Articles by mrpurple

  • How To Install No-ip2 On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS In Order To Host Servers On A Dynamic IP Address

    ubuntu Author: mrpurpleTags: Comments: 19

    How To Install No-ip2 On Ubuntu 12.04 LTS In Order To Host Servers On A Dynamic IP Address Hosting your own servers at home is great, you can host your own website from home, share family photos, and stream your media to anywhere in the world. However all of this requires that you have a location on the internet which people can find such as http://www.mywebsitedomain.com. This is normally done by purchasing a domain name and pointing it to a static IP address which isn't free. In this how-to I will show you how to achieve the same web address result on a dynamic IP address by installing the free No-IP service into Ubuntu 12.04 LTS which is also the perfect host for your own websites and streaming services.

  • How to Set Up The Ampache Streaming Music Server In Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

    ubuntu Author: mrpurpleTags: Comments: 3

    How to Set Up The Ampache Streaming Music Server In Ubuntu 12.04 LTS Ampache is a cataloging and streaming service written for the web which recently moved its development to github. I have written this how-to in support of that project in the hopes that more people will download and support this excellent open source project and it will continue into the future. The aim was to provide a how-to to get your server up and running at home with as many options on and working and secure allowing you to choose to switch OFF services as required later rather than bang your head against the wall trying to switch them ON.

  • How To Share Your Photos For Free From Your Home Server Using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS And phpAlbum

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    How To Share Your Photos For Free From Your Home Server Using Ubuntu 12.04 LTS And phpAlbum If you would like to share your photos with family and friends from your own home server rather than posting onto some social networking site then perhaps this is the how-to for you. phpAlbum is an easy to use photosharing website that you can host yourself and use it to easily manage, view and selectively share your own photo collection with freinds, family, and the world. It's all free and you retain full ownership over the whole system.

  • How To Forward Ports To Your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS LAMP Server

    ubuntu Author: mrpurpleTags: , , Comments: 0

    How To Forward Ports To Your Ubuntu 12.04 LTS LAMP Server This how-to is a wrapper for the fantastic portforwarding help site www.portforward.comTo support, and make it very easy for, those who want to set up a home server on an ubuntu 12.04 LTS server running LAMP. I will assume you have installed ubuntu 12.04 LTS with LAMP and are trying to setup a webserver and need to do a port forward for port 80. While we're at it we'll choose a setup to do port 443 as well so we could potentially host websites on https later. Once you've gone through the process you can repeat it for any ports you may require as defined by the service you are trying to serve to the internet.

  • How To Monitor Hard Drive Usage In Ubuntu Server Using The Visual Philesight CGI Script

    ubuntu Author: mrpurpleTags: Comments: 4

    How To Monitor Hard Drive Usage In Ubuntu Server Using The Visual Philesight CGI Script This process will add a nice visual representation of the hardrive usage on your Ubuntu server which you can acces over your local network. It's based on "philesight" which is a nice clone of philelight.

  • How To Set Up A Web configured Print Server On Ubuntu Server Using SWAT, CUPS, And SAMBA

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    How To Set Up A Web configured Print Server On Ubuntu Server Using SWAT, CUPS, And SAMBA This how-to describes the process of setting up an intranet based print server using Ubuntu server. By using CUPS SAMBA and SWAT the final product is a web based solution to a headless print server.

  • How To Set Up A Feng Office Suite Web Server On Ubuntu Server 10.10

    ubuntu Author: mrpurpleTags: Comments: 3

    How To Set Up A Feng Office Suite Web Server On Ubuntu Server 10.10 This howto describes how to set up a local intranet web based office suite server (on Ubuntu 10.10 server) based on Feng Office which used to be OpenGoo. Feng Office has a range of groupware type products such as word processing, email, calendar, and presentations.

  • How To Install BIKA LIMS Inkosi On Ubuntu Server In 15 Minutes

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    How To Install BIKA LIMS Inkosi On Ubuntu Server In 15 Minutes This howto describes how to build a standalone BIKA LIMS solution on top of Ubuntu server. Once you have downloaded and installed the basic Ubuntu the whole process of cutting and pasting takes about 15 minutes.