Introduction As IT Professionals, we live in a world where infrastructure is constantly evolving, and the sheer scale of managing servers, applications, and services can quickly become overwhelming. Manual configuration is not only prone to errors but also a colossal...
Setting up a Samba server can be a repetitive and time-consuming task—especially if you manage multiple systems or need to redeploy often. To solve this, I recently published an open-source project on GitHub:👉 samba-server-autosetup 🔧 What is Samba? Samba is a free...
Introduction In the world of system administration, networking, and cybersecurity, efficiency and precision are not just goals—they're necessities. The command line is your most powerful ally, and mastering it can turn complex, manual tasks into simple, automated...
Email Notifications for Your Scripts Ever wondered if that long-running cron job actually finished? Or if your nightly backup script encountered an unexpected error? As IT professionals, we can't afford to be in the dark. We need our automated systems to communicate...
What is the Shebang Line? The shebang line (also called hashbang or sharp-bang) is the character sequence #! followed by the path to an interpreter, placed at the very beginning of executable script files. It tells the system which interpreter to use when executing...
Introduction Getting started with Ansible Building a baseline In a previous blog post, we walked through the essential steps of initial server setup using Ansible, laying the groundwork for secure and automated infrastructure management. Continuing that journey, this...