Abhishek Nair

Ansible is a very flexible and powerful configuration management tool that automates configuration processes and simplifies the administration of multiple systems with different activities that are part of a sysadmin’s day-to-day job.

SFTP or Secure File Transfer Protocol is a secure remote file transfer utility based on File Transfer Protocol (FTP).

lsof is a powerful utility available for Linux and Unix-based systems which literally stands for ‘list (of) open files’.

One of the basic file system administration tasks involves creating, modifying, and deleting different types of files and directories. Knowing some basic tools and concepts for file deletion comes in handy and can save you time.

pip (or its recursive acronym “Pip Installs Packages”) is the package installer for Python.

It often happens that we find a Linux system has rebooted in an unplanned way or due to unknown apparent reasons. Finding and resolving the root cause can help in preventing the recurrence of such issues and avoid unplanned downtime.

grep, originally developed for Unix-based systems, is one of the most widely used command-line utility in Linux boxes.

As a Sysadmin, one of the frequent activities is to reboot or power off servers.

tar is one of the popular file archiving formats available in Unix and Linux-based systems.

User management in any operating system is one of the basic routine tasks of a system administrator.

Network diagnostics is an essential part of any Network/System Administrator’s job, which includes analysis and troubleshooting different types of network problems.

Cygwin is a Linux-like environment for Windows-based systems. It consists of an emulation layer and a collection of tools that provide a Linux look and feel.

Git is one of the most popular open-source, distributed version control systems available, designed to handle everything from small to huge projects with speed and efficiency.

Telnet is a network protocol used to remotely access a computer and provides two-way text-based communication. So you need a telnet server and client to talk to each other.

FLoC or Federated Learning of Cohorts is a recent rollout by Google to replace third-party cookies with their own user surveillance built-in browser itself.

AWS Command Line Interface or CLI is a set of open-source tools that allows you to manage and automate AWS services using commands.

Kubernetes, also known as K8S, is a popular container orchestration tool for managing and scaling containerized infrastructure.

View and manage network connections established by a Docker container.