In this tutorial, we are going to discuss how to install Apache Kafka on Ubuntu. What is Apache Kafka? Apache Kafka is an open-source stream-processing software platform developed by LinkedIn and donated to Apache Software Foundation, written in Scala and…
Most of the Linux Distributions don’t allow ‘root’ user also known as superuser by default as a security measure to prevent accidental or intentional changes that could harm the system. Especially in an enterprise setup, this would mean disaster. Instead,…
In this tutorial, we are going to discuss how to change the user password in Linux. The instructions given below can work on any Linux distribution. The passwd command is used to update or change the user’s authentication token. There…
The Linux which command is used to identify the path of executable files. The path is identified by searching it in the path environment variables. Syntax of Linux which is as follows: What is the PATH variable? PATH is an…
Find command is used to filter objects in the file system. It can be used to find files, directories, files of particular pattern i.e. txt,.php and so on. It can search by file name, folder name, modification date , by…
Linux date command is used to display the system date and time. We can also print the past date, future date or set the date manually. By default, the date command prints the current date of the Linux system. Here…
With windows, you have a couple of well-known GUI utilities like WinRAR, 7zip, etc. that allow you to play around with archived files. What do you do in the case of Linux? The answer is – Linux zip and unzip…
Docker is an application that simplifies the process of managing application processes in containers. Containers let you run your applications in resource-isolated processes. Containers are similar to Virtual Machines, but are much less resource-intensive, as they only need the absolute…
NOTE: Before reading this article, I would like to inform you that the ifconfig command is outdated, and is not recommended anymore. The ip command is the current replacement for the ifconfig command. Even though this program may be outdated,…
As a Linux user, or as a server administrator, you need to regularly understand how long your servers have been up and running to understand their patch levels. What that means is that if a major update was recently rolled…