How to Install OpenCart 2 with Nginx and SSL on Ubuntu 15.10
This tutorial covers the OpenCart installation with Nginx, PHP-fpm and MariaDB on Ubuntu 15.10. OpenCart is free open source e-commerce software based on PHP and MySQL. OpenCart allows you to setup and...
View ArticleHow to Install Drupal 8 with Apache, MySQL and SSL on Ubuntu 15.10
In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Drupal 8 on Ubuntu 15.10 with Apache as web server, MySQL as database backend and how to secure the website with SSL. Drupal is a open-source content...
View ArticleHow to Encrypt your Data with EncFS on Debian 8 (Jessie)
EncFS provides an encrypted filesystem in user-space. It runs without any special permissions and uses the FUSE library and Linux kernel module to provide the filesystem interface. It is a pass-through...
View ArticleHow to install and configure vsftpd with TLS on Debian 8 (Jessie)
This article explains how to set up a TLS enabled vsftpd server on a Debian 8 server. FTP is a very insecure protocol by default because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. By...
View ArticleHow to Install VestaCP on CentOS 7
VestaCP is a Free Open Source Control panel for server systems. It can help ease the burden of common system administration tasks such as website creation, database deployment and management, and more....
View ArticleHow to setup a intermediate compatible SSL website with LetsEncrypt certificate
Many people have decided to implement Let's Encrypt into their production sites. I find this still a very bad idea to be done without being very (but really very) careful. Let's Encrypt brings you...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure Series - Creating a Linux virtual machine from template
This tutorial shows you how to create and run a Ubuntu 15.10 virtual machine instance in the Microsoft Azure Cloud. Microsoft Azure Cloud computing is a service made by Microsoft for companies and also...
View ArticleHow to Install Graylog2 and Elasticsearch on Ubuntu 15.10
In this tutorial, I will guide you trough the Graylog2, Elasticsearch and MongoDB installation to build a scalable log server node with advanced log search capabilities. I will use Ubuntu 15.10 for...
View ArticleHow to Install Mailpile with Nginx on Ubuntu 15.10
Mailpile is an open source mail client that focuses on encryption and users privacy. Mailpile makes the PGP setup easy, it allows you to create PGP keys directly in the email application and send PGP...
View ArticleHow to use Docker in a practical way (part 1 - Introduction)
It is not an uncommon situation, for early adopters of newly introduced concepts and technologies, to be totally confused when these can fundamentally change the ways of developing and delivering...
View ArticleHow to configure your gamepad on Ubuntu
Linux is maybe the least popular platform for gamers, however the interest to set up and configure gamepads on it has sparked, especially since Valve's decision to make multiple game titles available...
View ArticleHow to transform your Ubuntu installation into a rolling release
Ubuntu users out there have two ways to go with their systems. Either they choose to follow the “standard” release that gets upgraded every six months, or choose the latest LTS (Long Term Support)...
View ArticleMicrosoft Azure Series - Creating a Linux virtual machine from custom image
In the first tutorial, we have learned how to deploy a new virtual machine from default Azure images. In this tutorial, we are going to find out how we can use our existing virtual machine to duplicate...
View ArticleHow to Install Piwik with Nginx on Ubuntu 15.10
Piwik is the leading open source web analytics application, it has been developed to provide an alternative to google-analytics. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Piwik on ubuntu 15.10...
View ArticleGetting started with Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates on Ubuntu
This tutorial will guide you through your very first configuration of an SSL website with Lets Encrypt certification. Let's Encrypt is a new SSL authority that provides free SSL certificates.
View ArticleInstalling Laravel PHP Framework on Ubuntu for Apache
Laravel is a very popular open source PHP framework aimed at easy development of applications. If you are looking for a new PHP framework to try, you should give Laravel a try. The following guide will...
View ArticleHow to reset the root password on Linux and FreeBSD
Listed below are the step by step procedures to reset the root password in different versions of CentOS, CoreOS, Debian, Ubuntu and FreeBSD. Begin this procedure by booting your server into single user...
View ArticleHow to Install Redmine 3 with Nginx on Ubuntu 15.10
Redmine is an open source project management and issue tracking tool based on the Ruby on Rails Framework. This tutorial covers the Redmine 3 installation with Nginx as the web server and MySQL as the...
View ArticleThoughts on Monitoring file changes with Linux over the network
Monitoring a directory for changes with Linux is possible through the well-known mechanism inotify. With inotify it's possible to set a watch on a directory, configure it to watch events on the...
View ArticleHow to Install and Configure MySQL Cluster on CentOS 7
MySQL Cluster is designed to provide a MySQL compatible database with high availability and low latency. The MySQL Cluster technology is implemented through the NDB (Network DataBase) and NDBCLUSTER...
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