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The following command works with all Ubuntu versions. If you’d like to check your kernel version then visit our tutorial on How To Check the Kernel Version in Linux / Ubuntu / CentOS

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MariaDB is a drop-in replacement for MySQL. It is easy to install, offers many speed and performance improvements, and is easy to integrate into most MySQL deployments. Answers for compatibility questions can be found at MariaDB versus MySQL – Compatibility. MariaDB offers more storage engines than MySQL, including Cassandra (NoSQL), XtraDB (drop-in replacement for InnoDB), and OQGRAPH.

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Updating glibc on Red Hat Linux or CentOS Linux is a very simple process. Most commonly you will use the following command in the case of a security vulnerability, or perhaps just to verify that you’re running the most up-to-date library:

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  • These instructions are intended specifically for checking the installed version of glibc.
  • I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Core Managed CentOS 6 and CentOS 7 server, and I’ll be logged in as root.

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Please note that this article is considered legacy documentation because Fedora 21 has reached its end-of-life support.
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  • These instructions are intended specifically for installing the MongoDB PHP Driver (Extension) on Fedora 21.
  • I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Self Managed Fedora 21 server with Apache 2 (httpd) and PHP already installed, configured, and running, and I’ll be logged in as a non-root user, but with sudo access. For information on giving a user sudo access visit our page on How to Add a User and Grant Root Privileges on Fedora 21.

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MongoDB is a NoSQL database intended for storing large amounts of data in document-oriented storage with dynamic schemas. NoSQL refers to a database with a data model other than the tabular format used in relational databases such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and Microsoft SQL. MongoDB features include: full index support, replication, high availability, and auto-sharding.

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Today, we’re going to be installing MySQL on a Ubuntu 14.04 server.
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Let’s do a quick preflight check to ensure we have everything we need to get started:

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The Apache web server is one of the most popular and powerful web servers in the world due to its ease of administration and flexibility. This flexibility comes Apache’s modular design, and allows for such features as: URL rewriting for SSL encryption natively, and Outlook Anywhere passthrough support in reverse proxy setups. Modularity allows Administrators to modify Apache to meet their needs; adding modules that are needed and removing ones that are not.

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How to Install Apache on CentOS 7

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The Apache web server is one of the most popular and powerful web servers in the world, due to its ease of administration and flexibility. In this tutorial, we will install Apache on a server that doesn’t have a web server or database server already installed.

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One of the best tools for quickly finding files by filename is the locate command. The locate command reads one or more databases prepared by updatedb and writes file names matching at least one of the patterns to standard output, one per line.

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