Linux Administration

This is something I need quite often when I setup a new VPS or Virtual Machine in the cloud. I use multiple cloud infrastructures that includes Azure, Amazon AWS, DigitalOcean, CloudatCost and InterServer. All of them has pre-set Virtual Machine or ISO that you can simply deploy using a few …

I’ve compiled a list of handy MySQL commands that I use very frequently  in a headless server. I am not a MySQL guru, so I decided to braindump everything in here. This covers random issues from WordPress slowness, Query Cache Modification, User Creation, Database dumping and importing, rsync’ing large files …

This is a simple guide on how to change GRUB background in Kali Linux (i.e. it’s actually Kali Linux GRUB splash image). Kali dev team did few things that seems almost too much work, so in this article I will explain one of two things about GRUB and somewhat make …

I use Kali Linux alongside my Windows in my Laptop (yes I do use Windows and No thanks for the incoming sarcasms)! So when I start my Laptop, I get Kali Linux, Windows and Linux Mint as the 3 options. Kali Linux being the GRUB 1st choice it counts down …

Lets say you are logged into a headless server (command line only) and you get a call about slow internet performance across network. Now of course there might be hundreds of reasons for slowness but you managed to narrow it down to the correction between your Gateway proxy and Upper …