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How to install xfs and create xfs file system on Debian/Ubuntu Linux

September 23, 2017in Debian / Ubuntu, File system, Linux last updated September 23, 2017

I recently switched to a Ubuntu/Debian Linux server from a CentOS/RHEL 7.x. How do I install mkfs.xfs command on a Debian/Ubuntu Linux server? How do I create and manage file XFS file system on a Ubuntu or Debian Linux LTS server?

Ubuntu: /dev/xvda2 should be checked for errors

June 16, 2017in Amazon Cloud Computing, Debian / Ubuntu, Hardware, Linux, Troubleshooting, Ubuntu Linux last updated June 16, 2017

When I log in to my Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS AWS cloud server, I get the message on screen: /dev/xvda2 should be checked for errors. I can not run fsck command on /dev/xvda1 because it is mounted. How do I check my disk for error without corrupting data?

How to install GlusterFS with a replicated high availability storage volume on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS

February 27, 2017July 21, 2017in File system, Hardware, High Availability, Linux, Ubuntu Linux last updated July 21, 2017

I want to share my web server DocumentRoot /var/www/html/ across 2 Apache web server. Both of my web servers are behind load balanced reverse proxy powered by Nginx. How do I setup and install GlusterFS (“distributed storage”) which is a scalable network filesystem on Ubuntu Linux 16.04 LTS server?

How to add disk image to KVM virtual machine with virsh command

February 17, 2017February 27, 2017in CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Linux, Linux KVM, RedHat and Friends, Suse last updated February 27, 2017

How do I add additional disk storage to a guest operating system to KVM virtual machine with virsh command on Linux operating system?

How To Mount a Remote Directory With SSHFS on a Linux

March 7, 2015August 16, 2017in Arch Linux, CentOS, Debian / Ubuntu, Linux, Networking, OpenBSD, RedHat and Friends last updated August 16, 2017

How can I mount remote directory with ssh on a Linux bases system? How do I use SSHFS to mount remote file systems over SSH on a Ubuntu or Debian/RHEL/CentOS/Arch Linux system?

FreeBSD Unix Show Mounted File Systems

February 2, 2015February 2, 2015in File system, FreeBSD, FreeBSD Jails (VPS), UNIX last updated February 2, 2015

I recently switched from MS-Windows server to a FreeBSD Unix server. How can I see list of mounted file systems on a FreeBSD based Unix server using command line options?

How To Add Swap on FreeBSD Unix Systems

January 27, 2015May 3, 2017in File system, FreeBSD, FreeBSD Jails (VPS), UNIX last updated May 3, 2017

I need additional swap space to improve my FreeBSD Unix server/desktop performance. How do I add a swap file to FreeBSD system using command line options without creating a new partitions? How do I encrypt swap space on a FreeBSD Unix server for security purpose?