Articles by Till Brehm
About Till Brehm
Over 20 years of experience as a software developer and Linux system administrator. Till Brehm is the founder and lead developer of the ISPConfig hosting control panel software (since 2000) and he founded HowtoForge in 2005 as a place to share Linux knowledge with other Linux enthusiasts.
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How to Install a CentOS 7.2 Minimal Server
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: centos, linux, server •
Comments: 6 This document describes the basic installation of a CentOS 7.2 server. The purpose of this guide is to provide a minimal setup that can be used as basis for all kind of CentOS server setups.
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How to install TYPO3 8.1 with Nginx (LEMP) on Ubuntu 16.04
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: nginx, php, ubuntu, web server •
Comments: 4 This tutorial shows how to install and run a TYPO3 (version 8.1) web site on a Ubuntu 16.04 system that has a Nginx web server installed instead of Apache. This kind of setup is often called LEMP = Linux + Nginx (pronounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP). Nginx is a fast and efficient HTTP server that uses less resources than Apache and delivers pages a lot faster, especially static files.
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How to install PHP 7 as PHP-FPM & FastCGI for ISPConfig 3 on Debian 8 (Jessie)
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: apache, control panels, debian, ispconfig, linux, nginx, php, web server •
Comments: 86 This tutorial shows how to build PHP 7 as a PHP-FPM and a FastCGI version on Debian 8 (Jessie). PHP 7 is up to 2 times faster than PHP 5.6 and 14 times faster than PHP 5.0 according to the release notes.
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How to install ProFTPd with TLS support on Ubuntu 16.04
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: ftp, linux, security, server, ubuntu •
Comments: 10 This tutorial shows how to install and use FTP with ProFTPd securely. FTP without TLS is an insecure protocol because all passwords and all data are transferred in clear text. By using TLS, the whole communication can be encrypted, thus making FTP much more secure. This article explains how to set up ProFTPd with TLS on an Ubuntu 16.04 server, how to add an FTP user and to use FileZilla to connect securely with TLS.
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How to run commands on File or Directory changes with Incron on Ubuntu 16.04
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: linux, shell, ubuntu •
Comments: 2 This tutorial shows you how you can use incron on an Ubuntu 16.04 system to run commands when a file or directory is changed. The incron daemon is similar to cron, but instead of running commands based on time, it can trigger commands when a file or directory event occurs (e.g. a file modification, changes of permissions, etc.).
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How to speed up apache with mod_pagespeed and Memcached on Ubuntu 16.04
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: apache, ubuntu •
Comments: 2 This tutorial shows how to improve the page load times of your website by using the Google mod_pagespeed module for Apache in conjunction with the fast in-memory cache Memcached. Pagespeed is an Apache 2 module that optimizes and caches the content of a website before it gets delivered to the browser, the result is that the page loads faster, the system load on your server gets lower and the server will be able to deliver more pages per second.
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Installing Lighttpd with PHP 7 (PHP-FPM) and MySQL 5.7 on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: lighttpd, linux, mysql, php, ubuntu •
Comments: 15 Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on an Ubuntu 16.04 server with PHP 7 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL 5.7. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites. I use PHP-FPM in this tutorial instead of Lighttpd's spawn-fcgi.
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Server Monitoring with Munin and Monit on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus)
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: monitoring, ubuntu •
Comments: 12 This tutorial will show you how to monitor an Ubuntu 16.04 server with Munin and Monit. Munin produces nice graphs about nearly every aspect of your server, whereas Monit checks the availability of services like Apache, MySQL, Postfix and takes the appropriate action such as a restart if it finds a service is not behaving as expected. The combination of the two gives you full monitoring: graphics that let you recognize current or upcoming problems, and a watchdog that ensures the availability of the monitored services.
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Installing Nginx with PHP 7 and MySQL 5.7 (LEMP) on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: linux, mysql, nginx, php, ubuntu •
Comments: 17 Nginx (pronounced "engine x") is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server. Nginx is known for its stability, rich feature set, simple configuration, and low resource consumption. This tutorial shows how you can install Nginx on an Ubuntu 16.04 server with PHP 7 support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support (LEMP = Linux + nginx (pronounced "engine x") + MySQL + PHP) .
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How to install Lighttpd with PHP-FPM and MariaDB on CentOS 7
Author: Till Brehm •
Tags: centos, lighttpd, linux, web server •
Comments: 0 Lighttpd is a secure, fast, standards-compliant web server designed for speed-critical environments. This tutorial shows how you can install Lighttpd on a Centos 7 server with PHP support (through PHP-FPM) and MySQL support. PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) is an alternative PHP FastCGI implementation with some additional features useful for sites of any size, especially busier sites. I use PHP-FPM in this tutorial instead of Lighttpd's spawn-fcgi.
