One of the tasks nearly any sysadmin frequently encounters is the care and feeding of the MySQL database server. You can build an entire career around nothing but this topic—making you a DB admin, not ...

If you’ve never backed up your MySQL or MariaDB databases, now’s the time. Jack Wallen shows you how to back up that data and restore it, in case your website has met an untimely demise. Your company ...

Every Linux admin must install and set up a database at some point. This can include deploying a dynamic website, such as for WordPress, or storing data for web applications as well as customer, ...

Ever wonder how to back up a website on Linux? Jack Wallen shows you how easy it can be. Disaster happens. Or, if disaster has yet to strike, you might find yourself in a situation wherein you need to ...

When using Linux in a data center, there are plenty of tools from which to choose. From networking and backup to automation, Linux tools can assist in nearly every aspect of data center operations ...