Articles by Muhammad Arul
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How to Install and Configure MongoDB on Ubuntu 14.04
Author: Muhammad Arul •
Tags: linux, ubuntu •
Comments: 5 MongoDB is a NoSQL database that offers a high performance, high availability, and automatic scaling enterprise database. Data is stored in a "document" structure in JSON format (in MongoDB called BSON). MongoDB was first introduced in 2009 and is currently developed by the company MongoDB Inc. This tutorials shows the installation and configuration of MongoDB on Ubuntu 14.04.
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How to install Wordpress with Nginx, MariaDB and HHVM in Ubuntu 15.04
Author: Muhammad Arul •
Tags: mysql, nginx, server, ubuntu, web server •
Comments: 9 HHVM (Hip Hop Virtual Machine) is a just-in-time compiler developed by Facebook to run applications that are written in PHP and Hack language. HHVM is faster than the traditional PHP engine from ZEND and is used by Facebook to serve billions of web requests per day. This tutorial describes the steps to install WordPress with Nginx, MariaDB and HHVM on Ubuntu 15.04 Server.
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How to monitor CentOS and Ubuntu servers with Pandora FMS
Author: Muhammad Arul •
Tags: centos, linux, monitoring, ubuntu •
Comments: 4 Pandora FMS (Pandora Flexible Monitoring System) is a flexible and highly scalable monitoring software for networks, servers, applications and virtual environments. In this tutorial I will show you how to install Pandora FMS Server on CentOS 7 and how to add a monitoring agent on Ubuntu 15.04.
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How to Install Proftpd with TLS on Ubuntu 15.04
Author: Muhammad Arul •
Tags: ftp, linux, ubuntu •
Comments: 0 This article describes the installation of Proftpd with TLS on Ubuntu 15.04. FTP is a insecure protocol as passwords and data are transferred unencrypted. The whole communication can be encrypted by using TLS, thus making FTP a safe protocol to transfer files. This tutorial shows you how to setup a TLS enabled FTP server on Ubuntu.
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How to Install Postgresql and phpPgAdmin on Ubuntu 15.04
Author: Muhammad Arul •
Tags: linux, ubuntu •
Comments: 6 PostgreSQL is a powerfull object-relational Database released under a OpenSource BSD-style license. PostgreSQL is well suited for large databases and has many advanced features, so it positions itself in the enterprise database segment. This tutorial will show the installation of PostgreSQL and its web based administration interface phpPgAdmin on Ubuntu 15.04.
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OpenSSH Security Best Practices
Author: Muhammad Arul •
Tags: arch linux, centos, debian, freebsd, opensuse, security, server, shell, suse, ubuntu •
Comments: 9 SSH (Secure Shell) is a cryptographic network protocol for initiating text-based shell sessions on remote machines in a secure way. OpenSSH is a connectivity tool that most administrators rely on to work on their Linux and *BSD servers daily. This tutorial covers the best pratices to configure your SSH server securely.
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How to Install Nagios 4.0.8 on Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet)
Author: Muhammad Arul •
Tags: monitoring, networking, server, ubuntu •
Comments: 8 Nagios is an open source software for system and network monitoring. Nagios can see the activity of a host and its services, and provides a warning/alert if something bad happens on the server. Nagios can run on Linux operating systems. At this time we are using Ubuntu 15.04 for the installation.
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How to Install nginx and google pagespeed on Ubuntu 15.04 (Vivid Vervet)
Author: Muhammad Arul •
Tags: linux, nginx, server, ubuntu, web server •
Comments: 7 Nginx (engine-x) is a open source and high performance HTTP server, reverse proxy and IMAP/POP3 proxy server. The outstanding features of Nginx are: stability, rich feature set, simple configuration and low resource consumption. Nginx is being used by some of the largest websites on the internet and is gaining more and more popularity in the webmaster community. This tutorials shows how to build a nginx .deb package for Ubuntu 15.04 from source that has Google pagespeed module compiled in.
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How to Install Zimbra 8.6 on Ubuntu 14.04 Server
Author: Muhammad Arul •
Tags: linux, ubuntu, postfix, email •
Comments: 22 The Zimbra Collaboration Server is a mail server, collaborative web application and a web based admin console in a single application. It provides LDAP, antivirus, antispam, collaboration features and ajax webmail client. Zimbra is easy to use for administrators as well as end users due to its fast Ajax based web interface.
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How to install OpenVPN Server and Client on CentOS 7
Author: Muhammad Arul •
Tags: centos, linux, security •
Comments: 35 OpenVPN is an open source application that allows you to create a private network over the public Internet. OpenVPN tunnels your network connection securely trough the internet. This tutorial describes the steps to setup a OpenVPN cerver and client on CentOS.
