CentOS 8 HowTo - Linux / Unix Q & A from nixCraft

Add / Create a Sudo User on CentOS Linux 8

last updated December 3, 2019 in CentOS, Linux, User Management

How do I add / create a sudo user on CentOS Linux 8 using the command line?

How to install and use Nginx on CentOS 8

last updated November 24, 2019 in CentOS, Linux, Networking, Nginx

How do I Install Nginx on CentOS 8 Linux server? How can configure the latest version of Nginx web server on a CentOS Enterprise Linux 8 server using the CLI and host a static site?

How to Create a new user account in CentOS 7/8

last updated November 24, 2019 in CentOS, Linux, User Management

How do I create a new user account on CentOS 7/8 Linux server using command-line options? How do I create a new user account with sudo access on CentOS 8 Linux server?

How to install htop on CentOS Linux 8

last updated November 22, 2019 in CentOS, Linux

I am a new user of CentOS Linux 8 operating system. How do I install htop on CentOS 8 using the yum command?

Apache with Let’s Encrypt Certificates on CentOS 8

last updated October 2, 2019 in Apache, CentOS, Linux, Security

I read that Let’s Encrypt is a free, automated, and open certificate for web server and other usages. How do I secure Apache with Let’s Encrypt Certificates on CentOS 8?

How to install whois on RHEL 8 / CentOS 8

last updated October 1, 2019 in CentOS, Linux, Package Management, RedHat and Friends

I deployed RHEL 8 in the cloud server. However, I am unable to find the whois command on my newly created RHEL 8 Linux server. It says ‘-bash: whois: command not found‘ I tried yum install whois, but it failed too. How do I install whois command on RHEL/CentOS 8 Linux using the command line?

How To Install MariaDB on CentOS 8

last updated October 1, 2019 in CentOS, Linux

I am a new to MariaDB server and CentOS 8 sysadmin. How do I install MariaDB on CentOS 8 Linux server using the yum command?