There are two major encoding schemes for X.509 certificates and keys: PEM (Base64 ASCII), and DER (binary). We can’t always tell what kind of file we are working with just from looking at the filename; we may need to open…
The first thing that we need to know is there is no C drive or E drive in Linux. We will see something like /dev/sda, /dev/sdb, /dev/sdc, … etc. instead. The dev is short for device. The sd was short…
A block device is a storage device that moves data in sequences of bytes or bits (blocks). These devices support random access and generally use buffered I Examples include hard disks, CD-ROM drives, and flash drives. A block device can…
Amazon Simple Storage Service (Amazon S3) is a scalable, high-speed, web-based cloud storage service. The service is designed for online backup and archiving of data and applications on Amazon Web Services (AWS). Amazon S3 was designed with a minimal feature…
Amazon S3 (Simple Storage Service) is a scalable, high-speed, low-cost web-based service designed for online backup and archiving of data and application programs. It allows to upload, store, and download any type of files up to 5 TB in size.…
Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (VPC) is a service that lets us launch AWS resources in a logically isolated virtual network that we define. Amazon Virtual Private Cloud (Amazon VPC) enables us to launch Amazon Web Services resources into a virtual…
A Fully Qualified Domain Name (FQDN) is the complete domain name of a specific computer, or host, online. A FQDN gives its precise location in the hierarchy of DNS records. It is the complete address for websites and other computers…
To fix “to use the the ‘ssh’ connection type with passwords, you must install the sshpass program”, we need to install sshpass package in our ansible control machine. What is sshpass? Sshpass is a utility that allows you to store…
An SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) certificate is a digital certificate that authenticates the identity of a website and encrypts information sent to the server using SSL technology. Encryption is the process of scrambling data into an undecipherable format that can…
AAAA records, also known as “quad-A” records, are a type of DNS record used to map domain names to IPv6 addresses. They are similar to A records, which are used to map domain names to IPv4 addresses, but are designed…
