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• How to Install MySQL Server with phpMyAdmin on FreeBSD 11

  Author: Liptan Biswas • Tags: apache, freebsd, mysql • Comments: 0 • Published: Aug 07, 2017

  In this tutorial, we will install MySQL with phpMyAdmin along with Apache web server with PHP 5.6. MySQL is a free and open source relational management system. It stores data in tabular format. It is the most popular way of storing the data into the database. phpMyAdmin is also a free and open source application used to administrate a MySQL server instance through a rich graphical user interface.

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• How to Install and Use TeamSpeak Server on CentOS 7

  Author: Liptan Biswas • Tags: centos, linux, server • Comments: 1 • Published: Aug 04, 2017

  In this tutorial, we will install TeamSpeak Server on CentOS 7 server. TeamSpeak is a VOIP or Voice Over Internet Protocol server. It provides voice communication features which can be used in various fields like online gaming, educational training, business communication etc.

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• Samba Standalone Server Installation on Debian 9 (Stretch)

  Author: Till Brehm • Tags: debian, samba, storage • Comments: 2 • Published: Aug 03, 2017

  This tutorial explains the installation of a Samba fileserver on Debian 9 and shows you how to configure Samba to share files over the SMB/CIFS the protocol. Samba is configured as a standalone server, not as a domain controller. In the resulting setup, every user has his own home directory, all users have a shared group directory with read-/write access and optionally an anonymous share is added.

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• Key-Based SSH Logins With PuTTY

  Author: falko • Tags: linux, security • Comments: 60 • Updated: Aug 03, 2017

  This guide describes how to generate and use a private/public key pair to log in to a remote system with SSH using PuTTY. PuTTY is an SSH client that is available for Windows and Linux (although it is more common on Windows systems). Using key-based SSH logins, you can disable the normal username/password login procedure which means that only people with a valid private/public key pair can log in. That way, there is no way for brute-force attacks to be successful, so your system is more secure.

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• How to install PHP 7.1.6 as PHP-FPM & FastCGI for ISPConfig 3.1 on Debian 8 (Jessie)

  Author: Till Brehm • Tags: apache, control panels, debian, ispconfig, linux, nginx, php, web server • Comments: 57 • Updated: Aug 03, 2017

  This tutorial shows how to build PHP 7.1 as a PHP-FPM and a FastCGI version on Debian 8 (Jessie) which can also be used for the multi PHP version function in the ISPConfig Hosting Control Panel. This PHP 7.1 build includes many compiled in extensions and Zend OPcache and Memcached as loadable modules.

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• A Beginner's Guide to Using ed Editor in Linux (Examples Included)

  Author: Himanshu Arora • Tags: linux, shell • Comments: 0 • Published: Aug 02, 2017

  Did you know what kind of editors existed before screen-based editors like vi and vim came into existence? Well, those were known as line editors. They were used at a time when computers didn't have a video display, meaning interactive editing wasn't possible. One such editor is ed, which was developed way back in 1969. The ed editor still ships with many Linux distributions.

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• How to Install SonarQube on Ubuntu 16.04

  Author: Hitesh Jethva • Tags: linux, mysql, nginx, programming, server, ubuntu, web server • Comments: 0 • Published: Aug 01, 2017

  SonarQube is a free and open source quality management system platform that can be used to automate code inspection. It can analyze source code files, calculate a set of metrics and show the result on the web based dashboard. It is written in Java language and also supports other languages like Perl, PHP, and Ruby.

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• How to Install RabbitMQ Server on CentOS 7

  Author: Liptan Biswas • Tags: centos, linux • Comments: 0 • Published: Jul 31, 2017

  RabbitMQ is a free and open source enterprise message broker software. It is written in Erlang and implements Advanced Message Queueing Protocol (AMQP). In this tutorial, we will install RabbitMQ on CentOS 7 server.

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• How to Install and Configure Chef on Ubuntu 17.04

  Author: Liptan Biswas • Tags: linux, server, ubuntu • Comments: 0 • Published: Jul 28, 2017

  Chef is a free and open source configuration management tool. It is written in Ruby and Erlang. Chef can easily integrate with cloud based platforms such as AWS, OpenStack, or RackSpace, etc to automatically create and manage the servers. In this tutorial, we will install the latest version of Chef in Ubuntu 17.04 (Zesty Zapus).

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• Server Monitoring with OpenNMS on Ubuntu 16.04

  Author: Hitesh Jethva • Tags: linux, monitoring, server, ubuntu • Comments: 0 • Published: Jul 27, 2017

  OpenNMS is a free and open source enterprise grade network monitoring web application system that can be used to monitor unlimited devices at a single instance. OpenNMS detects and monitor services or nodes automatically in your network. You can also add particular device or service to monitor.

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