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How to Set Up a DNS Server with Bind9 on Ubuntu 26.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure a Static IP Address with Netplan on Ubuntu 26.04

Netplan is the default network configuration tool on Ubuntu since 18.04. It uses YAML configuration files to describe network interfaces and passes them to either NetworkManager (desktops) or systemd-networkd (servers). This guide configures a static IP address using Netplan on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS A […]

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How to Set Up a DNS Server with Bind9 on Ubuntu 26.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Set Up a DNS Server with Bind9 on Ubuntu 26.04

BIND9 (Berkeley Internet Name Domain) is the most widely deployed DNS server software. It handles both authoritative DNS (serving zone records for your domains) and recursive DNS (resolving queries for clients). This guide installs BIND9 on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS as a caching/forwarding resolver. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS A […]

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How to Set Up Software RAID with mdadm on Ubuntu 26.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure Logrotate on Ubuntu 26.04

Logrotate prevents log files from consuming all available disk space by automatically rotating, compressing, and deleting old log files. Ubuntu uses logrotate by default for system logs. This guide configures logrotate for system and custom application logs on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS A user with […]

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How to Set Up Software RAID with mdadm on Ubuntu 26.04 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Configure LVM (Logical Volume Manager) on Ubuntu 26.04

LVM (Logical Volume Manager) abstracts physical storage into flexible logical volumes that can be resized, snapshotted, and migrated without downtime. It is ideal for servers where storage requirements change over time. This guide configures LVM on Ubuntu 26.04 LTS. Tested and valid on: Ubuntu 26.04 LTS Prerequisites Ubuntu 26.04 LTS One or more physical disks […]

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