Tag: CentOS

Firewalld failed to start timeout

Try to start firewalld service via the following command

but get the following error after few seconds no response: firewalld.service: Start operation timed out. Terminating. firewalld.service: Failed with result ‘timeout’. systemd: Failed to start firewalld – dynamic firewall daemon.

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Centos: Get a newer version of e2fsck

I got an error about e2fsck version. In my case the issue happened in Centos7, when I try to expand the disk of my VM in Cloudmin.

You will hit an error with your e2fsck version. You will need to download the latest source binary of e2fsprogs from your OS distributor and install it. …

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How to Boot Single User Mode in RedHat/CentOS

Single User Mode (sometimes known as Maintenance Mode) is a mode in Unix-like operating systems such as Linux operate, where a handful of services are started at system boot for basic functionality to enable a single superuser perform certain critical tasks. It is runlevel 1 under system SysV init, and runlevel1.target or rescue.target in systemd. …

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How to store /var on a separate partition

What is the correct way to store /var on a separate partition? First prepare a new partition (e.g. with parted or fdisk and mkfs). For example, let’s create a new partition in fdisk:

then choose n for the new partition and go through configuration steps. choose w at the end to write changes to …

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Rescue a CentOS system with GRUB

GRUB (Grand Unified Bootloader)  is the most widely used bootloader among Linux operating systems (OS) but it can boot any OS. GRUB main functionality is to allow users to select between different operating systems to boot. As bootloader GRUB is installed on the MBR (Master Boot Record) and additionally to allow us to select different …

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Inspecting and extracting RPM package contents

This article will cover basics of the RPM package architecture and show how we can see RPM package content and extract it. There will be examples how to extract RPM package files from Linux command line. An RPM package is simply a header structure on top of a CPIO archive. The package itself is comprised …

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Disk Encryption on CentOS using LUKS Cryptsetup

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LUKS (Linux Unified Key Setup) is the standard for Linux hard disk encryption. By providing a standard on-disk-format, it does not only facilitate compatibility among distributions, but also provides secure management of multiple user passwords. In contrast to existing solution, LUKS stores all setup necessary setup information in the partition header, enabling the user to …

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10 Practical Sar Usage Examples

There are two ways to invoke sar. sar followed by an option (without specifying a saXX data file). This will look for the current day’s saXX data file and report the performance data that was recorded until that point for the current day. sar followed by an option, and additionally specifying a saXX data file …

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Generate CPU, Memory and I/O report using SAR command

SAR stands for System Activity Report, as its name suggest sar command is used to collect,report & save CPU, Memory, I/O usage in Unix like operating system. SAR command produce the reports on the fly and can also save the reports in the log files as well. In this article we will discuss different examples …

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How to Install and Configure GitLab on CentOS 7

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Gitlab is an open source, powerful, robust, scalable, secure, as well as efficient software development and collaboration platform for all stages of the DevOps lifecycle. It allows you to plan your development process; code, and verify; package software, and release it with an in-built continuous delivery feature; automate configurations management, and monitor software performance. It …

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