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• How to install a Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus) Minimal Server

  Author: Till Brehm • Tags: linux, server, ubuntu • Comments: 15 • Updated: Oct 18, 2017

  This tutorial shows the installation of a Ubuntu 16.04 LTS 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 basis for our other Ubuntu tutorials here at howtoforge like our perfect server guides.

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• NFS Server and Client Installation on CentOS 7

  Author: srijan • Tags: centos, linux, storage • Comments: 10 • Updated: Oct 17, 2017

  NFS server and client installation on CentOS 7. This guide explains how to configure NFS server in CentOS 7. Network File System (NFS) is a popular distributed filesystem protocol that enables users to mount remote directories on their server.

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• How to Install SuiteCRM with Nginx on CentOS 7

  Author: Muhammad Arul • Tags: centos, linux, nginx, server, web server • Comments: 0 • Published: Oct 17, 2017

  SuiteCRM is an open source CRM (Customer Relationship Management) software based on PHP. It is a fork of the popular CRM software SugarCRM, and has become more popular after the team behind the latter decided to stop the development of the free version. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and configure SuiteCRM using Nginx as the Web server.

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• How to scan for viruses with ClamAV on Ubuntu

  Author: Bill Toulas • Tags: desktop, security, server, ubuntu • Comments: 8 • Updated: Oct 16, 2017

  There aren't many viruses made for Linux distributions and as such, most people who use such systems don't ever bother using an antivirus software. Those however who do want to be able to scan their system or other windows-based systems that are connected on a Linux PC through a network, they can use ClamAV. ClamAV is an open source anti-virus engine that is built to detect viruses, trojans, malware and other threats. It supports multiple file formats (documents, executables or archives), utilizes multi-thread scanner features and receives updates for its signature database at least 3-4 times a day.

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• How to Deploy Clojure Web Application on Debian 9

  Author: Hitesh Jethva • Tags: debian, linux, programming, web server • Comments: 0 • Published: Oct 16, 2017

  This guide will walk through the process of deploying a simple web application in Clojure using supervisor and Nginx. Clojure is a modern general-purpose programming language for the JVM that focuses on concurrent programming found in operating systems. Clojure enables you to make use of the existing JVM infrastructure, including tools, libraries and application servers.

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• How to Install OpenLiteSpeed HTTP Server with PHP 7.1 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS

  Author: Muhammad Arul • Tags: linux, php, server, web server • Comments: 0 • Published: Oct 13, 2017

  OpenLiteSpeed is an open source HTTP server developed by LiteSpeed Technologies. It is a high performance and lightweight HTTP server which comes with a Web-based GUI for administration. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install OpenLiteSpeed Web server, and then configure latest PHP version PHP 7.1.

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• Install and Use YouTube-DL on Ubuntu 16.04

  Author: Hitesh Jethva • Tags: desktop, linux, shell, ubuntu • Comments: 0 • Published: Oct 12, 2017

  Youtube-dl is a free and open source command line video download tools that can be used to download video from Youtube and other websites like, Facebook, Dailymotion, Google Video, Yahoo and much more. In this tutorial, we will learn how to install and use Youtube-dl on Ubuntu 16.04. We will also learn how to download Youtube video in different quality and formats.

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• How to Install LibreNMS Monitoring Tool with Nginx on CentOS 7

  Author: Muhammad Arul • Tags: centos, linux, monitoring • Comments: 0 • Published: Oct 11, 2017

  LibreNMS is an open source monitoring tool based on PHP/MYSQL/SNMP. It's a fully featured network monitoring system that provides support for wide range of network hardware and operating systems including, FreeBSD, Cisco, Linux, HP, and more. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and configure LibreNMS using Nginx as the web server and MariaDB as the database.

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• How to Install Mailtrain Newsletter Application on CentOS 7

  Author: Liptan Biswas • Tags: centos, email, linux, server • Comments: 1 • Published: Oct 10, 2017

  Mailtrain is an open source self-hosted newsletter application written on Node.js. In this tutorial, we will install Mailtrain along with all the required dependencies on CentOS 7. We will also setup Nginx as a reverse proxy to serve the application on standard HTTP port.

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• How to Install Cacti SNMP Monitoring Tool on Debian 9

  Author: Matt Vas • Tags: debian, linux, monitoring • Comments: 1 • Published: Oct 09, 2017

  Cacti is a web-based network monitoring tool, completely open source, designed to display network and system graphics via RRDtool. This tutorial will show you how to install and configure Cacti network monitoring tool from source to ensure that you get the latest version on Debian 9.

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