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Linux and Unix host Command Examples

Posted: 13 May 2022 01:02 PM PDT


{Updated} The host command is an easy to use command-line utility for performing DNS lookups under Linux, macOS, BSD and Unix-like systems. We can use it to find or convert DNS names to IP addresses and vice versa. Let us see the host command examples on Linux and Unix-like systems with daily use cases for developers and sysadmins to troubleshoot DNS and networking issues.
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How to check if Ansible collection is installed or not

Posted: 13 May 2022 12:27 PM PDT

Sometimes I need a specific Ansible module from ansible-galaxy to carry out a particular type of automation. But I don't know if it is already installed or not or bundled with Ansible when I installed the latest version on Ubuntu Linux. So here is a quick command-line tip for finding out if the Ansible module is installed or not on your development workstations powered by Linux, Unix or macOS.

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How to install MySQL server on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Linux

Posted: 10 May 2022 12:21 AM PDT

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MySQL version 8.0 is a free and open-source database system used by most web applications and sites on the Internet. Typically MySQL is part of the LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, Perl/Python/PHP) stack. MySQL heavily uses popular open-source software such as WordPress, MediaWiki, and others as a database storage engine. Let us see how to install MySQL server version 8.x on Ubuntu 22.04 LTS Linux server, including settings up a new database, users and fine tuning server config.

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