https://rishabkumar.com/tags/linux/ Recent content in Linux on Rishab Kumar Hugo -- gohugo.io en Thu, 15 Jun 2023 14:11:07 +0000 https://rishabkumar.com/blog/how-i-passed-lpi-linux-essentials-certification/ Thu, 15 Jun 2023 14:11:07 +0000 https://rishabkumar.com/blog/how-i-passed-lpi-linux-essentials-certification/ Introduction In this blog post, I will share my experience and the resources I used to successfully pass the Linux Essentials certification. This certification is a fundamental level exam that provides a solid foundation in Linux. Whether you’re new to Linux or pursuing a career in cloud security or cybersecurity, this certification can be highly beneficial. I will discuss the preparation process, the resources I utilized, and my overall exam experience. https://rishabkumar.com/blog/linux-commands-i-use-as-a-cloud-and-devops-engineer/ Mon, 28 Feb 2022 17:45:17 +0000 https://rishabkumar.com/blog/linux-commands-i-use-as-a-cloud-and-devops-engineer/ Hey Friends, as we know that I am a huge advocate of Linux and I think it is important aspect if you are entering Cloud Computing or DevOps. I wanted to reflect back on some commonly used linux commands while my time as a Cloud and DevOps Engineer. Here are the top 7 commands: 𝗹𝘀 command ls is probably the most typed command in the terminal. it lists the content of a directory (current directory by default) 𝗰𝗱 command it refers to “change directory” meaning it switches to the directory you want. https://rishabkumar.com/blog/what-is-wsl-and-how-to-use-it-with-vscode/ Wed, 07 Apr 2021 01:41:41 +0000 https://rishabkumar.com/blog/what-is-wsl-and-how-to-use-it-with-vscode/ Hello amazing people 👋 Hope you guys had great weekend, I surely did 👇 https://twitter.com/rishabk7/status/1378857237356163079?s=20 So for quite a while now, I have been using WSL - Windows Subsystem for Linux. It was really impressive to see this from Microsoft and I ever since then, I have loved it for development. So in today’s blog I will be sharing how I utilize it with VSCode. What is WSL? The Windows Subsystem for Linux lets developers run a GNU/Linux environment – including most command-line tools, utilities, and applications – directly on Windows, unmodified, without the overhead of a traditional virtual machine or dualboot setup. https://rishabkumar.com/blog/what-is-linux-and-why-you-should-learn-it-free-resource-included/ Mon, 16 Nov 2020 17:48:22 +0000 https://rishabkumar.com/blog/what-is-linux-and-why-you-should-learn-it-free-resource-included/ What is Linux? Much the same as Windows, iOS, and Mac OS, Linux is an operating system. Indeed, one of the most well known on earth, Android, is controlled by the Linux operating system. An operating system is software that deals with the entirety of the hardware assets related with your laptop or PC. To lay it out plainly, the operating system deals with the correspondence between your software and your hardware. https://rishabkumar.com/blog/securing-and-optimizing-your-webserver/ Thu, 20 Aug 2020 04:37:22 +0000 https://rishabkumar.com/blog/securing-and-optimizing-your-webserver/ This is the last part of the series! if you haven’t read the first two articles, here they are : How to set up a VM in GCP ☁ How to host your website with Nginx ⚙ In this article, we will optimize our web server and secure our site, which is being served by Nginx. Enable HTTPS Now that you can get free SSL certs from LetsEncrypt, there’s really no reason why you shouldn’t have HTTPS enabled for your website. https://rishabkumar.com/blog/how-to-host-your-website-with-nginx/ Wed, 19 Aug 2020 15:22:41 +0000 https://rishabkumar.com/blog/how-to-host-your-website-with-nginx/ NGINX is a high‑performance, highly scalable, highly available web server, reverse proxy server, and web accelerator (combining the features of an HTTP load balancer, content cache, and more). Now, keep in mind that there are many options when it comes to hosting static websites nowadays — Github pages, any number of hosting providers, Amazon S3 or Cloudfront, Netlify etc. Prerequisites: Linux server/VM - check part 1 of this series https://rishabkumar.com/blog/how-to-set-up-a-vm-in-gcp/ Wed, 19 Aug 2020 13:33:47 +0000 https://rishabkumar.com/blog/how-to-set-up-a-vm-in-gcp/ This is a three part series. In this article, I’ll walk you through one way that you can take your site and host it on your own server. Step 1: Linux server or a VM. You’ll need shell access to your server/VM. I would recommend micro instance in Google Cloud and if you are new you can almost get $300 in Google Cloud Credits. Also, check out their free tier. https://rishabkumar.com/blog/beautify-your-terminal-wsl2/ Sat, 08 Aug 2020 13:46:36 +0000 https://rishabkumar.com/blog/beautify-your-terminal-wsl2/ I used Ubuntu as a VM for front-end development. But recently I have been testing Windows Subsystem of Linux (WSL 2) and so far it’s good. No need to run VM anymore! (Since I only care about the command line functionality). Also, I have been trying out the oh-my-zsh and I gotta say that it is amazing! Here is a guide on how to get started with WSL by @jeremycmorgan. https://rishabkumar.com/blog/how-to-set-up-your-own-vpn-client/ Tue, 21 Jul 2020 01:16:47 +0000 https://rishabkumar.com/blog/how-to-set-up-your-own-vpn-client/ I recently set up a VPN client for personal use by using a VM and OpenVPN. What you’ll need: A Linux VM in the Cloud ☁ OpenVPN Client For this article, I will be using a VM in Azure. Getting your Linux VM ready! Launch a VM Ubuntu 18.04 in Azure. Make sure you have open the following ports for inbound connection. During the creation process, we can only unlock the following ports: Port 80 (HTTP), 443 (HTTPS), 3389(RDP) and 22 (SSH). https://rishabkumar.com/blog/host-your-discord-bot-on-ec2-instanceaws/ Mon, 10 Feb 2020 13:49:35 +0000 https://rishabkumar.com/blog/host-your-discord-bot-on-ec2-instanceaws/ Hey Everyone, Today I will be sharing on how to host your Discord Bot on AWS (EC2 Instance). Assuming that you already have a discord bot created (if not, please checkout this amazing article :Creating your first Discord Bot — Part 1 Let’s dive into it. ##Creating a server instance. Go to the Amazon EC2 Page and sign up for an account. Navigate to the Amazon web services console. Click on “EC2” (top left of page).