Using ifconfig for Network Interface Management in CentOS

ifconfig is a command-line utility for network interface management on CentOS systems. It provides functionality to query, configure, activate, and deactivate network interfaces. Key Functions Display Interface Details: Show configuration and status for all or a specific network interface. Configure Network Parameters: Set IP address, netmask, ...

Posted on Thu, 06 Aug 2026 16:26:43 +0000 by joshmpratt

Building a High-Availability Load Balancer with HAProxy and Keepalived

Environment Overview 1.1 System Requirements This guide covers the deployment of a high-availability load balancing solution using HAProxy and Keepalived on CentOS 6.8 64-bit. The solution ensures that client requests are distributed across backend servers while providing automatic failover capability when the primary load balancer becomes u ...

Posted on Wed, 29 Jul 2026 17:09:52 +0000 by rotarypot

Installing and Removing Nginx on CentOS 6.5 via YUM and Source Compilation

Installing Nginx with YUM Ensure the system repositories are up to date: yum update -y Installl Nginx directly from the EPEL repository (if not already enabled): yum install -y epel-release yum install -y nginx Enable and start the service: chkconfig nginx on service nginx start Allow HTTP traffic through the firewall: iptables -I INPUT -p t ...

Posted on Mon, 27 Jul 2026 16:01:11 +0000 by gateway69

Setting Up SVN and Git Remote Repositories on CentOS 7.6 Server

Creating System User for Repository Management Begin by creating a dedicated system account without a home directory: useradd -M developer_user The -M flag prevents automatic creation of the /home/developer_user directory. Establish a password for the new user: passwd developer_user Follow the prompts to enter the desired password twice. Esta ...

Posted on Sun, 19 Jul 2026 16:47:13 +0000 by Ofro04

Installing and Configuring MySQL 8.0 on CentOS 7

Environment CentOS Linux release 7.5.1804 (Core) MySQL version: mysql80-community-release-el7-1 Pre-installation Check CentOS 7 ships with MariaDB by default. Verify weather MySQL is already installed: rpm -qa | grep mysql [admin@localhost ~]$ rpm -qa | grep mysql [admin@localhost ~]$ An empty result indicates no MySQL packages are present ...

Posted on Thu, 16 Jul 2026 16:49:59 +0000 by Chiaki

Automating Remote File Synchronization with Sersync and Rsync on CentOS

Implementing Real-time File Synchronization with Sersync and Rsync This guide details the implementation of a real-time file synchronization solution using Sersync and Rsync on CentOS systems. This setup allows for automatic synchronizasion of local file modifications to a remote directory, making it ideal for backup solutions and content mirro ...

Posted on Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:18:03 +0000 by Ravenous

Compiling and Installing Python 3.7 on CentOS 7

System Environment Host: Windows 10 Pro with VMWare Workstation 15 Pro Guest: CentOS 7.6.1810 (Core) Privilegse: Root user Procedure Refresh the package index and upgrade instaleld packages. yum update -y Install required development libraries and tools. yum groupinstall "Development Tools" -y yum install zlib-devel bzip2-devel ope ...

Posted on Sun, 12 Jul 2026 17:16:23 +0000 by thom2002

Configuring GRUB2 for Windows 10 and CentOS 7 Dual-Boot Environments

When setting up a dual-boot system with Windows 10 and CentOS 7, it's a common scenario for the GRUB2 bootloader installed by CentOS 7 not to automatically detect and list the Windows 10 operating system. This often occurs because GRUB2, by default in CentOS 7, may lack the necessary support to recognize and interact with the NTFS filesystem us ...

Posted on Sat, 11 Jul 2026 17:38:21 +0000 by harvey

Parallel NFS (pNFS) Environment Setup

Note: The setup with CentOS 8 (kernel 4.18) is not viable. Switch the client and MDS to Ubuntu (tested successfully on Ubuntu 18.04 with kernel 4.15) while keeping the setup steps the same. With the rapid development of networking and parallel computing, file I/O has become a bottleneck for overall system performence. Traditional NFS versions f ...

Posted on Sat, 11 Jul 2026 16:15:43 +0000 by larrygingras

Installing Kubernetes 1.25 on a Cloud Server via Kubeadm for Lab Use

Kubernetes Environment Planning Pod Network (podSubnet): 10.244.0.0/16 Service Network (serviceSubnet): 10.96.0.0/12 Lab Environment Specifications: Operating System: CentOS 7.5 Configuration: 2GB RAM / 4 vCPU / 50GB HDD Initializing the Kubernetes Cluster Environment First, set up the production environment server. Later, node environments can ...

Posted on Fri, 10 Jul 2026 17:31:44 +0000 by rcatal02