Linux Administration: nginx, net-tools, and cifs-utils

Background:

Tools that were needed during troubleshooting self-hosted Nextcloud and Standard Notes.

Configurations:

nginx installation and its common paths.

apt update -y
apt install nginx -y

# /etc/nginx/sites-available
# /etc/nginx/sites-enabled

unlink /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/default

ln -s /etc/nginx/sites-available/YourConfigFile /etc/nginx/sites-enabled/YourConfigFile

Mount network shares on Ubuntu Server.

# I needed to share files between my Windows servers and Ubuntu servers. The shared folders were created and managed from Windows Server 2019.

apt update -y
apt install cifs-utils -y

mkdir /mnt/my-folder

mount -t cifs //server-name/share-name /mnt/my-folder -o username=username,password=password,domain=domain

# use mount command to see all mount points

Install net-tools to use ifconfig.

apt update -y
apt install net-tools -y