Step 1 : Open a file or just start a blank session. With the text editor open, we can background it at any time by pressing Ctrl + Z on our keyboard. You should have seen some output similar to the following: [3]+ Stopped vim… Read More

While managing our server, we’ll need to understand what processes are running and how to manage these processes. We first need to be able to determine what is actually running on our server. The ps command allows us to do this. Step 1 : The… Read More

Step 1 : Insert the Ubuntu installation media into the appropriate drive, power on the system and follow the onscreen instructions to open the boot menu. The key you press at the beginning of the POST process differs from one machine to another, but it’s… Read More

The AWS command-line interface (CLI) tool is an important piece of the AWS administrator’s toolkit. The CLI tool is open source software, and is maintained on GitHub (https://github.com/aws/aws-cli). For more detailed documentation, refer to the AWS CLI home page at https://aws.amazon.com/cli. Installation Step 1 :… Read More

Regions and availability zones At the time of writing, there are 24 regions around the world. A region is further subdivided into availability zones (AZ), of which there are currently 77. See https://aws.amazon.com/about-aws/global-infrastructure/ for the most up to date list of regions and availability zones.… Read More

Follow these steps to create an AWS account: Step 1 : Create an account at https://aws.amazon.com/ by clicking on the Create an AWS Account button and entering your details: Step 2 : Before we get started using that shiny new account, let’s go over some… Read More

A block is a group of statements that are meant to be executed together. In Python, statements are grouped using whitespace, that is, blocks are indented within other blocks instead of using curly braces. if True: # execute this block of statements print(“Block 1”) else:… Read More

Comments are an integral part of programming. There are three different ways to write Python comments, documentation strings (docstrings for short), inline comments, and block comments. Block Comments Step 1 : Block and inline comments start with a pound sign, #. A block comment comes… Read More

User Input from the Keyboard Python has a very handy function for obtaining user keyboard input from the CLI called input(). When called, this function allows the user to type input into your program using their keyboard. Step 1 : Declare the following variable: message… Read More

We will install Django and all the components that are needed for Nginx and Django to be able to communicate. Install the Packages Step 1 : Install the Packages from the Ubuntu repositories sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install python3-pip python3-dev libpq-dev postgresql postgresql-contrib nginx… Read More