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Manipulating Fan Speed and Monitoring CPU Temperature on Dell PowerEdge R710

Hello Tech Enthusiasts! Today, we’ll dive into a technical topic that many server administrators will find handy: managing the fan speed and monitoring the CPU temperature on a Dell PowerEdge R710 using IPMItool. Introduction to IPMItool IPMItool is an incredibly versatile utility that allows IT admins to interact with a server’s Baseboard Management Controller (BMC), […]

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Enabling Real-Time HTML Reports with GoAccess & NGINX

If you manage a web server, you know that access to real-time data can be a game-changer. It’s beneficial to see exactly how your server is performing at any given moment, how traffic is flowing, and how users are interacting with your site. That’s where the open-source log analyzer, GoAccess, steps in. Paired with the

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Rescuing Your Dell PowerEdge Server with a Filesystem Check using Virtual Console

In the realm of data storage, system administrators have to regularly face the reality of filesystem inconsistencies and corruptions. This could be due to several factors such as sudden power loss, hardware problems, or even software errors. Fortunately, in Linux systems, we have a tool called fsck (filesystem check) that comes to our rescue in

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Achieving High Performance in LAMP and LEMP Stacks: A Comprehensive Guide

Whether you are working with a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) or LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP) stack, optimizing each component is key to ensuring your server performs at its best. This blog post offers a look at how to effectively manage resources, ensure stable performance, and maintain a reliable server environment, particularly under high

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Leveraging pmap and smem to Analyze Memory Usage of PHP-FPM Workers

One common concern for developers, system administrators, or anyone working with PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is memory usage. Memory management is a critical aspect of maintaining an efficient, reliable, and responsive application. One of the tools that can be instrumental in analyzing memory usage of PHP-FPM workers is pmap. pmap is a utility provided by

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6 Compelling Reasons to Use Ansible Semaphore

Ansible is a powerful automation tool that’s used to provision, manage, and deploy software applications to numerous servers without any downtime. It uses YAML, which is a straightforward language that is easily understood by humans, for its playbook files. This makes Ansible very popular among developers and system administrators. But while Ansible on its own

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Tuning Memory Usage for PHP-FPM Workers: An In-depth Guide

PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an incredibly powerful tool for boosting the performance of your PHP applications. However, it can also consume significant amounts of memory if not properly configured, impacting your application’s performance. In this blog post, we will guide you on how to analyze and optimize the memory usage of PHP-FPM workers. 1.

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Four Common Mistakes System Administrators Make When Setting Up NGINX

NGINX is a highly reliable, high-performance web server, reverse proxy server, and load balancer. Since its inception, NGINX has earned a reputable place in the IT industry due to its versatility, speed, and efficiency. However, setting up NGINX isn’t always a walk in the park, especially for the uninitiated. Even experienced system administrators can fall

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8 Essential Tips for Using SSH Keys

Greetings, systems administrators! If you’re responsible for managing one or more servers, chances are you’re already familiar with the utility and necessity of SSH keys. Secure Shell (SSH) keys offer a secure way of logging into a server with SSH, providing a safer and more efficient alternative to password-based logins. However, as powerful as they

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Five Key Things System Administrators Should Know About Reading the Exim Mail Log

As a system administrator, one of your many responsibilities is managing and maintaining the email servers of your organization. If you’re using Exim, one of the most popular message transfer agents (MTA) on Unix-based systems, understanding the Exim mail log is crucial. In this blog post, we’re going to dive into five important things you

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