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These are all the options you have in Python for running other processes — the bad, the good, and most importantly, the right way to do it — Python is a popular choice for automating anything and everything, that includes automating system administration tasks or tasks that require running other programs or interacting with the operating system. However, there are many ways to achieve this in Python, most of which are arguably bad.

Introduction: Docker is a powerful tool for creating and managing isolated environments. By combining it with Linux images, you can easily set up a Linux environment within a Docker container. This guide will walk you through the process of installing Docker, pulling a Linux image, running a container, and accessing the…

I’ve decided to write this bite-sized article after reading Linux: Execute commands in parallel with parallel-ssh which I highly recommend, but I was confronted with a particular use case in which I didn’t have access to the internet and I faced constraints that prevented me from installing new packages. Without much at hand, I’ve defined a server list, and scripted the following approach: The script initiates multiple SSH connections and uses waitand & operator approach to achieve a rudimentary concurrency, and the usage is pretty straightforward:

Deep dive into Linux /sys directory — Note, full mind map is available at: “DevOps in Linux Mind Map” /sys/devices What is /sys/devices In Linux server, the /sys/devices directory specifically contains information about the devices recognized by the system. These devices can be physical hardware devices or logical, virtual devices. …

In this article, we are going to learn how to run the job in the background of UNIX. In a multitasking system users can run multiple processes (jobs) at a time. Since only one job is running in the foreground, all other jobs will be running in the background (So…

Introduction — Shell scripting is an important process to automate tasks, execute commands, and perform system administration tasks without the need for compiling. There are several scripting processes employed by Linux administrators. One of such process is called bash. …

Transform the Command Prompt: A Journey of Color, Creativity, and Customization — Section 1: The Quest for a Customized Command Prompt As a passionate Linux enthusiast, I’ve always appreciated the unparalleled level of customization that Linux offers. One of the most enjoyable activities for Linux users is personalizing the command line interface (CLI) to suit their unique preferences and style. …

Samba Server Setup The following steps needs to be executed in the server which will be used as Samba share with sudo or as root. Create the share path First we need to create a path that will hold our data. mkdir /smb Fix clients rights Read / Write access to everyone. chmod…

Ubuntu distro is a fork of debian. Ubuntu was build for end user desktop experience. Linux Mint is a fork of ubuntu(except LXME) which has a windows interface. Linux Mint is built from the LTS version of ubuntu. Both the distro installs the program from ubuntu repository. Therefore a program…