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Ansible is an open source configuration management, application deployment as well software provisioning tool that is used to deploy, configure & manage servers. Due to ease in using Ansible is one of the easiest & most popular automation tools.

It uses YAML, which is easy to learn & does not require you to learn a complicated programming language like Ruby (used in puppet & chef).

VPN is now becoming a must-have for using the internet. Whether you want to secure your internet traffic or want to access some content on a streaming service that is currently not available in your country.

Whatever the reason, VPN is now becoming a necessity, especially since there are privacy concerns looming around & also people do want to know which is the best VPN for PC or best VPN for Torrenting or Streaming Netflix, as there might be some restrictions in the country where you belong to.

Like any other application or server, Redis installations might also be susceptible to unauthorized access or intrusions, if we have not secured it properly. In this tutorial, we will focus on securing Redis server to avoid any unauthorized access or intrusions.

Redis is an open source, in-memory data structure store or a key-value store that can be used as a cache for application, as a database server or even as a message broker.

Having a comprehensive data protection policy in place is now a fundamental practice to help ensure your data manages to weather all the storms that can be thrown at it. Saying that it should be done is the easy part, actually doing it gets more complex, and laborious, depending on the policy in place and what standards and laws the organization needs to adhere to.

Fortunately, for Linux users there a tool exists that makes backing up data a breeze, and it can all be done from the command line.

Glances is an open source real time Linux server monitoring system that aims at providing as much as information possible in as minimum as space possible. Glances is like top command but more refined with many more features & much more real time information of your Linux system.

Glances provide information regarding memory, CPU, Disk IO , file system, Uptime, processes, interfaces, alerts & many other system information.

We have seen a tremendous increase in demand for automation in the IT industry & IaaC, Infrastructure as a Code is a must-needed skill to possess. There are a number of tools available for Automation/IaaC & Terraform is one such tool.

Terraform is a great tool for automating our infrastructure by converting all our infrastructure as code. We can deploy resources using only the terraform scripts.

Dockerfile is a text file that contains a list of commands that are used to build a docker image automatically. Basically, a docker file acts as a set of instructions that are needed to build a docker image.

We have earlier discussed how to create a docker container & also learned some important commands for managing the containers.