Finding files is a very common task on any operating system. The Linux "find" and "locate" commands can both be used to search for files on the filesystem. This guide will cover how to use these two tools to craft s...

Grep is a tool used to search for specified patterns within text input using regular expressions. Regular expressions are a system for describing complex text patterns. Regular expressions are a powerful tool that c...

Process management is an essential skill when using any computer system. This is especially true when administrating a server environment. This article will introduce some powerful tools that can be used to manage p...

This tutorial shows you how to configure system services to automatically restart after a crash or a server reboot. We cover the three most common init systems in this tutorial: System V, Upstart, and systemd.

Most modern Unix-like operating system, rely on a centralized package management system for finding and installing software. This guide serves as a quick reference for the fundamentals of finding, installing, and upgr...

Awk is a programming language and utility included in all Linux distributions that can be used to manipulate and process text files in a fine-grained manner. In this guide, we will discuss the basics of how to use aw...

The sed stream editor is a non-interactive line editor that can perform powerful editing operations on text streams or files. Learning to use sed well will allow you to transform text with great speed and flexibility.

In this second tutorial about starting Linux services automatically, we'll take a step back and explain init processes in more detail. You should gain a good understanding of how they control a daemon's start-up behav...

In recent years, Linux distributions have increasingly migrated away from other init systems to systemd. The systemd suite of tools provides a fast and flexible init model for managing an entire machine, from boot onw...

Learning how to manage users effectively is an essential skill for any Linux system administrator. In this guide, we will discuss how to add and delete users and assign sudo privileges on an Ubuntu 18.04 server.

Learning how to manage users effectively is an essential skill for any Linux system administrator. In this guide, you'll learn to add and delete users and assign sudo privileges on a Debian 8 server.

The Go programming language comes with a rich toolchain that makes obtaining packages and building executables incredibly easy. One of Go's most powerful features is the ability to cross-build executables for any Go-s...

In this guide, we'll talk about how bash, the Linux system, and your terminal come together to offer process and job control. In a previous guide, we discussed how...

When you first create a new Debian 8 server, there are a few configuration steps that you should take early on as part of the basic setup. This will increase the security and usability of your server and will give yo...

Accurate time keeping is critical for almost any service or software. Emails, loggers, event systems and schedulers, user authentication mechanisms, and services running on distributed platforms all need accurate time...

Accurate time keeping is critical for almost any service or software. Emails, loggers, event systems and schedulers, user authentication mechanisms, and services running on distributed platforms all need accurate time...

In this guide, we will discuss the basics of managing software packages with apt-get and apt-cache. The apt packaging tools provide a user-friendly interface to mange packages and their dependencies. A working knowl...

The sed stream editor can be used to perform complex editing operations with a minimal amount of instruction. The automated nature of sed makes it perfect for use in scripts and background processing. This article w...

Monitoring a server's resources is an important task for every administrator. There are many command line tools made for this purpose. This guide will cover some of the more popular utilities for monitoring your VPS.

Setting up domain names can be challenging for those who are inexperienced. The "dig" command can help verify that your domain settings are correct. This is also helpful for investigating how other websites set up t...