Rocky Linux

For most Linux admins, the command line is the default method for getting work done. And although that's a great way to eke as much power and flexibility from the OS as possible, there are more efficient methods for administering a server. And in the modern era, where IT pros, development teams, and DevOps are...

Recently, we walked you through the process of creating a Samba share on Rocky Linux from the command line. That process shows how easy it is to set up a share on a per-user basis. But what if you have multiple users who need access to a share? There's an easy method of doing this,...

Editor’s note: This article by Joe Casad originally appeared in the Rocky Linux Focus Guide, published by Admin Network & Security magazine. Rocky Linux is new, but it draws from a long history of community-minded volunteers focused on keeping a free Linux option in the enterprise space. Rocky founder Greg Kurtzer tells the story. Tell...

The Samba project makes it possible to share directories and even printers across a network. Technically speaking, Samba is a suite of tools, created in 1992, to provide file and print services for clients that use the SMB/CIFS protocol. For any business that needs to give users and even teams access to shared resources on...

One of the things we love most about Linux is how flexible it is. Very often, it's possible to get things done with the pre-installed software. And on the occasion you don't have what you need to finish a task, it's often a quick sudo dnf install command away. One great example of the flexibility...

As the demand for stable, reliable, and secure enterprise-grade operating systems continues to rise, Rocky Linux has emerged as a top contender among community-driven Linux distros. Now the fastest-growing Enterprise Linux distribution, Rocky Linux is widely adopted in enterprise, cloud, hyperscale, and High Performance Computing (HPC) environments. In this post, we'll explore the reasons why...

We get many questions, both at CIQ and in the community at large, about Rocky Linux security practices, especially when it comes to particular vulnerabilities (CVEs) on a particular installed system or set of systems. This blog post will serve as a guide, with many links and resources to help answer those questions. RHEL /...

We have another important announcement for anyone in the open source enterprise software community! The Rocky Enterprise Software Foundation (RESF) has announced the inaugural projects and project boards that will initiate the work of the Foundation. Rocky Linux and Peridot, the officially hosted projects, were named and their respective project boards were elected on January...

NoSQL databases are optimized for applications and use cases that require very large amounts of unstructured data with low latency and flexible data models. Because they are easily scalable and offer high availability, these types of databases are often used for real-time web applications and services that rely on big data. NoSQL databases are used...

Editor’s note: This article by Joe Casad originally appeared in the Rocky Linux Focus Guide, published by Admin Network & Security magazine. When Red Hat announced that it would stop supporting CentOS as a free Linux distro based on Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL), the whole Linux IT world had to scramble, but nowhere was...

Rocky Linux can be used for so many things, from hosting websites, container deployments, mail servers, development, DNS and/or DHCP servers, and of course, database servers. One type of database you can install and use is a relational database, which is used by so many applications (such as WordPress, Joomla, and Xoops). There are a...