Expand XFS Filesystem

Jul 7, 2015 · 3 minute read linuxhow to Had to expand a XFS filesystem this morning. It’s really simple to expand a mounted XFS filestem, just run xfs_growfs /file/system/name, that command will expand the filesystem to use all available space in the logical volume. You are using LVM aren’t you? Expanding a filesystem where there is no free space in the logical volume requires either the addition of a new disk or expanding the size of an existing disk.
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Install Ghost

Jun 16, 2015 · 3 minute read webhow to Short article on how to install the blogging platform Ghost on your own server. Get a VPS Doesn’t really matter who from but I’ve found that OVH are pretty reliable. I use a Debian (Jessie) based VPS, if you use anything else YMMV. Do some basic server configuration # Disable root login via SSH vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config # Change PermitRootLogin to no service ssh restart # Disable root password passwd -dl root # Update and upgrade installed packages apt-get update apt-get upgrade # Set your timezone dpkg-reconfigure tzdata Create a user This is the user you would use to administer the server.
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