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Linux Commands For DevOps

This document lists and describes 50 useful Linux commands for DevOps tasks. Some of the most important commands include SSH key authentication to enable password-less login, using SCP to transfer files between systems, grep to search for text patterns within files, and top to check system load and resource usage. Overall, the commands cover a wide range of tasks including package management, user management, process monitoring and control, networking, system administration and more.

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Linux Commands For DevOps

This document lists and describes 50 useful Linux commands for DevOps tasks. Some of the most important commands include SSH key authentication to enable password-less login, using SCP to transfer files between systems, grep to search for text patterns within files, and top to check system load and resource usage. Overall, the commands cover a wide range of tasks including package management, user management, process monitoring and control, networking, system administration and more.

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TOP 50 Linux commands and tricks that are useful for

DevOps tasks:

1. SSH Key Authentication:


ssh-keygen -t rsa
ssh-copy-id user@hostname

2. File Transfer:
scp localfile.txt user@remote:/path

3. Text Search:
grep -r "pattern" /path/to/search

4. Process Management:
ps aux | grep process_name
kill -9 process_id

5. System Information:
uname -a
cat /etc/os-release
6. Disk Usage:
apt-get update
apt-get install package_name

7. Package Management:
ifconfig
netstat -tulpn

8. Network Information:
useradd username
passwd username

9. User Management:
chmod +x filename
chown user:group filename

10. File Permissions:


chmod +x filename
chown user:group filename

11. Cron Jobs:


crontab -e
12. System Logs:
tail -f /var/log/syslog

13. SSH Tunneling:


ssh -L local_port:remote_host:remote_port
user@hostname

14. Firewall Configuration:


ufw allow 80

15. Check Service Status:


systemctl status service_name

16. Create a RAM Disk:


mount -t tmpfs -o size=512M tmpfs
/mnt/ramdisk

17. Environment Variables:


export VARIABLE=value

18. Disk Encryption:


cryptsetup luksFormat /dev/sdX
19. Docker Commands:
docker ps
docker exec -it container_id /bin/bash

20. Check System Load:


Top

21. System Upgrades:


apt-get upgrade

22. Run a Command in the Background:


command &

23. List Open Ports:


lsof -i

24. Find and Replace in Files:


sed -i 's/old_text/new_text/g' filename
25. Check Available Memory:
free -m

26. Monitor Network Traffic:


tcpdump -i eth0

27. Install Nginx:


apt-get install nginx

28. SSH Configurations:


nano ~/.ssh/config

29. Generate Random Password:


openssl rand -base64 12

30. Archive and Compress:


tar -czvf archive.tar.gz /path/to/directory

31. Check System Uptime:


Uptime
32. Run a Command on Multiple Servers:
parallel-ssh -h hosts.txt -l username -i
"command"

33. Monitor Disk I/O:


iostat -d 5

34. Check Kernel Version:


uname -r

35. Find Large Files:


find / -type f -size +100M

36. Install Node.js:


curl -sL
https://deb.nodesource.com/setup_14.x | bash
-
apt-get install -y nodejs

37. Check File System Type:


df -Th
38. Run a Command at Regular Intervals:
watch -n 1 command

39. Limit CPU Usage:


cpulimit -e process_name -l 50

40. Install Git:


apt-get install git

41. Check System Architecture:


Arch

42. List Installed Packages:


dpkg –list

43. Create Symbolic Link:


ln -s /path/to/source /path/to/link

44. List USB Devices:


Lsusb
45. List Open Files by User:
lsof -u username

46. Check SELinux Status:


Sestatus

47. Install Python Pip:


apt-get install python3-pip

48. Check RAID Status:


cat /proc/mdstat

49. Check OpenVPN Status:


systemctl status openvpn

50. Check Failed Login Attempts:


cat /var/log/auth.log | grep "Failed
password"

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