Author

Deepak Prasad

Deepak Prasad

R&D Engineer

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Founder of GoLinuxCloud with more than 15 years of expertise in Linux, Python, Go, Laravel, DevOps, Kubernetes, Git, Shell scripting, OpenShift, AWS, Networking, and Security. With extensive experience, he excels across development, DevOps, networking, and security, delivering robust and efficient solutions for diverse projects.

Areas of expertise

Certifications & credentials

  • Red Hat Certified System Administrator in Red Hat OpenStackID: 180-246-001
  • Certified Kubernetes Application Developer (CKAD)
  • Red Hat Certified Specialist in Ansible Automation
  • Go: Data Structures, Algorithms and Design Patterns With Go
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Articles by Deepak Prasad

devops

Kubernetes Authentication & Authorization (Workflow)

Kubernetes Authentication and authorization play a very vital role in securing applications. These two terms are often used interchangeably but are very

Deepak Prasad7 min read
devops

Beginners guide on Kubernetes Pods with examples

Kubernetes Pods are the smallest deployable units of computing that you can create and manage in Kubernetes. It is a co-located group of containers and represents the basic building block in Kubernetes.

Deepak Prasad15 min read
cloud

Steps to Install and configure Controller Node in OpenStack – Part 2

Part 2 of step by step guide to install and configure controller node in openstack. To configure controller node in openstack we will configure glance, nova

Deepak Prasad20 min read
devops

How to configure or build ceph storage cluster in Openstack ( CentOS 7 )

Step by step guide to build ceph storage cluster in Openstack CentOS 7 Linux on virtual machine. Confiure OSD, mon using ceph-deploy tool for ceph cluster

Deepak Prasad12 min read
linux

Dual boot Windows 10 and Linux [Step-by-Step]

Step by step instructions to dual boot windows 10 and kali linux with screenshots. Install and run both Windows 10 and Kali Linux side by side

Deepak Prasad8 min read
linux

5 tools to create bootable usb from iso linux command line and gui

Learn to create bootable usb from iso linux command line. dd iso to usb burn iso to usb linux ubuntu debian. how to make bootable pendrive in linux

Deepak Prasad8 min read
linux

Create Kali Linux bootable USB [3 Different Methods]

Different methods to create kali linux bootable USB such as Rufus, Balena Etcher, dd command in Linux

Deepak Prasad6 min read
devops

8 Common Mistakes First-Time Linux Users Make

So you've finally made the switch to Linux? Congratulations! It's like entering a new world of possibilities.

Deepak Prasad6 min read
linux

How to install Arduino IDE on AlmaLinux 8

Step by step instructions to install Arduino on AlmaLinux 8 with screenshots and examples

Deepak Prasad3 min read
linux

How to install VLC Player on AlmaLinux 8 [Step-by-Step]

Step by step instructions to install vlc player on AlmaLinux 8. Upgrade and also Uninstall VLC player.

Deepak Prasad3 min read
linux

How to generate cloud-init user-data file for Ubuntu 20.04 [Step-by-Step]

Step by step instructions to generate user-data (autoinstall configuration file) which will be used for automated installation of Ubuntu 20.04 using cloud- init

Deepak Prasad14 min read
linux

How to install Zoom on AlmaLinux 8 [Step-by-Step]

Step by Step instructions to install zoom on Alma Linux 8 with screenshots

Deepak Prasad3 min read
linux

How to install Anydesk on AlmaLinux 8 [Step-by-Step]

Step by step instructions to install anydesk on almalinux 8 with screenshot and examples

Deepak Prasad4 min read
tools

How to add Network Adapter in Oracle VirtualBox

Step by step instructions to add network adapter to our existing Virtual Machine running on Oracle Virtual Box

Deepak Prasad7 min read
linux

Install Sublime Text 4 on AlmaLinux 8 [Step-by-Step]

Step by step instructions to install sublime text 4 on AlmaLinux 8 with screenshots.

Deepak Prasad4 min read
security

Install Tor Browser on Rocky Linux

Step by step instructions to install and configure tor browser in Rocky Linux. 2 different ways to install tor browser in Linux with screenshots

Deepak Prasad6 min read
networking

Set Static IP in Rocky Linux [6 Different Methods]

6 different methods to configure and set static IP Address in Rocky Linux. Use nmtui, nmcli, ifcfg, ip and ifconfig utility to configure static IP address

Deepak Prasad11 min read
linux

5 effective ways to unlock user account in Linux

How to unlock the password for user account in Linux. If an account is locked due to login failure then use pam_tally2 or pam_fallock to unlock user account.

Deepak Prasad9 min read
devops

Kubernetes Privileged Pod Practical Examples

Step by Step instructions to create Kubernetes privileged pod and Kubernetes non-privileged pod with Linux capabilities examples

Deepak Prasad14 min read
security

6 easy steps to setup offline two factor authentication in Linux

Configure Google Authenticator with Offline two factor authentication to secure ssh, sudo and su using PAM module pam_google_authenticator.so in RHEL/CentOS 7/8

Deepak Prasad10 min read
linux

Install Airmon-ng Kali Linux [2 Methods with Examples]

Airmon-ng utility is a command-line tool used to enable monitor mode on wireless interfaces. It comes with the Aircrack-ng package.

Deepak Prasad5 min read
security

Install & Configure OpenVPN Server Easy-RSA 3 (RHEL/CentOS 7) in Linux

Install and configure openvpn server and openvpn client with easy-rsa 3 in centos or rhel 7 linux. Create CA, CSR certificates for openvpn server client model.

Deepak Prasad14 min read
linux

How to exclude some accounts from being locked after multiple incorrect password

Exclude some accounts from being locked out in Linux after providing multiple incorrect password using pam_tally2 and pam_faillock insystem-auth password-auth

Deepak Prasad5 min read
system-administration

Steps to Install and configure Controller Node in OpenStack - Part 1

Step by step guide to install and configure controller node in openstack, configure openstack services like keystone, mariadb, rabbitmq, environment files

Deepak Prasad16 min read
linux

Know impacts of chmod 777 command [Be Cautious]

In this article we conver the impacts of chmod 777 command in Linux and how can be a threat to security. We should ideally never use chmod 777 as this is barely required.

Deepak Prasad6 min read
storage

Step-by-Step Tutorial: Configure Hybrid Software RAID 10 in Linux

Steps to configure hybrid software raid 10 (1+0) in Linux with examples. Hybrid RAID 1+0 results from the combination of RAID-0 and RAID-1 Array in Linux.

Deepak Prasad8 min read
storage

Create Mirrored Logical Volume in Linux [Step-by-Step]

LVM supports mirrored volumes. A mirror maintains identical copies of data on different devices. LVM ensures that data written to an underlying physical volume is mirrored onto a separate physical volume.

Deepak Prasad10 min read
storage

Manage Logical Volume in Linux - One STOP Solution

The Logical Volume Manager is a collection of one or more physical devices called Volume Group (VG), each physical device on the VG called a Physical Volume (PV)

Deepak Prasad18 min read
system-administration

10 easy steps to move directory to another partition RHEL/CentOS 7/8

How to move directory to another partition move opt to new partition. move home to another partition. move var to new partition in RHEL/CentOS 7/8 Linux.

Deepak Prasad11 min read
system-administration

Configure xfs quota (user, group and project quota) CentOS/RHEL 7/8

Configure xfs quota for user, group, projects (disk). Check and Modify XFS quota grace period. Enable and Disable XFS Quota in RHEL/CentOS 7/8 with examples

Deepak Prasad14 min read