Linux Meditation

January 18, 2021January 16, 2021

Greenbone Security Assistant on Ubuntu Server

Greenbone Security Assistant used to be called OpenVAS. Greenbone Secuirty Assistant is a vulnerability scanner — Greenbone Security Assistant Logo

We are living in difficult times and the cyber attacks are on the rise with that said I think it is better to be pro-active rather than kicking back and waiting for disasters to happen. In this Article I will show you how easily you can install and run an Security and Vulnerability Scanner by utilizing Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS and Greenbone Security Assistant 11 for free. Greenbone Security Assistant was previously known as OpenVAS. I expect that you already have Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS installed and running if that is not the case read here.

January 16, 2021January 16, 2021

Set up static IP Address during Ubuntu Server installation

This article is a quick walk through on how to set up a static IP address during the Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS installation. There will be also another article demonstrating on how to change the IP address manually after the server installation has be done with DHCP IP address.

January 16, 2021January 18, 2021

Simple Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS installation walk through

This article is going to walk you through the installation process of Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS. This is going to be a basic walk through. Follow along and you will see how easy and simply it is to get Ubuntu Server 20.04 LTS installed.

May 29, 2018

Installing Bodhi Linux 4.5

Good day my dear Linux Yogi’s,

I am going to show you in this illustration how to install Bodhi Linux 4.5. Bodhi Linux is a slick and lightweight Linux distribution based upon the latest Ubuntu LTS version. Continue reading “Installing Bodhi Linux 4.5”

November 2, 2017

mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no arrays

Good day my dear Linux Yogi’s,

I am going to show you in this illustration how to get rid of this error message. By default Ubuntu Server installs the mdadm in order to manage software raid arrays and it can get a little annoying to get the following error message: Continue reading “mdadm: /etc/mdadm/mdadm.conf defines no arrays”

November 1, 2017

How to disable IPv6 on Ubuntu 16.04 or newer

Hello my dear Linux Yogi’s

in today’s illustration I am showing you how to disable IPv6. In some server set ups it is not required to have IPv6 enable and running as well as services listening on both IPv4 and IPv6. I always try to preserve resources where I can so I turn it off if I don’t need to use it. Continue reading “How to disable IPv6 on Ubuntu 16.04 or newer”

October 29, 2017

How to install Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu

Good Day my dear Linux Yogi’s,

it has been quiet some time till I posted something here and I am in for a treat. I am going to show you how to get the latest version of Ruby and Rails installed by using rbenv. There different way in installing this but in my experience this is the best working method for me. Continue reading “How to install Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu”

June 21, 2017

Adding Windows host to Cacti

Hello my dear Linux Yogi’s,

in this illustration I am going to show you how you add a Windows Host to your Cacti Monitoring System. If you have not set up your Cacti Server please read the following Article first. Read Network Monitoring with Cacti. Continue reading “Adding Windows host to Cacti”

May 17, 2017

Adding Linux host to Cacti

Hello my dear Linux Yogi’s,

in this illustration I am going to show you how you add a Linux Host to your Cacti Monitoring System. Continue reading “Adding Linux host to Cacti”

May 12, 2017

Network Monitoring with Cacti

Good Day my dear Linux Yogi’s,

in today’s illustration I am showing you how to install, setup and configure Cacti a Web-based Network Monitoring tool. Cacti can monitor all sort of network devices from servers to switches, firewalls and routers to simple power backup units. Cacti can also be enhanced with its plugin interface. Continue reading “Network Monitoring with Cacti”