In this tutorial, I will explain how to add an additional disk to an Ubuntu machine and create a new LMV volume for this disk. To explain this tutorial, I will start from a concrete case, I have a virtual machine on Hyper-V where Ubuntu 22.04 is installed. There is a first disk which is …
In this tutorial, I will explain how to deploy virtual machines on Ubuntu with Proxmox using Cloud-Init. At the end of this tutorial, you will be able to deploy a virtual machine under Ubuntu in a few clicks and all in less than 3 minutes with a VM ready. Cloud-Init Overview Cloud-Init is an Open …
In this tutorial, I will explain to you how to install (it’s the easiest) and configure Postfix on Ubuntu as an email relay to send emails from applications, equipment (copier, switch, etc.). This type of server is often used in businesses to send emails from different equipment and software, even if you have an internal …
In this tutorial, I will show you a script to install Docker and Docker Compose on Ubuntu 22.04. Today more and more applications are available in containers with Docker, I regularly have to install a new machine on Ubuntu and have to install Docker and Docker Compose. Personally, I prefer to install Docker from the …
In this tutorial, I will explain how to install duf to show available disk space on Ubuntu. DUF is a command line utility that allows you to view available disk space on Linux and Windows in a terminal. If you are used to using Linux, you probably know the following command: df -h which allows …
In this tutorial, I will explain how to configure the time zone called timezone on Ubuntu Server. Unlike the Desktop version, when installing the server version of Ubuntu, the time zone is not requested, which means that by default, Ubuntu is in the UTC (+0) time zone. In order to have the logs and scheduled …
In this tutorial, I will show you how to add the certificate of an internal CA on an Ubuntu machine. In business, we often use an Enterprise Certification Authority, which allows us to generate certificates for applications, services, computers and users. If you have servers under Ubuntu and you want, for example, to use scripts …
In this tutorial, I will explain how to activate the firewall on a computer with Ubuntu and manage it with UFW. UFW for Uncomplicated Firewall is a simplified Netfilter command line utility, it is a simple alternative to iptables, which allows to manage firewall rules. If UFW is not installed, use the following command to …
In this tutorial, we will see how to configure the size of systemd logs on an Ubuntu distribution. By default, the logs located in the /var/log/journal folder can take several gigabytes of disk space. As can be seen from the screenshot below, the logs take up 4 Giga of disk space. The configuration of the …
In a previous tutorial, I explained how to install and use Ansible to execute automatic actions on your Windows and Linux servers. Like all applications, Ansible is regularly updated and so to enjoy the latest features and bug fixes, you should also update Ansible. The “problem” when you go through the official repositories of distributions …