hardware doesn’t take advantage of IPv6 (and most admins are still working with IPv4), a temporary and easy solution is to disable IPv6. Read More …

CentOS / RHEL – Managing Networking Service

One of the most common activities on a Linux system is, usually, modify some networking parameters to adapt the system to the actual network; so how can we restart networking service using command line options without restarting the whole system? How can I start / stop and restart networking service on a CentOS/RHEL 7 based system? Read More …

Check mySQL and MariaDB Server Version

There are circumstances where you need to know the version of your database server, e.g., when upgrading the database or patching any known server vulnerabilities. There are a few ways to find out what the version of your MariaDB server is. Read More …

Linux – Make immutable a file

The chattr command is used by system administrators to restrict the users from changing a file in a particular way or even the administrator can by mistake delete a critical file because of a mis-typed command. But if the immutable flag is set, these mistakes can be avoided. Read More …

Linux – Removing Apache HTTP Server

Removing Apache HTTP Server ensures that, it’s existing files or services will not create conflict when we install Apache HTTP Server from the source code. Read More …