In this blog, I will share ideas and concepts that worked for me and I hope will work for you […]
Setting Up a Centralized Log Server with GrayLog on Ubuntu 20.04
GrayLog is a powerful free open source centralized log management solution for capturing, storing, and enabling real-time analysis. It is […]
Linux Log Management and Audit
INDEX Journal Control Used to view and manipulate Systemd logs. Remote Syslog Forwards log messages over an IP network. Log […]
Managing Partitions from the Command Line
Checking the drives attached to the Linux server or workstation. mount shows all mounted partitions. note that it contains much […]
How to Encrypt Partitions with LUKS
Linux Unified Key Setup (LUKS) is an utility for disk encryption based on the DMCrypt kernel module. It is not […]
Linux Hardening Guide
This guide lists essential considerations to harden (enhance) a Linux server to reduce the attack surface, reduce the impact or […]
Setting Up the Linux Firewall IPFire
IPFire is a hardened open-source Linux distribution that routes and offers firewall features to a physical or virtual network. Available […]
Most Common Linux File Systems – EXT vs XFS vs ZFS vs Btrfs
Basically, in all file systems, the first block is used for the Boot Sector and the second block is used […]
Managing Containers with LXD – Cheat Sheet
Linux Containers (LXC) are managed by LXD as if they were Virtual Machines, allowing them to take snapshots, have distinct IPs, and […]
High Performance Encrypted Proxy with ShadowSocks
ShadowSocks is an opensource server-client based solution created to circumvent state censorship by mimicking a normal HTTPS connection. It is […]
AWS S3 Glacier Cheat Sheet (The Ultimate Backup Layer)
S3 Glacier is a block storage service of AWS that basically is only applicable to the “ultimate last backup resort” […]