Custom facts (local facts) are the variables which are declared on ansible managed host. Custom facts are declared in ini or json file in the /etc/ansible/facts.d directory on managed host. File names of custom facts must have .fact extension. In this article,
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Want to do some fun stuff in the Linux terminal? How about converting a regular image into an ASCII art? You know what’s ASCII? It’s a standard that assigns letters, numbers and other characters in the 256 slots available in the 8-bit
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You get plenty of open-source web browsers available for Linux. Not just limited to chrome-based options, but chrome alternatives as well. Most of the options available focus on a pretty user experience while offering privacy features. However, Nyxt browser may not be
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One of the primary roles of any systems administrator is viewing and analyzing log files. Web server log files from other Apache and Nginx can build up over time and examining them can prove to be a tedious and time-consuming activity. Thankfully,
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SSH has become the default method of accessing a remote Linux server these days. SSH stands for Secure Shell and it’s a powerful, efficient, and popular network protocol used to establish communication between two computers in a remote fashion. And let’s not
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In the past, we have covered quite a number of command-line monitoring tools in Linux.  These include vmstat, htop and top command to mention a few. The top command is the most widely used command since it comes preinstalled and gives a
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Brief: This is a beginner’s guide that shows the steps you need to follow for setting up XRDP on Ubuntu-based Linux distributions. With this, you can access your Ubuntu system from a different computer and use it graphically. Microsoft Remote Desktop Protocol(RDP)
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