Mounting a Windows FTP Server on CentOS 6.5

When using a virtual machine for Linux software development, the shared folder feature often does not work properly, resulting in the following issues: When files are modified on Windows, the changes do not immediately reflect in Linux, requiring some waiting. When files are modified on Linux, the changes do not appear on Windows, again requir ...

Posted on Sat, 07 Nov 2026 16:46:17 +0000 by mfindlay

Managing Software Packages in CentOS: Yum and Rpm Guide

Understanding Yum and Rpm in CentOS Introduction to Yum and Rpm Yum (Yellowdog Updater, Modified) and Rpm (Red Hat Package Manager) are essential tools for software package management in Linux systems, particularly in CentOS and other Red Hat-based distributions. Rpm Package Manager Rpm serves as the fundamental package management tool in Red H ...

Posted on Thu, 05 Nov 2026 16:32:33 +0000 by dickie_doodle

Installing Zabbix 4.0 on CentOS 6.8

Disable SELinux permanently and temporarily: sed -i 's/SELINUX=enforcing/SELINUX=disabled/g' /etc/selinux/config setenforce 0 Remove any existing MySQL installation and install MySQL 5.6: rpm -ivh https://dev.mysql.com/get/mysql-community-release-el6-5.noarch.rpm yum -y install mysql-server Edit /etc/my.cnf and add the following under [mysqld ...

Posted on Tue, 03 Nov 2026 16:16:36 +0000 by dsainteclaire

Installing and Configuring MySQL 5.7 on CentOS 7

MySQL is a relational database management system developed by MySQL AB (founded by Michael Widenius) from Sweden. It was acquired by Sun Microsystems in 2008 for $1 billion, and subsequently Oracle acquired Sun in 2009. MySQL organizes data in separate tables rather than a single large repository, which enhances performance and flexibility. As ...

Posted on Sun, 01 Nov 2026 16:33:21 +0000 by Cazrin

Getting Started with Zabbix Monitoring

Overview of Zabbix Monitoring Zabbix is an open-source monitoring solution that collects data from servers, network devices, and applications. The server component gathers metrics via SNMP or agent-based polling and stores them in a database (MySQL, Oracle, PostgreSQL). A PHP frontend (Apache/Nginx) provides visualization and configuration. Dat ...

Posted on Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:51:12 +0000 by Yves

RPM and YUM Software Lifecycle on CentOS

Binary application components — executables, libraries, configurations, and documentation — are bundled into package files so they can be installed, upgraded, queried, and removed consistently. On RPM‑based distributions the native low‑level tool is rpm; higher‑level tools such as yum (and its successor dnf) add automatic dependancy resolution ...

Posted on Fri, 30 Oct 2026 16:14:05 +0000 by slaeya

Managing Disk Partitions and Mount Points in CentOS 7

Symbolic links provide a way to reference a source directory from a different location. To create a soft link, ensure the target link name does not already exist within the parent directory. Navigate to the parent directory (e.g., /home) and execute the link command. # Syntax: ln -s /path/to/source /path/to/link ln -s /data/source_directory /ho ...

Posted on Wed, 28 Oct 2026 16:29:57 +0000 by tomms

Automating Nginx SSL Certificate Renewal with CertBot

Setting Up CertBot for Nginx SSL Certificates Installing CertBot CentOS 7 Enstallation Prerequisites yum install epel-release # Install EPEL repository yum install snapd # Install snapd package # Start the systemd unit that manages the main snapd communication socket systemctl enable --now snapd.socket # Create symbolic link ln -s /va ...

Posted on Sun, 25 Oct 2026 16:47:39 +0000 by infernon

Installing and Configuring Gocron: A Go-Based Task Scheduling System

System Requirements Operating System: CentOS release 7.8.2003 Gocron Version: >v1.5.3 MySQL Version: 5.5 Gocron Overview Gocron is a lightweight centralized task scheduling and management system developed in Go language, designed as an alternative to Linux crontab. Manage Installation and Configuration In Gocron, data is stored in a MySQL da ...

Posted on Sun, 25 Oct 2026 16:18:11 +0000 by KindMan

Package Management and Service Control on Linux Systems

Package Management in Different Linux Distributions Linux distributions utilize distinct package managers for software installation, updating, and removal. Administrative (root) privileges are required for these operations. CentOS / RHEL (yum) The yum package handler is the standard tool for Red Hat-based distributions. To install a network uti ...

Posted on Thu, 22 Oct 2026 16:16:17 +0000 by pufferz