Guides for setting up and managing Linux distributions on your dedicated server.
One buggy update is all it takes, here is how to make sure it never installs itself again. Here is how to block package and kernel updates on Debian. Sometimes a newer version of a package or kernel breaks something that was working fine before, a driver that stops working, a service that crashes on […]
Read articleLocked out of your own server does not have to mean starting over, here is how to get back in. Here is how to reset the root password on AlmaLinux when you are locked out and SSH is not an option. AlmaLinux inherits SELinux from its RHEL heritage, which adds one extra step compared to […]
Locked out of your own server does not have to mean starting over, here is how to get back in. Here is how to reset the root password on Debian when you are locked out and SSH is not an option. On a server that has been running quietly for a long time, this usually […]
Locked out of your own server does not have to mean starting over, here is how to get back in. Here is how to reset the root password on Ubuntu when you are locked out and SSH is not an option. This happens more often than people admit: a password manager mix-up, a handover from […]
Stop losing your connection after a reboot by setting a static IP that never changes. Here is how to configure static IP on AlmaLinux. By default, your server gets its IP address from DHCP. That works, until a reboot or a network change hands it a different address, and anything that depended on the old […]
Stop losing your connection after a reboot by setting a static IP that never changes. Here is how to configure static IP on Ubuntu. By default, your server gets its IP address from DHCP. That works, until a reboot or a network change hands it a different address, and anything that depended on the old […]
Stop losing your connection after a reboot by setting a static IP that never changes. Here is how to configure static IP on Debian. By default, your server gets its IP address from DHCP. That works, until a reboot or a network change hands it a different address, and anything that depended on the old […]