More often than not, I find it easier to install packages via the command line instead of heading through graphical downloaders/installer; also, if you wish to script the setup of your machine, it makes sense to grab and install deb files using the command line directly. Here's how you can install .deb packages with ease. I'm going to show you how I installed Google … [Read more...] about How to Install and Remove a Deb Package via the Command Line in Ubuntu
How to Install rar/unrar on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
Being able to easily deal with rar archives is a part of everyday life for many users, it helps cut down on transfer times when importing and exporting files from your machine over the internet or to USB media, and it's a great way to secure files too. Installing rar and unrar under Ubuntu 18.04 LTS is trivial and should take you less than 30 seconds, so let's dive right … [Read more...] about How to Install rar/unrar on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS (Bionic Beaver)
How to Test Memcached Connectivity
If you're looking to verify connectivity from your application server to your Memcached server, a simple CURL request won't do (much to my dismay). Instead, you'll need to use either Telnet or Netcat (nc) to poll the Memcached server for it's stats, this can be done like so: Memcached Telnet Connectivity Test First, open a telnet session to your Memcached server on the … [Read more...] about How to Test Memcached Connectivity
How To Install htop on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial)
Htop is best described as a more user friendly version of top as it offers more in the way of on screen interaction and easy sorting/usage from it's various in-program menus. Installing htop under Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial) is trivial and be completed in less than 30 seconds, here's how to do it: Once installed, type "htop" and a screen that looks like the following … [Read more...] about How To Install htop on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial)
Chef Knife Node Bootstrap Example Command
Whilst the documentation around the knife bootstrap command is brilliant, I learn better by example/doing, so here's an example of the syntax I use when bootstrapping new nodes within my infrastructure. There are variants to this which don't use the password in the command line, and there are certainly pre-requisites that need to be satisfied before you can just go ahead and … [Read more...] about Chef Knife Node Bootstrap Example Command