Server monitoring with Munin and Monit on CentOS 7.2
In this article, I will describe how you can monitor your CentOS 7.2 server with Munin and Monit. Munin produces nifty little graphics about nearly every aspect of your server (load average, memory...
View ArticleHow to configure PureFTPd and FileZilla to use TLS sessions on CentOS 7.2
This article explains how to configure PureFTPd to use TLS sessions on a CentOS 7.2 server. Plain FTP is an insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. By using...
View ArticleHow to install ProFTPD with TLS on CentOS 7.2
This tutorial describes the installation and configuration of ProFTPD on a CentOS 7.2 Server. ProFTPD is an FTP daemon for Unix and Linux operating systems and distributed under the GNU Public License...
View ArticleHow to Encrypt Directories with eCryptfs on Ubuntu 16.04
This tutorial shows how to use eCryptfs to encrypt a directory on Ubuntu 16.04. eCryptfs is a POSIX-compliant enterprise-class stacked cryptographic filesystem for Linux. You can use it to encrypt...
View ArticleHow to install ONLYOFFICE 8.9.0 with Docker on Ubuntu
This tutorial describes the ONLYOFFICE installation process with Docker. Docker that allows you to deploy all ONLYOFFICE components on a single Linux machine easily and helps to avoid dependency errors.
View ArticleHow to Install WordPress with HHVM and Nginx on OpenSUSE Leap 42.1
In this tutorial, I will show you how to install WordPress (a well known CMS based on PHP) with HHVM and Nginx as our web server. I will use OpenSUSE Leap 42.1 as the operating system, so basic...
View ArticleVBoxHeadless - Running Virtual Machines with VirtualBox 5.1 on a headless...
This guide explains how you can run virtual machines with VirtualBox 5.1 on a headless Ubuntu 16.04 server. Normally you use the VirtualBox GUI to manage your virtual machines, but a server does not...
View ArticleOpenVPN - Secure you server administration with multiplatform VPN connection
OpenVPN is a full-featured SSL VPN which implements the OSI layer 2 or 3 secure network extension by using the industry standard SSL/TLS protocol. For this tutorial, we are going to use a Debian or...
View ArticleManaging a Headless VirtualBox Installation with phpvirtualbox (Ubuntu 16.04...
Phpvirtualbox is a web-based VirtualBox front-end written in PHP that allows you to access and control remote VirtualBox instances. It tries to resemble the VirtualBox GUI as much as possible to make...
View ArticleHow to Install Percona XtraDB Cluster on CentOS 7
In this tutorial, I will show you how to install and configure Percona XtraDB Cluster on a CentOS 7 server. We will use Percona XtraDB Cluster 5.6 that is fully compatible to MySQL and the Percona Server.
View ArticleChrooting Apache 2.4 with mod_unixd on Debian 8 (Jessie)
This guide explains how to set up mod_unixd with Apache on a Debian 8 system. With mod_unixd, you can run Apache in a secure chroot environment (similar to the older mod_chroot) and make your server...
View ArticleHTTPOXY Vulnerability: How to protect and test your web server
This tutorial will show you how to protect your web server from HTTPOXY. It contains sections for the most used Linux Distributions CentOS + RHEL, Debian, and Ubuntu. The HTTPOXY vulnerability which...
View ArticleGNS3 - Emulating Network Infrastructure on Debian 8.2
In this tutorial, I will show you the basis to install and operate this software. The GNS3 version that will be used in this tutorial is the 1.5.1, on a Debian 8.2 (Jessie) system. GNS3 (Graphical...
View ArticleMaintaining remote web sites with sitecopy on Ubuntu 16.04
sitecopy is a tool for copying locally stored web sites to a remote web server (using FTP or WebDAV). It helps you to keep the remote site synchronized with your local copy by uploading modified local...
View ArticleConfiguring a single Ubuntu installation as a dual-boot option and a...
I often need to use Windows 10 and Ubuntu on the same machine within a single login session, so I run Ubuntu as a virtual machine in Oracle VirtualBox. But I also like to be able to boot my computer...
View ArticleHow to Install Pure-FTPd with TLS and virtual users on OpenSUSE Leap 42.1
In this tutorial, I will show you how to install and configure pure-ftpd on OpenSUSE Leap 42.1. I will show you how to set-up pure-ftpd with TLS/SSL and then set-up virtual-users.
View ArticleHow to send sound through Bluetooth on Linux
Bluetooth headsets and speakers are now more popular than ever before, but getting them to work under Linux isn't always very clear. With all that is going on in the Linux sound systems world, it is...
View ArticleHow to donate CPU/GPU resources to science with Boinc
Altruism is one thing that I'd like to believe characterizes all Linux users out there. This trait can be manifested in a lot of different ways, but when we're talking about computers, the most...
View ArticleHow to use GeoIP with Nginx on Ubuntu 16.04
This tutorial explains how to use the GeoIP module with nginx on Ubuntu 16.04 to find out where your visitors come from. The GeoIP module sets multiple variables like $geoip_country_name,...
View ArticleUsing PHP-FPM with Apache on Ubuntu 16.04
This tutorial shows how to install an Apache webserver on an Ubuntu 16.04 server with PHP 7 (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI...
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