Run your own cloud: Installing OwnCloud 9 on Debian 8
OwnCloud offers you the ability to run a cloud storage service that you administer and control yourself. The latest version, ownCloud 9.0, was released on March 8. Let's look at the process of...
View ArticleHow to configure sudo for two-factor authentication using pam-radius on...
Attackers frequently use lost, stolen, weak or default credentials to escalate their privileges after they have infiltrated your network. While two-factor authentication can greatly reduce...
View ArticlePasswordless encryption of the Linux root partition on Debian 8 with an USB key
In this article, an encrypted partition is opened using a secret key which is kept in an usb memory device. An automatic shell script is used to provide a secret key for encrypted volume at boot time.
View ArticleHow to setup HAProxy as Load Balancer for Nginx on CentOS 7
HAProxy or High Availability Proxy is an open source TCP and HTTP load balancer and proxy server software. In this tutorial, I will guide you trough the HAProxy installation and configuration for 3...
View ArticleHow to install and run Android Apps (APKs) on Linux with Shashlik
Shashlik is basically a set of software components that allow Linux users to install and run Android APKs right on their GNU/Linux distribution. Shashlik achieves that by using a stripped down version...
View ArticleHow to practically use your Linux terminal (four examples)
While modern GNU/Linux distributions don't require any use of the terminal, or any knowledge of the bash to offer 100% of their functionality and usability, it is often the case that doing things from...
View ArticleHow to setup HAProxy as Load Balancer for MariaDB on CentOS 7
In this tutorial, I will guide you trough the installation of a MariaDB Galera cluster on CentOS 7 which has an HAProxy load balancer in front. The total setup consists of 4 servers. I will use 3...
View ArticleHow to integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on CentOS 7
This tutorial explains how you can integrate ClamAV into PureFTPd for virus scanning on a CentOS 7 system. In the end, whenever a file gets uploaded through PureFTPd, ClamAV will check the file and...
View ArticleDocker Part 4: building and publishing custom docker images
For this tutorial, we will use the Whale Docker image. The Whale is the official mascot of Docker and the Whale docker image resembles the cowsay program which generates ASCII pictures of a cow in the...
View ArticleHow to configure PureFTPd to use TLS sessions on CentOS 7
This article explains how to configure PureFTPd to use TLS sessions on a CentOS 7 server. Plain FTP is an insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. By using...
View ArticleHow to run commands on File or Directory changes with Incron on Ubuntu
This tutorial shows you how you can use incron on an Ubuntu system to run commands when a file or Directory is changed. The incron daemon is similar to cron, but instead of running commands based on...
View ArticleHow to speed up apache with mod_pagespeed and Memcached on Ubuntu 15.10
This tutorial shows how to improve the page load times of your website by using the Google mod_pagespeed module for Apache in conjunction with the fast in-memory cache Memcached. Pagespeed is an Apache...
View ArticleVirtual Hosting with vsftpd + TLS encryption and MySQL on Ubuntu 15.10
Vsftpd is one of the most secure and fastest FTP servers for Linux. Usually vsftpd is configured to work with system users. This document describes how to install a vsftpd server that uses virtual...
View ArticleReplicating a master database using MariaDB 10 on Debian 8
Replicating databases creates redundancy which can protect against data loss, and permit optimized performance for applications. This tutorial will cover the basics of replicating an existing MariaDB...
View ArticleHow to install Lighttpd with PHP-FPM and MariaDB on CentOS 7
Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Centos 7 server with PHP support (through...
View ArticleHow to install a Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) Minimal Server
This tutorial shows the installation of a Ubuntu 16.04 minimal server in detail with many screenshots. The purpose of the guide is to show the basic installation of Ubuntu 16.04 that can be used as...
View ArticleThe Perfect Server - Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) with Apache, PHP, MySQL,...
This tutorial shows how to install an Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus) server (with Apache2, BIND, Dovecot) for the installation of ISPConfig 3.1, and how to install ISPConfig. ISPConfig 3 is a web hosting...
View ArticleHow to Test Mir and Unity 8 on Ubuntu 16.04
So, Ubuntu 16.04 LTS is finally here and many of us are already getting our hands dirty with the final version of the most popular distribution that is using the X window system. While this long-term...
View ArticleHow to speed up apache with mod_pagespeed and Memcached on Ubuntu 15.10
This tutorial shows how to improve the page load times of your website by using the Google mod_pagespeed module for Apache in conjunction with the fast in-memory cache Memcached. Pagespeed is an Apache...
View ArticleCreate a desktop/online office on Ubuntu with ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors
This tutorial explains how to install ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors and connect them to your web-office account to get a desktop/online office suite on your Ubuntu machine. ONLYOFFICE Desktop Editors...
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