In this post we will see, how to easily install php 7.4 in CentOS 8 Install php 7.4 on Centos 8 [root@sal-test ~]# yum-y update Install extra packages repository for enterprise Linux [root@sal-test ~]# yum -y install epel-release Install remi repository for CentOs 8 [root@sal-test ~]# yum -y install https://rpms.remirepo.net/enterprise/remi-release-8.rpm Enable remi repository for php 7.4 [root@sal-test ~]# yum module enable php:remi-7.4Remi’s Modular repository for Enterprise Linux 8 – x86_64 506 kB/s | 577 kB 00:01Safe Remi’s RPM repository for Enterprise Linux 8 – x86_64 1.1 MB/s | 1.5 MB 00:01 Dependencies resolved. Package Architecture Version Repository Size Enabling module streams:php remi-7.4 Transaction Summary Is this ok [y/N]: yComplete! [root@sal-test ~]# yum install php php-cli php-commonLast metadata expiration check: 0:01:42 ago on Mon Sep 7 15:19:00 2020. Dependencies resolved. Package Architecture Version Repository Size Installing:php x86_64 7.4.10-1.el8.remi remi-modular 3.0 Mphp-cli x86_64 7.4.10-1.el8.remi remi-modular 4.6 Mphp-common x86_64 7.4.10-1.el8.remi remi-modular 1.2 M [root@sal-test ~]# php -vPHP 7.4.10 (cli) (built: Sep 1 2020 13:58:08) ( NTS )Copyright (c) The PHP GroupZend Engine v3.4.0, Copyright (c) Zend Technologieswith Zend OPcache v7.4.10, Copyright (c), by Zend Technologies Done.

In this post we will take a look at how to setup Nginx as a reverse proxy for Docker in CentOS 8. You can also find my Youtube video on the same at the end of this post. So Let’s Start: First question , why do we need reverse proxy ? The answer is simple, if we need to run many applications or webserver servicing different pages on the same server machine, we would need a reverse proxy.Reverse proxy will run on port 80 (Default port of a non secure web server) and forward the request to webserver / application running on different ports (Other than port 80 since the default port is already being used by Nginx reverse proxy). Installing Nginx: Install Docker: Install Apache pod: Setting up and Configuring Nginx for Reverse Proxy.

Hey guys so today i would like to post an article about the most important commands every Admin / Engineer must know in order to understand whats going on in their Linux machine. So let’s start: The Top Command                                                         This command is one of the most important command for any Linux user. It gives you full system info in a single glance.To run top command type the following: salman@Linux:~> top So let me show you what few of the things shown in above screenshot means:1) 00:36:22 is the current time, up 34 days, 12:59 means system is up for how many days and hours, 2 users means 2 users are logged in.2) Load average: 0.76 is the load average of system in last 1 min, 0.77 is the load average in last 5 mins and 0.77 is the la in last 15 mins.3) %CPU = What percentage of CPU is being used. Press 1 to see all the cores of the system4) Mem = Memory size , the rest is self explanatory. Press M5) Zombie = Processes whose data remains in the memory even after they are terminated.6) WA = The time CPU waits for I/O to be completed is wa or wait time.7) ID = The time CPU remains idle.8) HI = Hardware Interrupt9) SI = Software Interrupt 10) ST = Steal Time is the time lost due to waiting to get resources from CPU. Mostly used in Virtual environment. If greater than 10% for 25 minutes, requires attention as it means that the machine is performing slower.Now on the lower part:6) PID = Process id7) USER= User who started the process8) PR/NI = Priority and Nice value , Nice value effects the priority of a process. Lower nice value means higher priority and vice versa.9) VIRT = The total amount of virtual memory used by the task.10) RES = This is a resident memory which is the non-swapped physical memory a task has used.11) SHR = Shared memory with other processes.12) S = Status of a process it can be one of the below:The status of the task which can be one of:D = uninterruptible sleepR = runningS = sleepingT = traced or stoppedZ = zombie13) Time + = Total CPU time used by the process /task since it started.14) Command = Name of the process. *Note to get details of a specific process let’s say chrome, you can type: salman@Linux:~> top | grep chrome3278 salman 20 0 969348 223536 43460 S 12.50 5.723 4:23.19 chrome 2539 salman 20 0 1475352 246336 90532 S 6.250 6.307 23:33.54 chrome 2577 salman 20 0 657672 124012 50900 S 6.250 3.175 31:00.94 chrome 16330 salman 20 0 723356 59792 32524 S 6.250 1.531 1:27.85 chrome To get the information about the processes run by specific user, run the following command: salman@Linux:~> top -u root The above will show processes running by user root Note: On a single core the load average of a machine must be under 1. 1, for single core it means 100% load. If the load is continuous you must check the issue and find the solution before it’s too late. ( Dos attacks, Viruses and corrupt scripts could cause machine to over load. The lsblk Command lsblk or list block device command is another useful command for Linux admins. The command when type will display all the block devices along with their mount point. The lsblk command reads the sysfs filesystem ( The sysfs filesystem is commonly mounted at /sys) and udev db (Dynamic Device Management) to gather the informationAn example of lsblk can be seen below: salman@Linux:~> lsblk NAME MAJ:MIN RM SIZE RO TYPE MOUNTPOINT sda 8:0 0 931.5G 0 disk └─sda1 8:1 0 931.5G 0 part /home sdb 8:16 0 223.6G 0 disk ├─sdb1 8:17 0 8G 0 part [SWAP] ├─sdb2 8:18 0 502M 0 part /boot/efi └─sdb3 8:19 0 214.6G 0 part /boot/grub2/x86_64-efi The df Command This command is very important for sys admins to get information about the space available.df stands for disk free and it reports the disk space usage. Linux:/home/salman/Pictures # df -h Filesystem Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on devtmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /dev tmpfs 1.9G 130M 1.8G 7% /dev/shm tmpfs 1.9G 2.7M 1.9G 1% /run tmpfs 1.9G 0 1.9G 0% /sys/fs/cgroup /dev/sdb3 215G 28G 188G 13% / /dev/sdb3 215G 28G 188G 13% /var/log -h means human readable. Use -BM option such as df -BM to display the size in bytes. The du Command This command gives you information about the disk usage. Let’s say you want to see the size of a directory including it’s content. Use the following command: Linux:/home/salman # du -sh Downloads/ 822G Downloads/ In above example -sh means to show summary in human read able option. For more info about the command use man page or type help The stat Command This command display file or file system status and is usually overlooked. It is a very important command while working with files and file system. Some examples of stat command are: Displaying octal permissions of a file or directory [(usually they are in human readable form such as rwx- (read , write , execute)] Linux:/home/salman/Pictures # stat -c %a userlist.txt 644 Linux:/home/salman/Pictures # stat -c %a WP-PICS/ 755 As you can see in the above example we used stat command to convert human readable format to show access rights in octal format. -c means the format we would like to use%a option is used to convert the human readable format to octal format Stat command without any option will display a lot of information including type of file, when it was created, accessed, size, permissions in both octal and human readable form and a lot more. Lets take a look at it now salman@Linux:~> stat Courses/ File: ‘Courses/’ Size: 62 Blocks: 0 IO Block: 4096 directory Device: 801h/2049d