Ubuntu

Introduction Ubuntu 24.04 LTS was launched on April 25th, 2024. As this version is an LTS (Long-Term Support) release, it will be supported for 5 years. In this post we are going to explain how to update your Ubuntu using the CLI. Backup Do a backup of important data before start. It is important because the update action has some risks and could damage the system. Update your packages It’s a good practice to have your packages updated before starting the system update process. ...

In some situations could be needed to know exactly which DNS server is being used by an Ubuntu host. There are several ways to get this info, however the best option I have found is to use the resolvectl service. This service is in charge of the name resolution of the local applications. You can use it executing resolvectl status or just resolvectl. The command will return the DNS servers configured in each network interface, and which one is currently being used. ...

Introduction In this post I am going to describe how to deploy a MTProto Telegram Proxy used mainly to avoid blocks of this App in certain countries. Telegram supports 2 types of proxy servers: the standard SOCKS5, and the MTProto, the one we will discuss next. What is Telegram? Telegram is a messaging application with a focus on speed and security. It’s free and it is used by more than 700 million of users monthly. One of its best features is that you can use it in several devices at the same time. ...

Introduction During the last few years, I have started several blogs (not much success, it must be said). A technology one, my photography web, and a blog with personal matters, which I decided to close. All of them were made with the same CMS platform: WordPress. WordPress has some advantages, such as its ease of use or the great community behind it. However, I was tired of the huge amount of resources I needed to deploy the CMS and give a good experience to the readers of my blog. It is needed to install a MySQL database, deploy PHP on the server, and install several plugins on WordPress to optimize the experience. ...

Introduction After installing a new Ubuntu system, I always set the language configuration to fit my local environment. Locales configuration Connect to a terminal of your machine and execute next command: sudo dpkg-reconfigure locales After this, you will see a list of languages and countries. You have to select with space bar the language and country you need. In my case, as I live in Spain, I have selected es_ES.UTF-8. It is recommended to choose UTF-8 version. ...

Grafana is an open source metric analytics & visualization tool which can help us to monitor the system with a nice Dashboard. Installing Grafana Grafana is available in the APT packages repository, however it could not be the latest version, so we’ll use the official Grafana repository. First, it is needed to install the software needed before install Grafana. sudo apt install -y apt-transport-https sudo apt install -y software-properties-common wget ...

Introduction Some time ago I tried to configure a SMTP server in a host in the cloud, but because of some restrictions, the emails from that server were bounced. The problem was that the hosting provider didn’t configure the PTR DNS entries (more about DNS PTR entries) for some kind of hostings. When this happens the best solution is to use a SMTP relay server, by this way that server is in charge of the final delivery of the emails. There are some services such us Sendinblue which offers 300 mails per day in the free plan. I believe it’s enough for a normal use of a mail server. ...

Introduction Nowadays, the knowledge to install a mail server is an important task for any System Administrator. In our case, we are going to see how to deploy a mail server with Postfix on Ubuntu. About Postfix Postfix is a free and open-source MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) which routes and delivers electronic mail (e-mails). As an SMTP server, Postfix implements a first layer of defense against spambots and malware. Can be used to send and receive e-mail. This is the default MTA software on all Linux distributions. ...