Nick Yeoman's Blog

Linux

Virtualbox on Windows

Updated: March 20, 2024

This is a video I created to get Virtualbox 7 installed on Windows 11.

Install Git on Ubuntu

Updated: May 4, 2022

How to install git on Ubuntu.

Bash Script Snippets

Updated: April 12, 2022

There are a few bash snippets that I use very frequently in my bash scripts. Here is my collection.

Rsync

Updated: March 19, 2022

This article is my reference for everything to do with Rsync. I use Rsync for docker containers, backups and moving servers.

What's using your Bandwidth

Updated: February 17, 2022

A quick article that lets you know what's using your bandwidth.

Using Screen (Linux)

Updated: February 17, 2022

Screen is a linux command line tool that allows you to store sessions and create windows without a GUI.

Ubuntu Keyboard Shortcuts

Updated: February 17, 2022

The purpose of this article is to quickly teach you useful time-saving keyboard shortcuts available in Ubuntu.

SSH Keys

Updated: February 17, 2022

Everything about ssh keys on Ubuntu

Split Files Into Chunks

Updated: February 17, 2022

Split is a really easy Linux command you can use to split large files into smaller chunks.

Server Storage

Updated: February 17, 2022

This article outlines everything I can think of about space on your server drives.

Reset MySQL (or MariaDB) Root Password

Updated: February 17, 2022

This article explains how to reset the database root password.

Mirror a Website With Wget

Updated: February 17, 2022

This article explains how to mirror a website for backup purposes.

Introduction to Tmux

Updated: February 17, 2022

tmux is pretty awesome, here is where I write about it.

Headless Virutalbox (Cheat Sheet)

Updated: February 17, 2022

Virtualbox is exteremly handy on a development server, learn how to run it headless.

Using grep for web development

Updated: February 17, 2022

grep is a great tool for web development and System administraton.

Docker Getting Started

Updated: February 17, 2022

This is my introduction to docker and how to use docker.

Using Docker Compose

Updated: February 17, 2022

This is the foundation I use for docker-compose.

Everything about etc hosts file

Updated: February 17, 2022

I don't work in Windows or Mac often so I always forget where the hosts file is located. The windows etc hosts file and Unix etc host file both work the same, so usage is easy.

Bash Aliases To Save Time

Updated: February 17, 2022

Creating an alias allows saves you time by reducing the amount of characters you have to type.

Getting Started With Ansible

Updated: February 17, 2022

Here is a tutorial of how I would start a server from scratch using ansible and docker