Upgrading to PHP 7.4 on Ubuntu
The anticipated PHP 7.4 version was released 28th November 2019 with a handful of new features and a slight speed improvement. Upgrading your now older PHP version can quickly and…
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Save Linux command output to file
When running a command in SSH the outcomes and/or actions get displayed in the terminal. Certain commands spill over too many lines and get cut off, the solution to this…
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…
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…
Installing PHP 7.4 Beta4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Installing the new PHP 7.4 Beta 4 on an Ubuntu 18.04 server, 7.4 Beta4 was released on the 22nd of August 2019. Start by updating package lists and information sudo…
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…
Creating SSH key access to your Linux VPS
Typical SSH connection is with username and a password, without adding extra security that leaves the server open to brute force or access from anyone who can read your printed…
Vultr; Old vs new instances
Benchmarking and putting the older SSD Vultr series of cloud against the new high frequency NVMe based servers. It is known that the high frequency CPU is at 3.8Ghz and…
Basic Linux commands Part 2: Storage and disk information
Part 2 in the Basic Linux commands; How to view storage space details and information such as free space on Linux, Part 1 was Navigation, folders and files. Viewing disk…