File Permissions & Ownership in Linux (chmod, chown, chgrp, alias)
How rwx permissions work, numeric vs symbolic chmod, changing ownership with chown/chgrp, and using aliases for quick commands.
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Practical guidance on DevOps, SRE, FinOps, observability, and Linux operations—written by the engineers who ship and operate products every day.
How rwx permissions work, numeric vs symbolic chmod, changing ownership with chown/chgrp, and using aliases for quick commands.
A practical deep dive into Vim: modes, movement, editing, registers, macros, search/replace, windows/buffers, and customization.
How to encode/decode with base64, page through files with less, preview logs with head/tail, and use input/output redirection.
A clear rundown of the 7 OSI layers and the classic IPv4 address classes.
Linux directory layout, absolute vs relative paths, and a quick revision of user management commands like usermod.
What accounts and groups are, and how to add/remove users with useradd/adduser, groupadd, and userdel.
What viruses, malware, trojans, spyware, and worms are; a quick note on the GNU project; plus two useful file-system tools: tree and ncdu.
Intro to the Linux file system layout and core commands like ls, pwd, cd, mkdir, touch, cp, mv, echo, wc, rmdir, history, cat.
What the kernel is, what it does, and how it manages hardware, processes, memory, and IO.
A beginner-friendly overview of software types, DevOps, containers, servers, network flow, programs/code/instructions.
A practical guide to Dockerfile instructions, order, and best practices for small, secure, repeatable images.
How to exec into containers, run one-off commands, and inspect container state safely.
A concise walkthrough of common Dockerfile instructions—what they do and how to use them safely.
How Git underpins DevOps workflows and how to wire version control cleanly into your CI/CD pipelines for faster, safer releases.
A practical look at Git merge strategies—fast-forward, recursive, ours/theirs, squash, rebase—and when to use each for clean history and safe releases.
What Helm is, why it matters, and how to install charts, manage releases, and customize deployments.
How to install Prometheus and Grafana on Kubernetes using Helm, wire up scraping, secure access, and get dashboards running quickly.
DevSecOps folds security into DevOps so teams ship fast without leaving gaps. Here’s what it is, why it matters, and how to practice it.
What CI/CD means, why it matters, and how continuous integration and continuous delivery/deployment fit together.
Why deployment automation matters, what to automate, and how to build confidence so releases feel routine instead of risky.
Understand what version control systems are, why teams use them, and how centralized vs. distributed models (like Git) work in practice.