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We have covered plenty of blog articles related to the Ubuntu server in this blog. When the Ubuntu server 22.04 came out, I couldn’t wait to get my hand on, so I spun up the Ubuntu server 22.04 in the Proxmox VE server. So in this blog post, we will install Ubuntu server 22.04 on …
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Ubuntu Server is one of the popular Linux servers available from Canonical. After Redhat killed centos, its popularity increased even more. People are starting to move from Centos to the Ubuntu server. We have covered extensive blog articles related to Ubuntu servers in the past. And in this blog, we will take a look at …
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I like working with Linux, especially Linux mint. At the same time, I also need to use the latest Windows 11 operating system on my computer because of the wide range of features it brings along with it. Since I like both operating systems, I could virtualize either of the operating systems. The main advantage …
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In Centos or Redhat hat Linux, when you want to configure a virtual machine, we use the native hypervisor called KVM. And there are multiple ways you could let the virtual machine talk to the network. Sometimes, you would want the virtual machine to talk to just the internet; in that case, you could use …
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Debian is one of the stable Linux distributions out there. Unlike other distros, you won’t be getting frequent upgrades on the Debian operating system. However, when it does, it will be a very stable one. Virtualizing an operating system is better than installing them on a physical machine when you want to test any operating …
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When you deploy a virtual machine in KVM, you connect the virtual machine to the default virtual network, acting as a NAT interface. As a result, your VM will be able to go out to the internet and get the updates, also the host machine can talk to the VM and vice versa. Later, when …
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The other day, I was planning to install the Proxmox server on my laptop, and the problem with the Proxmox is that you cannot install Proxmox alongside windows 11. When you try to dual boot, the Proxmox ends up taking all the hard disk space deleting the windows files, and you end up with the …
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Installation of Redhat in a lab environment is the best option to learn about the RedHat operating systems. These days you don’t require a server to install Redhat operating system. You can use your laptop or PC and install any hypervisor in it and install the OS. As long as the hypervisor is installed that …
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We have covered the installation of Ubuntu Linux on the Vmware workstation in the past. Both the Desktop and the server version of it. This blog will look at how you can install Redhat enterprise Linux on a VMware workstation. Read also,How to install Ubuntu 20.04 server on VMware workstation?10 Easy Steps to install Ubuntu …
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The VirtualBox guest additions are like a driver installed on a PC. It improves the virtual machine’s performance and allows easy usability of the virtual machine. In the last couple of blogs, we have taken a look at how you can install ubuntu desktop and Server on VirtualBox. In this blog, we will look at …
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Ubuntu server is the common Linux operating system found in most server infrastructures. Maybe you want to run a web server in your environment and allow access to end-users. You could also use it as an FTP server, mail server, and so on. When I started with KVM, I initially installed the Ubuntu server on …
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Virtualbox is one of the free, open-source hypervisors that you can run on pretty much all the operating systems out there. It doesn’t matter whether you have a windows machine, mac or Linux. The VirtualBox can run on all the devices irrespective of the operating system. We have covered how you can install Ubuntu Desktop …
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We have covered how you can install the ubuntu-desktop 20.04 on the VMware workstation in our last blog. That was the desktop version of Ubuntu, so what about the Server? In this blog, we will take a look at how you can install Ubuntu server 20.04 on a Vmware Workstation. In the Ubuntu server, we …
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The other day I was trying to download Ubuntu iso images from the internet. But it turns out the time it took to download the file was so much, and I was not getting enough speed while trying to download. I have an internet speed of 150Mbps, but I was getting around 1.5 to 2 …
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I have been using windows 11 on my laptop for some time now, and the new changes on the operating systems are great. Most of the time, I use windows 11 as my primary operating system. However, I use Linux as my second operating system. When I say Linux, I mean Ubuntu Linux. If you …
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The TPM, known as Trusted Platform Module, is a technology that enables security on both the hardware and software levels on a device. You can find TPM on pretty much every device out there. When the windows11 came out, Microsoft made sure that TPM was one of the requirements for you to install the operating …
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We have created multiple VLAN interfaces in Ubuntu using netplan. And we are going to see how we can configure routing via VLAN interfaces using netplan. And all the VLAN interfaces are working fine and able to ping the default gateways in our previous VLAN tagging configurations. Below is the topology that we are going …
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The bridge interface in Linux is a virtual switch, and you can create multiple bridge interfaces that can connect to the VM’s under Libvirt. Maybe you can have bridge interface 100 that represents VLAN 100 that can be connected to some VM’s and bridge interface 200 that represents VLAN 200 for another set of VM’s. …
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It’s quite common to see in a network environment that multiple interfaces are connected to the network devices for redundancy. In the event of one of the links ever goes down, the remaining links would take care of the traffic. Bonding with LACP on netplan Bonding is a way to club multiple interfaces as one …
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Ever since Ubuntu changed its network configuration utility to netplan from the traditional configuration, many of them got so upset. Some of them are very annoyed that they even entirely removed the netplan and installed ifupdown back into the system. So is Ubuntu Netplan going to stay ?, if yes shouldn’t we learn how to …
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Ubuntu is one of my favorite Linux distros, but I love windows 10 as well. I used one of my windows machines as my main operating system, as I also needed Ubuntu. I used to virtualize Ubuntu on a VMware workstation. It was going well until I decided to use GNS3 on my windows machine. …
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If you have a Linux machine (Ubuntu, Centos, Redhat) running in your environment and you would want to configure them as an NTP server it is pretty easy. In our last blog, we took a look at what is NTP and how to configure the public and private NTP servers using network routers. In this …
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The Linux mint is getting more popular and it is gaining same popularity as the Ubuntu Desktop once had. Some of the Ubuntu users even started using Linux mint. Though both operating systems are great with respect to usability, it is hard to predict which one is better over the other. That is still a …
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I have one windows machine that I use as an alternate operating system in my Linux KVM. Recently I noticed that the C drive in my windows got filled up and there is not enough space left to store any more data. If you have a physical box then it is a little difficult, as …
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The Pfsense firewall is a good alternative for your home network router. It can even replace the high-end commercial routers at the enterprise network as well. Moreover, it is open source and free too. Unless you are opting for support from netgate. Can I install pfSense on Ubuntu? Pfsense is an open-source firewall based on …
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If you’re using Ubuntu Dekstop or server, and one day you decided to change the IP address of your ubuntu machine from automatic (DHCP) to static configuration. how do you achieve that? If you are using Ubuntu with GUI, it is pretty straightforward, but what if you don’t have GUI and the only option that …
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