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Articles tagged "sysadmin"

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23 min readIntermediate

Bash Scripting for DevOps 2026: 5 Production Scripts with Error Handling and Tests

Bash scripting for DevOps engineers: 5 production-ready scripts for log rotation, HTTP health checks, PostgreSQL backup, Docker deploy, and secret rotation — with error handling, ShellCheck, and bats tests.

14 min readBeginner

Linux File Permissions Explained 2026: chmod, chown, umask, SUID/SGID, and ACLs

Linux file permissions complete guide 2026: read/write/execute bits, chmod octal and symbolic, chown, umask, SUID/SGID security risks, sticky bit, and setfacl/getfacl for fine-grained ACLs.

15 min readIntermediate

Linux Process Management 2026: ps, top, htop, btop, kill, nice, and OOM Killer

Linux process management guide 2026: ps aux, top, htop, btop/bpytop, kill signals, nice/renice, lsof, strace, /proc filesystem, zombie processes, OOM killer, and systemd-cgtop for cgroups.

14 min readBeginner

tmux Tutorial 2026: From Zero to Productive with Sessions, Config, and Neovim Integration

Complete tmux tutorial 2026: sessions, windows, panes, full .tmux.conf config, automation startup script, SSH persistence, neovim integration with vim-tmux-navigator, and tpm plugins.

7 min readIntermediate

Ansible Roles and Galaxy: Modular Playbooks for Production (2026)

Ansible roles tutorial 2026. Create roles with tasks, templates, handlers, and defaults. Use Ansible Galaxy community roles, pin versions in requirements.yml, and test with Molecule + Docker.

8 min readIntermediate

awk, sed, and grep for Linux Sysadmins: Practical Guide with Real Examples (2026)

Master awk, sed, and grep for Linux sysadmin work in 2026. Parse nginx logs, edit configs in-place, filter processes, and build log analysis pipelines. Every example is real-world.

9 min readIntermediate

Nmap for Sysadmins: Network Scanning and Security Audit Guide (2026)

Nmap tutorial 2026 for sysadmins. Beyond nmap -sV: NSE scripts for TLS audit, CVE detection, EternalBlue check, network inventory, and ndiff for tracking infrastructure changes.

7 min readIntermediate

Ansible for Linux Sysadmins: Automate Server Configuration with Playbooks (2026)

Learn Ansible for Linux sysadmins. Install Ansible, write your first playbook, use roles, manage inventory, and automate server configuration in 2026.

3 min readIntermediate

IBM DB2 Administration Cheatsheet — Essential Commands (2026)

IBM DB2 LUW quick reference 2026. Commands for start/stop, connect, list databases, backup, users, locks, performance, and common error codes. DB2 11.1, 11.5, 12.x.

3 min readBeginner

db2stop force: How to Stop a DB2 Instance Safely (2026 Guide)

Learn how to use db2stop and db2stop force to stop a DB2 instance safely. Includes error handling when db2stop force fails.