Articles by Srijan Kishore

About Srijan Kishore

Over 8 years of experience as a Linux System Engineer. Srijan is an RHCE (Red Hat Certified Engineer) with in-depth knowledge in RHEL and CentOS, he also worked a lot with Debian and Ubuntu based systems, VM management and installing and maintaining hosting servers.

  • The Perfect Desktop - Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander)

    ubuntu Author: Srijan KishoreTags: , , Comments: 0

    This tutorial shows how you can set up an Ubuntu 13.10 (Saucy Salamander) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e. that has all the software that people need to do thethings they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that works even on oldhardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge.

  • The Perfect Desktop - Linux Mint 17.1 (Rebecca)

    linux_mint Author: Srijan KishoreTags: , Comments: 8

    This tutorial shows how you can set up a Linux Mint 17.1 (Rebecca) desktop that is a full-fledged replacement for a Windows desktop, i.e.that has all the software that people need to do the things they do on their Windows desktops. The advantages are clear: you get a secure system without DRM restrictions that work even on old hardware, and the best thing is: all software comes free of charge. Linux Mint 17.1 is a Linux distribution based on Ubuntu that has lots of packages in its repositories (like multimedia codecs, Adobe Flash, Adobe Reader, Skype,Google Earth, etc.) that are relatively hard to install on other distributions; it therefore provides a user-friendly desktop experience even for Linux newbies.

  • Installing Apache 2 With PHP5 And MySQL Support On Fedora 21 (LAMP)

    fedora VMWare Image Download Author: Srijan KishoreTags: , , , , , Comments: 15

    LAMP is short for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. This tutorial shows how you can install an Apache2 webserver on a Fedora 21 server with PHP5 support (mod_php) and MySQL support.

  • How to install the new Pydio 6 release on Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn)

    ubuntu VMWare Image Download Author: Srijan KishoreTags: , , , , Comments: 5

    How to install the new Pydio 6 release on Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn) This guide explains how to configure Pydio in Ubuntu 14.10 (Utopic Unicorn). Pydio (formerly AjaXplorer) is a mature open source software solution for file sharing and synchronization. With intuitive user interfaces (web / mobile / desktop), Pydio 6 provides enterprise-grade features to gain back control and privacy of your data: user directory connectors, legacy filesystems drivers, comprehensive admin interface, and much more.

  • Ubuntu 14.10 PXE server installation

    ubuntu Author: Srijan KishoreTags: , Comments: 3

    Ubuntu 14.10 PXE server Installation This guide explains how to configure PXE server in Ubuntu 14.10 PXE Server, stands for preboot execution environment, is used to enable a network computer to boot only from a network interface card. This method will be very helpful, if a System Administrator wants to install many systems which doesn’t have a CD/DVD device on the network.

  • How to install and configure PrestaShop on Ubuntu 14.04

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    How to install and configure PrestaShop on Ubuntu 14.04 This document describes how to install and configure PrestaShop on Ubuntu 14.04.  PrestaShop is a free, open source e-commerce solution. It supports payment gateways such as DirecPay, Google Checkout, Authorize.Net, Skrill, PayPal, PayPal Payments Pro (Direct) and EBANX Checkout via their respective APIs. Further payment modules are offered commercially.

  • Server monitoring with Nagios on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr and Debian Wheezy

    ubuntu Author: Srijan KishoreTags: , Comments: 3

    Server monitoring with Nagios on Ubuntu 14.04 Trusty Tahr and Debian Wheezy This document describes how to install and configure Nagios in Ubuntu 14.04 Server.  Nagios is a powerful monitoring system that enables organizations to identify and resolve IT infrastructure problems before they affect critical business processes.

  • How to configure an NFS server and mount NFS shares on Ubuntu 14.10

    ubuntu Author: Srijan KishoreTags: , Comments: 1

    How to configure an NFS server and mount NFS shares on Ubuntu 14.10 This guide explains how to configure an NFS server in Ubuntu 14.10 Network File System (NFS) is a popular distributed filesystem protocol that enables users to mount remote directories on their server. The system lets you leverage storage space in a different location and write onto the same space from multiple servers in an effortless manner. It, thus, works fairly well for directories that users need to access frequently. This tutorial explains the process of mounting NFS share on an Ubuntu 14.10 server in an simple and easy-to-follow steps.

  • How to install ProFTPD on CentOS 7.0

    centos VMWare Image Download Author: Srijan KishoreTags: , Comments: 2

    This document describes how to install and configure ProFTPD in CentOS 7.0 Server. ProFTPD is an FTP daemon for UNIX and UNIX-like operating systems. ProFTPD is developed, released and distributed under the GNU Public License (GPL), which basically establishes it as free software, meaning that it may be sold, licensed and otherwise manipulated in any way desired as long as full and complete source code either accompanies any ProFTPD packages or is made available by any and all sites that distribute pre-compiled binaries. The software can be modified by anyone at any time, as long as all derived works also are licensed under the GNU Public License.

  • Samba server installation on OpenSuse 13.2

    opensuse VMWare Image Download Author: Srijan KishoreTags: , , Comments: 1

    Samba Server Configuration in OpenSuse 13.2 This guide explains how to configure samba server in OpenSuse 13.2 with anonymous & secured samba servers. Samba is an Open Source/Free Software suite that provides seamless file and print services to SMB/CIFS clients. Samba is freely available, unlike other SMB/CIFS implementations, and allows for interoperability between Linux/Unix servers and Windows-based clients.