Tag: AlmaLinux

OpenStack clients — often called OpenStack Command-Line Interface (OSC) — are powerful tools that facilitate the interaction with OpenStack services through a command-line interface. OpenStack, an open-source cloud computing platform, offers various services like computing, storage, and networking. OpenStack clients provide a unified way to manage and orchestrate these services, enabling administrators and users to control their cloud infrastructure efficiently.

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.

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.

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.

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.

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. 

Apache Cassandra is a highly robust, distributed NoSQL database management system that is open-source and designed to handle vast amounts of data across many conventional servers while maintaining high availability and eliminating a single point of failure. It is an Apache Software Foundation initiative frequently used to organize and store structured data across several standard servers. This article will review the prerequisites, installation steps, and configuration features required for a successful Apache Cassandra install on AlmaLinux.

Gogs (short for Go Git Service) and the Gitea fork of Gogs are lightweight, open source-based Git servers written in the Go programming language. They provide a self-hosted Git service with a web interface, allowing users to create and manage Git repositories, collaborate on code, and track changes.

Node.js is a robust runtime environment for running JavaScript on your web server, making it a popular choice for developing scalable and high-performance applications. Node.js was not available in the AlmaLinux official repositories. However, you may still install Node.js using the NodeSource repository with up-to-date Node.js packages. Node.js is a versatile and well-supported platform that may help you reach your goals while developing web applications, APIs, or server-side applications.

Using this MediaWiki installation guide to install the free wiki platform on Linux (AlmaLinux) lets you create a wiki website within your organization, providing a central location for storing, sharing, and collaboratively editing information.