Category: Linux

HAProxy

Load Balancing Exchange with HAProxy

During a recent Exchange migration, I faced a challenge familiar to many IT pros: bandwidth usage surged during mailbox syncs, and I needed a way to load balance Exchange traffic reliably—without the high cost...

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Build VPP Debian packages on Debian

Vector Packet Processing (VPP), developed by FD.io, is a high-performance userspace network stack designed for fast packet processing. Whether you’re a network engineer, developer, or enthusiast, and you’re looking to build VPP from source...

Freezing issues in Proxmox VE 8.2

Proxmox freezing issue Proxmox Virtual Environment has established itself as a leading open-source platform for enterprise virtualization, combining KVM hypervisor and LXC containers. The release of Proxmox VE 8.2 brought several enhancements and new...

Configuring SNMP on Proxmox

Today, we’re diving into the realm of Proxmox, a powerful open-source virtualization platform, and unlocking its full potential by configuring SNMP (Simple Network Management Protocol). SNMP isn’t just an acronym; it’s the key to...

Resolving warning “LC_CTYPE” UTF-8

Fixing that irritating issue As a MacOS user, it can be quite frustrating to encounter unexpected errors while logging in via SSH on a CentOS server. One such error is the “-bash: warning: setlocale:...

What is umask and how it works

What is umask and how does it work? Umask, short for user mask, is a command used in Linux operating systems to set the default permissions for newly created files and directories. It is...

Generate a SAN certificate

Generating an SSL SAN certificate for Linux and Windows This article will guide you on Generating an SSL SAN certificate for Linux and Windows, which is a type of certificate that allows multiple domain...

Change Linux console keyboard mapping

Change Linux CentOS console keyboard layout If you’re working in a virtual server and want to change your Linux CentOS console keyboard layout to match the one you are used to, you can do...