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To edit hosts file:

sudo nano /etc/hosts

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To retrieve an IP address via shell:

nslookup example.com

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To retrieve an IP address via shell:

nslookup example.com

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• entity_browser: Doesn't do much without configuration. media_entity_browser is basically a configured version of this for browsing images, videos, etc. Might be better to do manually as it can integrate with inline_entity_form
• contact_storage: Aims to bring Drupal's core contact form module towards D7's webform and entityform modules
• restui: Useful when using the REST API to exposed endpoints, but can be done in views instead.
• webform: Look to replace with core's contact_form when it has features like multi-page support, email / handlers (user selectable, ideal for CRM), etc.
• inline_entity_form: For creating and editing entities on the same page.

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To show what services are running on what ports:

netstat -tulpn

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To test PHP's mail function sends mail via the command line:

php -r 'mail("[email protected]","Subject","Body");'

Tip: Use an email spam tester to debug (such as http://www.isnotspam.com)

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Create user:

drush ucrt example_username --password="example_password" --mail="[email protected]"

Update user password:

drush upwd example_username --password="example_password"

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Locate and edit my.cnf files on the system, commonly located at /etc/mysql/my.cnf on Ubuntu.

Comment out (using #) any lines that begin with log-bin and expire_logs_days in the my.cnf file and save to disable the binary logs.

Restart the MySQL/MariaDB or equivelent service. For example:

sudo service mariadb restart

Previously created binary logs will not yet be removed. To remove any previously created binary logs, see here

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Login to MySQL (requires a root account or equivilant):

mysql -u <username> -p

To purge binary logs before the last 3 days:

PURGE BINARY LOGS BEFORE NOW() - INTERVAL 3 DAY;

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Export a database dump via command line:

mysqldump -u <username> -p <databasename> > <filename.sql>

Import database dump via command line:

mysql -u <username> -p <databasename> < <filename.sql>