Understanding CPU server load
Server CPU load is the amount of CPU tasks waiting to be processed and running, The outcome is relative to the amount of CPU available. A load of 1 when…
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The main HTTP status codes
HTTP status codes are issued by a web server in response to a clients action. Simply going to a URL and fetching resources like images, styling and scripts will return…
Creating PHP cron jobs on Ubuntu
Running cron jobs on your Ubuntu server to call PHP scripts in a timely manner. The first step would be creating a PHP file that when called will leave proof…
The ideal DayZ server start bat
Using a batch file to start a DayZ server is common practice, there are many ways, methods and features to put in the batch file most confusing to beginners. Read…
How to setup DayZ Standalone Server on Windows Server 2019
It has been almost 11 months since this post about installing and setting up a Dayz server was made. Here is a fresh guide to setting up your DayZ Standalone…
FFmpeg x264 encoding; More cores or faster cores?
Something different this time, testing with a faster CPU that has less cores. Is having more cores or faster cores an obvious difference for FFmpeg video encoding? Last time the…
Get time taken to execute task in Ubuntu
To check and get a detailed response on how long a task took on your Ubuntu server you can use the time utility. Note that this is not the inbuilt…
How to do a ping test on Ubuntu
Thankfully pinging from an Ubuntu server is very similar to how its done on Windows systems. To ping a website or ip address 4 times use ping -c 4 hostname…
The basics of GNU Wget
GNU Wget is an open source software for downloading files with compatibility with the many popular internet protocols through command line use. Wget is a popular tool and highly versatile,…
Linux is more popular than Windows on Azure
Microsoft’s cloud computing platform Azure has more Linux instances running on it than Windows, showing the decline in Windows Server (GUI based) is happening even on Microsoft’s own platform. This…