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How to install and setup LXC (Linux Container) on Fedora Linux 26

How do I install, create and manage LXC (Linux Containers – an operating system-level virtualization) on Fedora Linux version 26 server?

How to disable fast mirror yum plugin in CentOS Linux server

April 26, 2017in CentOS, Fedora Linux, Linux last updated April 26, 2017

This might sound little crazy, but I want to disable yum plugin called the fast mirror. It always selects mirror hosted in my country which is very slow. As a result of all my yum command download file at 4-8Kb/s only. I am also behind a proxy server. How do I disable the fastest mirror plugin on CentOS Linux 6 or 7 server?

How to enable TLS/SSL encryption with Glusterfs storage cluster on Linux

March 7, 2017July 21, 2017in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Fedora Linux, File system, Linux, RedHat and Friends, Suse last updated July 21, 2017

I setup GlusterFS cluster on Ubuntu Linux. How do I enable network encryption using TLS/SSL for my Glusterfs storage cluster on Linux for security reasons? How do I setup I/O encryption and management encryption with Glusterfs?

Linux / Unix: “-bash: python: command not found” error and solution

January 11, 2017January 11, 2017in BASH Shell, CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Fedora Linux, FreeBSD, Linux, Mac OS X, Python, RedHat and Friends, Suse, Troubleshooting, UNIX last updated January 11, 2017

I am a new user and trying to run Python program. I have a cloud based VM/VPS and when I type python mycode.py at the terminal of my server, I get the following error:
-bash: python: command not found

How do I solve this problem?

How to install wget on RHEL/CentOS 7 using yum

November 22, 2016November 22, 2016in BASH Shell, CentOS, Fedora Linux, Linux, Package Management, RedHat and Friends last updated November 22, 2016

I am trying to download a file using ‘wget http://url’ syntax, but I am getting an error:

bash: wget: command not found

How do I fix this problem? How can I install wget on a CentOS/RHEL 7 or 6 server using yum command?
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Fedora Linux – How to Use dnf Command With A Proxy Server

December 11, 2015in Fedora Linux, Linux, Networking, Package Management last updated December 11, 2015

My Fedora Linux 23 workstation based laptop can only be accessed through our corporate proxy servers. How do I access and use dnf command with a web proxy server on a Fedora Linux? How do I configure dnf to use a proxy server only?

How To Install Microsoft Visual Studio Code on Linux

November 18, 2015in Debian / Ubuntu, Fedora Linux, Linux, Windows last updated November 18, 2015

Visual Studio code (VScode) is the cross-platform Chromium-based code editor is being open sourced today by Microsoft. How do I install Microsoft Visual Studio Code on a Debian or Ubuntu or Fedora Linux desktop?