Jeff Wilson

An experienced Linux veteran with many years of experience. Helping other Linux admins with frequent Linux and business-related blog posts on the RoseHosting blog. Techie by choice. Loving nature and travel. Happily married and father of two lovely children.

10 Useful Wget Command Examples In Linux

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Wget Command Examples

wget exampleWe’ll show you 10 practical examples of the Wget Command. Wget is a free utility that can be used for retrieving files using HTTP, HTTPS, and FTP which are considered as the most widely-used Internet protocols.

Its name comes from World Wide Web + get. Wget has many features which makes it a very easy task when it comes to retrieving large files, recursive downloads, multiple file downloads, or mirroring entire web or FTP sites.

Wget is non-interactive which gives great flexibility in using it. It can be easily called from scripts, cron jobs, terminals, etc. It can work in the background even if a user is not logged in. This allows you to start a file download and disconnect from the system, letting wget finish the work.

In this article, we will demonstrate the use of wget through some practical examples that you can use to accomplish some of the most common tasks such as downloading files or even mirroring entire websites.

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How to Install Node.js and npm on CentOS 7

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How to install Node.js and npm on CentOS 7
How to install Node.js and npm on CentOS 7
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In this guide, we will show you, how to install Node.js and npm on a CentOS 7. Node.js is an open source JavaScript runtime built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine, and can be used to build different types of server-side applications. npm is a package manager for JavaScript, with hundreds of thousands of packages it is the world’s largest software registry. This guide should work on other other Red Hat distributions as well but was tested and written for CentOS 7 OS. Installing Node.js and npm on CentOS 7 is an easy task if you carefully follow our tutorial below.

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The Advantages of VPS Hosting

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 the advantages of vps hosting

What Is VPS Hosting?

A Virtual Private Server (VPS) is an isolated virtual machine on a physical server. It is sold as a service by an Internet hosting provider. There can be dozens of VPSes created on a single physical server, depending on the specifications of the physical server. A VPS has its own IP address and runs its own operating system (OS), and customers usually have superuser-level access (root access), to that virtual machine, so they can install any software that runs on that OS. VPS web hosting is a way to build a website on a server that offers more power, security and stability. Falling in between the more traditional shared hosting and the very expensive dedicated servers of huge organizations, virtual private servers (VPS) offer the best of both worlds.

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Install Odoo 11 on Ubuntu 16.04

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Install Odoo 11 on Ubuntu 16.04

We’ll show you, how to install Odoo 11 on Ubuntu 16.04.  Configure Apache as a reverse proxy for your Odoo 11 so you can access your Odoo 11 application via a domain without typing Odoo’s port in the URL. Odoo 11 is one of the most popular and most powerful Open Source ERP business software based on the Python programming language. For this version, much of the focus is given on the intuitiveness, usefulness and better accessibility to the end-users & development team. With Odoo Version 11, we can see new website dashboard incorporated with various keyboard shortcuts which makes navigating through Odoo quicker and easier than ever. In addition to this, there is a new global search option in the homepage itself. Installing Odoo 11 on Ubuntu 16.04 is not so complicated process and if you follow the steps below, it shouldn’t take longer than 20 minutes to install Odoo 11 on Ubuntu 16.04.

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