today's howtos

posted by Roy Schestowitz on Jan 23, 2024

• TecAdmin ☛ How to Set Up Laravel with Dockerfile and Docker-Compose

  Developing Laravel applications requires a stable and consistent development environment. Docker, a popular containerization platform, offers an efficient way to create such an environment.

• Cloudbooklet ☛ Install Odoo 17 on Ubuntu 22.04 with Docker, Nginx and SSL

  Install Odoo 17 using Docker Compose, Nginx, SSL on Ubuntu 22.04 . In this tutorial you are going to learn how to install and setup Odoo using Docker and Docker Compose and configure Nginx and Let’s Encrypt SSL and also install PostgreSQL. Installing Odoo using Docker Compose is the easiest way compared to install manually.

• Data Swamp ☛ Hosting Shaarli on OpenBSD

  This guide explains how to install the PHP web service Shaarli on OpenBSD.

  Shaarli is a bookmarking service and RSS feed reader, you can easily add new links and associate a text / tag and share it with other or keep each entry private if you prefer.

• It's FOSS ☛ scp Command Examples

  Use the flexibility of an SSH connection to transfer files with scp command.

• Red Hat ☛ Convert CentOS GNU/Linux to RHEL using Red Bait Insights

   On June 30, 2024, CentOS GNU/Linux 7 will reach its end-of-life (EOL), marking the conclusion of official support and security updates. This development has prompted organizations and users relying on CentOS 7 to seek alternative solutions to ensure ongoing security and support. One prevalent and strategic choice is migrating from CentOS 7 to Red Hat Enterprise GNU/Linux (RHEL). The transition to RHEL is advantageous for several reasons, including continued access to regular security patches, extended support, and a robust ecosystem of tools and features.

• A Step-by-step Guide to Adding Users to Ubuntu

  Like other operating systems, GNU/Linux also supports multiple users with different privileges; each user is assigned a distinguishable user account with their username and password. System admin can add or remove users and also assign system management tasks and privileges to other users. In this way, multiple users are managing the system environment, which leads to an increase in the overall performance and keeps the system up-to-date.

• Evan Hahn ☛ systemd-inhibit: a built-in GNU/Linux alternative to macOS's "caffeinate" command

  In short: try systemd-inhibit if you’re looking for an alternative to macOS’s caffeinate.

  macOS’s caffeinate command prevents your computer from going to sleep, which can be useful. It’s been ported to Linux…but if you’re like me, you don’t like installing unnecessary software.

  Good news: there’s a similar command already installed if you’re on a system that uses systemd: systemd-inhibit.

  This command is roughly equivalent to caffeinate make:

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