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Rocky Linux 10 (Red Quartz) – Minimum Hardware Requirements
Installing Rocky Linux 10
Migrating To Rocky Linux
Rocky supported version upgrades
Building and Installing Custom Linux Kernels
Contribute
Contribute
Index
Beginner Contributors Guide
AI-assisted contribution policy
Create a New Document in GitHub
Document Formatting
Local Documentation
Local Documentation
Introduction
RockyDocs Script Method
Docker Method
Incus Method
Podman Method
Python VENV Method
Quick Method
Navigational Changes
Style Guide
Document versioning using two remotes
An expert contribution guide
Automation
Automation
anacron - Automating commands
Configuring chrony
cron - Automating Commands
cronie - Timed Tasks
Kickstart Files and Rocky Linux
OliveTin
Automatic Template Creation - Packer - Ansible - VMware vSphere
Backup & Sync
Backup & Sync
dump and restore command
Mirroring Solution - lsyncd
Backup Solution - rsnapshot
Synchronization With rsync
tar command
Content Management
Content Management
Chyrp Lite
Cloud Server Using Nextcloud
DokuWiki Server
MediaWiki
WordPress on LAMP
Communications
Communications
Installing Asterisk
Containers
Containers
Incus Server
LXD Beginners Guide-Multiple Servers
Nextcloud on Podman
Podman
Working with Rancher and Kubernetes
Rootless Podman
Cloud
Cloud
Migration to New Azure Images
Database
Database
MariaDB Database Server
Desktop
Desktop
KDE Installation
DNS
DNS
Knot Authoritative DNS
NSD Authoritative DNS
Bind Private DNS Server
Unbound Recursive DNS
Editors
Editors
micro
NvChad
vi
Email
Email
Overview of email system
Basic e-mail system
Using `postfix` for Process Reporting
File Sharing Services
File Sharing Services
Clustering-GlusterFS
Network File System
Samba Windows File Sharing
Secure FTP Server - vsftpd
Secure server - `sftp`
Transmission BitTorrent Seedbox
Filesystems
Filesystems
Configuring TRIM
XFS recovery
Hardware
Hardware
Installing Rocky Linux 10 on a AOOSTAR WTR PRO
Enabling VLAN Passthrough on Marvell AQC-series NICs
HPE ProLiant Agentless Management Service
IPMI management
Enabling VLAN Passthrough on Intel X710-series NICs
HPC
HPC
Deploying Slurm on Rocky Linux
Interoperability
Interoperability
Import Rocky Linux to WSL or WSL2
ISOs
ISOs
Creating a Custom Rocky Linux ISO
Kernel
Kernel
Crash analysis
Regenerate `initramfs`
Migrating cgroups v1 to v2 on Rocky Linux
Mirror Management
Mirror Management
Adding a Rocky Mirror
Network
Network
accel-ppp PPPoE Server
Network Configuration
Hurricane Electric IPv6 Tunnel
LibreNMS monitoring server
OpenBGPD BGP Router
Performance tuning
Performance tuning
Network performance tuning
IRQs and kernel packet drops
Ubiquiti UniFi OS controller
Package Management
Package Management
Introduction
DNF package manager
Package Build & Troubleshooting
Package Debranding
Packaging And Developer Guide
Package Signing & Testing
Proxies
Proxies
HAProxy-Apache-LXD
i2pd Anonymous Network
Tor Relay
Repositories
Repositories
Fetch and Distribute RPM Repository with Pulp
Security
Security
Authentication
Authentication
Active Directory Authentication
Active Directory Authentication with Samba
firewalld for Beginners
firewalld from iptables
Generating SSL Keys
Generating SSL Keys - Let's Encrypt
Patching with dnf-automatic
PAM authentication modules
SELinux Security
SSH Public and Private Key
Tailscale VPN
CVE hygiene
FreeRADIUS RADIUS Server
FreeRADIUS RADIUS Server with MariaDB
FreeRADIUS RADIUS Server with Samba Active Directory
OpenVPN
SSH Certificate Authorities and Key Signing
Systemd Units Hardening
WireGuard VPN
Troubleshooting
Troubleshooting
How to deal with a kernel panic
Virtualization
Virtualization
Cockpit KVM Dashboard
Cloud init
Cloud init
0. cloud-init
1. cloud-init fundamentals
2. First contact
3. The configuration engine
4. Advanced provisioning
5. The image builder's perspective
6. Troubleshooting cloud-init
7. Contributing
KVM tuning
Rocky on VirtualBox
Setting Up libvirt on Rocky Linux
VMware Tools™ Installation
Web
Web
Apache Hardened Webserver
Apache Hardened Webserver
Apache Hardened Web Server
Web-based Application Firewall (WAF)
Host-based Intrusion Detection System (HIDS)
Apache Multiple Site
Caddy Web Server
Apache With 'mod_ssl'
Nginx
Nginx Multisite
PHP and PHP-FPM
Tor Onion Service
Books
Books
Rocky Linux Instructional Books
System Administrator's Guide
System Administrator's Guide
Learning Linux With Rocky
Introduction to Linux
Linux Commands
Advanced Linux Commands
VI Text Editor
User Management
File System
Process Management
Backup and Restore
System Startup
Task Management
Implementing the Network
Software Management
Special permissions
About systemd
Log management
Learning Ansible
Learning Ansible
Learning Ansible with Rocky
Ansible Basics
Ansible Intermediate
File Management
Ansible Galaxy
Deploy With Ansistrano
Large Scale infrastructure
Working With Filters
Management server optimizations
Working With Jinja Template in Ansible
Learning Bash
Learning Bash
Learning bash with Rocky
Bash - First script
Bash - Using Variables
Bash - Data entry and manipulations
Bash - Check your knowledge
Bash - Tests
Bash - Conditional structures if and case
Bash - Loops
Bash - Check your knowledge
Appendix-Practical Examples
Appendix-Practical Examples
Variables - Use With Logs
Learning Rsync
Learning Rsync
rsync brief description
rsync demo 01
rsync demo 02
rsync configuration file
rsync password-free authentication login
inotify-tools installation and use
Use unison
LXD Server
LXD Server
Introduction
1 Install and Configuration
2 ZFS Setup
3 LXD Initialization and User Setup
4 Firewall Setup
5 Setting Up and Managing Images
6 Profiles
7 Container Configuration Options
8 Container Snapshots
9 Snapshot Server
10 Automating Snapshots
Appendix A - Workstation Setup
Incus Server
Incus Server
Introduction
1 Install and Configuration
2 ZFS Setup
3 Incus initialization and user setup
4 Firewall Setup
5 Setting Up and Managing Images
6 Profiles
7 Container Configuration Options
8 Container Snapshots
9 Snapshot Server
10 Automating Snapshots
Appendix A - Workstation Setup
Sed, Awk & Grep
Sed, Awk & Grep
Sed, Awk & Grep - the Three Swordsmen
Regular expressions and wildcards
Grep command
Sed command
Awk command
Security Enhancements
Security Enhancements
Introduction to PAM and basic usage
Licence
Nvchad
Nvchad
Overview
Additional Software
Install Neovim
Install NvChad
Example Config
Installing Nerd Fonts
Using vale in NvChad
Marksman
NvChad UI
NvChad UI
Built-In Plugins
Plugins Manager
NvChad UI
Using NvChad
NvimTree
Plugins
Plugins
Overview
Markdown Preview
Project Manager
Web services
Web services
Foreword
Part 1. Files Servers
Part 2. Web Servers Introduction
Part 2.1 Web Servers Apache
Part 2.2 Web Servers Nginx
Part 3. Application servers
Part 4. Database Servers
Part 4.1 Database servers MariaDB
Part 4.2 Database Servers MySQL
Part 4.3 MariaDB database replication
Part 5. Load balancing, caching and proxyfication
Part 5.1 HAProxy
Part 5.2 Varnish
Part 5.3 Squid
Part 6. Mail servers
Part 7. High availability
Labs
Labs
Tutorial Labs
System Administration I Labs
System Administration I Labs
Lab 3 - Common System Utilities
Lab 5 - Networking Essentials
Lab 6 - User and group management
Lab 7: Managing and installing software
Lab 8: System and process monitoring
System Administration II Labs
System Administration II Labs
Lab 3: Boot and startup processes
Lab 4: Advanced System and process monitoring
Lab 6: The File system
Lab 7: The Linux kernel
Networking Labs
Networking Labs
Lab 5: NFS
Lab 8: Samba
Security Labs
Security Labs
List of Security Labs
Introduction
Lab 3 - Auditing the System
Lab 8: iptables
Lab 9: Cryptography
Kubernetes the Hard Way (Rocky Linux)
Kubernetes the Hard Way (Rocky Linux)
Introduction
Lab 1: Prerequisites
Lab 2: Set Up The Jumpbox
Lab 3: Provisioning Compute Resources
Lab 4: Provisioning a CA and Generating TLS Certificates
Lab 5: Generating Kubernetes Configuration Files for Authentication
Lab 6: Generating the Data Encryption Configuration and Key
Lab 7: Bootstrapping the etcd Cluster
Lab 8: Bootstrapping the Kubernetes Control Plane
Lab 9: Bootstrapping the Kubernetes Worker Nodes
Lab 10: Configuring kubectl for Remote Access
Lab 11: Provisioning Pod Network Routes
Lab 12: Smoke Test
Lab 13: Cleaning Up
Gemstones
Gemstones
Index
Core
Core
View Current Kernel Configuration
Networking
Networking
iftop - Live Per-Connection Bandwidth Statistics
mtr - Network Diagnostics
NetworkManager
nload - Bandwidth Statistics
nmcli - Set Connection Autoconnect
nmtui - Network Management Tool
Scripts
Scripts
NoSleep.sh - A simple Configuration Script
bash - Script Stub
Containers
Containers
Docker - Install Engine
Podman
Git
Git
Installing and Setting Up GitHub CLI on Rocky Linux
1st time contribution to Rocky Linux Documentation via CLI
Editing or Changing the Title of an Existing Pull Request via CLI
Editing or Changing the Title of an Existing Pull Request via github.com
Feature Branch Workflow in Git
Fork and Branch Git workflow
Using git pull and git fetch
Adding a remote repository using git CLI
Tracking vs Non-Tracking Branch in Git
dnf - swap command
Simple Gemstone template
htop - Process Management
https - RSA Key Generation
Markdown Demo
perl - Search and Replace
rpaste - Pastebin Tool
sed - Search and Replace
Setup Local Rocky Repositories
bash - String Color
Systemd Service - Python Script
Test CPU compatibility
torsocks - Route Traffic Via Tor/SOCKS5
Write to Physical CD/DVD with Xorriso
Desktop
Desktop
Desktop
GNOME
GNOME
dconf Config Editor
Decibels Audio Player
Decoder QR Code Tool
Desktop Sharing via RDP
File Shredder - Secure Deletion
Flatpak
GNOME Shell Extensions
GNOME Tweaks
GNOME Online Accounts
Taking Screenshots and Recording Screencasts in GNOME
User and group account management
Currency Conversion with Valuta on GNOME
Appimage
Appimage
Install AppImages with AppImagePool
Install Software with an AppImage
Display
Display
Installing NVIDIA GPU Drivers
Gaming
Gaming
Gaming on Linux with Proton
Printing
Printing
Brother All-in-One Printer Installation and Setup
HP All-in-One Printer Installation and Setup
Tools
Tools
Business & Office Apps
Firewall GUI App
Installing the Kitty terminal emulator
Annotating Screenshots with Ksnip
Installing the Terminator terminal emulator
Release Notes
Release Notes
Rocky Release Notes
Current Release 10.1
Current Release 9.7
Release 10
Release 9.6
Current Release 8.10
Release 9.5
Release 9.4
Release 9.3
Release 8.9
Release 9.2
Release 8.8
Release 9.1
Release 9.0
Release 8.7
Release 8.6
Release 8.5
Release 8.4
Changelog 8
Rocky Insights
Rocky Insights
Announcements
Announcements
Introduction
RSOD
RSOD
Rocky Summer of Docs
2024
2024
Rocky Linux Summer of Docs 2024
Blogs
Blogs
Introduction
Active voice: The way to simple, clear, communication
Good Docs-A translator's viewpoint
Open source: Why it is never hyphenated
Modern PC Boot Process
What’s Next After VMware
Links
Links
Rocky Links
SIGs
SIGs
Special Interest Groups
Teams
Teams
Alt Architecture
Alt Architecture
Index
Community
Community
Community Team
Testing
Testing
Testing Team
Members
Documentation
Documentation
Documentation
Development Guides
Development Guides
Development Box Setup
openQA - Manual Install
Git Commit Signing
openQA - Rocky Production Access
openQA - openqa-cli POST Examples
openQA - openqa-clone-job Examples
openQA - openqa-clone-custom-git-refspec Examples
QA:Test Cases
QA:Test Cases
QA:Test Cases
QA:Testcase Basic Graphics Mode
QA:Testcase Boot Methods Boot Iso
QA:Testcase Boot Methods DVD
QA:Testcase Bootloader Disk Selection
QA:Testcase Custom Boot Methods Boot Iso
QA:Testcase Debranding
QA:Testcase Disk Layouts
QA:Testcase Firmware RAID
QA:Testcase Installation Interfaces
QA:Testcase Installer Help
QA:Testcase Installer Translations
QA:Testcase Kickstart Installation
QA:Testcase Media File Conflicts
QA:Testcase Media Repoclosure
QA:Testcase Media USB dd
QA:Testcase Minimal Installation
QA:Testcase Network Attached Storage
QA:Testcase Packages and Installer Sources
QA:Testcase Packages No Insights
QA:Testcase Packages No RHSM
QA:Testcase Application Functionality
QA:Testcase Artwork and Assets
QA:Testcase GNOME UI Functionality
QA:Testcase Identity Management
QA:Testcase Keyboard Layout
QA:Testcase Module Streams
QA:Testcase Multimonitor Setup
QA:Testcase Basic Package installs
QA:Testcase SELinux Errors on Desktop clients
QA:Testcase SELinux Errors on Server installations
QA:Testcase System Services
QA:Testcase RDP Graphics Mode
QA:Testcase Media Repo Compare
QA:Testcase Storage Volume Resize
QA:Testcase Template
QA:Testcase Update Image
QA:Testcase VNC Graphics Mode
QA:Testcase Vagrant Images
Guidelines
Guidelines
Guidelines
Release Criteria & Status
Release Criteria & Status
Rocky Linux Release Criteria & Status
Rocky Linux 8
Rocky Linux 8
Rocky Linux 8 Release Criteria
Rocky Linux 8.6 QA and Testing Summary
Rocky Linux 8.6 GO / NO-GO Status
Rocky Linux 9
Rocky Linux 9
Rocky Linux 9 Release Criteria
Rocky Linux 9.0 QA and Testing Summary
Rocky Linux 9.0 GO / NO-GO Status
Rocky Linux 10
Rocky Linux 10
Rocky Linux 10 Release Criteria
SOP
SOP
SOP (Standard Operationg Procedures)
SOP: openQA Operator Access Request
SOP: openQA Operator Access Removal
SOP: openQA System Upgrades
SOP: Repocompare
Index
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