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DBeaver is a complimentary database tool that supports any database having a JDBC driver. Software developers, SQL writers, database administrators, and data analysts leverage its excellent functionality for interacting with databases. This DBeaver tutorial for PostgreSQL, SQLite, MySQL, and MariaDB covers connecting and working with the database platform of your choice in addition to those mentioned.

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SQLTools is a versatile extension for Visual Studio Code (VSCode), designed to simplify database management tasks. It supports a plethora of database systems, providing an intuitive interface used to connect, to query, and to manage databases right from your code editor.

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Ensuring optimal performance for your website or web application requires, among other steps, the installation of a reliable web server. NGINX — a popular and reliable open-source web server — is one of the best options for optimizing your site's or web app's performance. Its primary function is to manage incoming traffic, directing it to the appropriate server while ensuring server security and performance.

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Visual Studio Code (VSCode) is a free, open-source editor developed by Microsoft that can manage various programming languages and extensions with enhanced functionality. The benefits of installing VSCode are numerous. Continue reading to learn all this excellent code editor has to offer.

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In today's connected and dynamic digital landscape, scalable and fault-tolerant applications are critical. HAProxy, with its high availability and load balancing features, is essential for attaining these objectives. HAProxy, which stands for High Availability Proxy, is an open-source software solution that provides TCP- and HTTP-based applications with high availability, load balancing, and proxying. It is often used to divide incoming network traffic among numerous servers to maximize resource utilization, increase application speed and dependability, and achieve high availability.

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Any website's ability to succeed in the ever-changing world of web hosting depends critically on selecting a reliable web server. The legendary open-source web server Apache has shown to be a dependable and adaptable option throughout the years.

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Apache — one of the most popular web server applications — empowers you to host multiple websites on a single server through a feature called virtual hosts. In this guide, we'll walk you through the process of configuring Apache virtual hosts on AlmaLinux, making your web hosting experience more flexible and efficient.

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The Kernel-based Virtual Machine (KVM) is a robust virtualization solution for Linux that allows numerous virtual machines to run on a single host system. This overview will walk you through installing KVM on AlmaLinux, a Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL)-compatible distribution.

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Your guide to hosting a Minecraft server on Linux

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Let's dive into our introduction that answers the question, "Can you host a Minecraft server on Linux?"

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Every modern HDD or SDD has an option to monitor its current status and health via SMART attributes. The SMART test can be performed to detect any potential problems with the hardware itself. Tests such as these are run using smartctl. According to the Linux man page, smartctl is a command line utility designed to perform SMART tasks. Examples of these tasks would be printing error logs or enabling and disabling automatic SMART testing. 

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