Most Used SS Commands in Linux with Examples

most used ss commands in linux

This tutorial will cover the most used SS commands in Linux with examples to make using the SS command easier.

Knowing what connections and sockets exist within your server is key to keeping your server safe and secure. This command is much like the netstat command; however, this command is newer and provides more easily-readable output compared to its older counterpart.

We’ll look at some of the most used ss commands with examples to help make your use of this great tool easier. We will use an Ubuntu VPS running version 22.04, but this should work on any modern Linux distribution. Let’s get into it.

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How to Install phpBB on AlmaLinux

install phpbb on almalinux

In this tutorial, we are going to explain in step-by-step detail how to install phpBB on AlmaLinux.

phpBB is an open-source forum written in PHP, used for creating topics, forums and etc. The name “phpBB” is an abbreviation of the PHP Bulletin Board. A wide community of people uses it to stay in touch with each other. phpBB offers hundreds of style and image packages for customizing the board that users can create in a couple of minutes. In this installation, we will use the LAMP stack.

Installing phpBB on AlmaLinux with the LAMP stack is a straightforward process and may take up to 20 minutes. Let’s get things done!

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How to Install Laravel on AlmaLinux

how to install laravel on almalinux

In this tutorial, we will show you in detail how to install Laravel on AlmaLinux OS.

Laravel is an open-source web framework written in PHP. Today many websites are made in this framework supported by its large community that is growing on a daily basis. Laravel is Symfony based and follows the MVC architectural pattern. We have many posts about this, but this time we will install it using the LAMP stack on the latest AlmaLinux 9 distribution.

Installing Laravel on AlmaLinux is a straightforward process that may take up to 15 minutes. Let’s get things working!

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How to Install Graylog Server on Ubuntu 22.04

how to install graylog server on ubuntu 22.04

In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to install the Graylog server on Ubuntu 22.04 OS.

Graylog is an open-source log management system that collects, analyzes, and sends alerts from large log data. Graylog uses the Elasticsearch search engine and MongoDB database service, which are required for analyzing structured and unstructured logs. In this tutorial, except for the Graylog server, elasticsearch, and MongoDB, we will install Java and Nginx and will configure reverse proxy so you can access Graylog via domain name.

Installing the Graylog server and setting up all requirements is a very easy process and may take up to 20 minutes. Let’s get started!

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10 Useful tar Commands in Linux With Examples

useful tar commands in linux

This blog post will show you the ten most used tar commands in Linux with examples.

The tar command in Linux provides archiving functionality for compressing or decompressing archive files and modifying and maintaining them. With the tar command, we can create tar, gz, bz2 and gzip archives. Administrators use these commands when they want to save some disk space on the servers or when they are migrating files over two host machines.

In this tutorial, we are going to execute the tar commands on Ubuntu 22.04 OS, but you can choose any Linux distro. Let’s get started!

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5 Most Used alias Commands in Linux With Examples

most used alias commands in linux

This tutorial will show you the five most used alias commands in Linux with examples.

Sometimes we need to reference some command using it with a shortcut. These commands with shortcuts defined in Linux are called <b<aliases. Aliases are used to replace long commands in order for the user to avoid spelling errors. Some administrators or regular users are using aliases because they are used to executing some commands with their own Linux language words that have been used over the years.

In this tutorial, we are going to use the latest Ubuntu 22.04 distribution. You can choose any Linux distro you want. Let’s get started!

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Difference Between Curl and wget Commands

difference between curl and wget commands

In this tutorial, we are going to explain the main difference between the curl and wget commands in Linux with examples.

These two commands are very often used by system administrators and other Linux users on daily basis. Curl is a free and open-source utility that offers to transfer data between remote machines. Wget is also a free command line utility that offers transferring files using HTTP, HTTPS, FTP, and FTPS. Wget is a simple transfer utility, while curl offers so much more.

In this tutorial we are going to execute the commands on Ubuntu 22.04 but you can choose any Linux distro. Let’s get started!

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10 Useful lsof Commands in Linux With Examples

10 useful lsof commands in linux with examples

In this blog post, we are going to show you ten useful lsof commands in Linux with examples.

The lsof command is a shortcut to List open files and shows the open files and which processes are using them. The lsof output describes several things, such as the identification number of the process that has opened the file, the process group identification number, the command the process is executing, the owner of the process, and many more.

In this tutorial, we will use the latest Ubuntu 22.04 OS, but you can choose any Linux distro you want. Let’s get started!

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10 Basic Find Commands in Linux With Examples

basic find commands in linux

In this tutorial, we are going to explain the most used 10 find Commands in Linux with real examples.

Find command is one of the most used commands in Linux since with the find command we can easily locate files and folders on our server. The find command is executed with a couple of arguments and conditions that can easily locate files by users, groups, size, date and etc.

In this tutorial, we are going to use the latest Ubuntu 22.04 as OS, but you can choose any Linux distro to practice these examples by the “find” command. Let’s get started!

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Troubleshooting Common Website Issues on Linux Server

troubleshooting common website issues on linux server

In this tutorial, we are going to explain to you some steps on how to troubleshoot some common website issues on any Linux distribution.

On a Linux server with Ubuntu, Debian, CentOS, or AlmaLinux OS can be hosted a variety of websites written in different languages such as PHP, Java, Python, etc. The main purpose of this tutorial is to be explained the common website issues that are related to the server and not to the language in which the website is written. That is why we are going to focus, on the issues related to the RAM of the server, Disk Usage, permission issues, DDoS attacks, database issues, DNS issues and etc.

The issues will be explained in different paragraphs and the possible solutions will be proposed as well. Let’s get started!

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