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Left 4 Dead dedicated server install guide for CentOS
Author: Antonio Valencia •
Tags: centos, server •
Comments: 1 Gaming servers are widely searched for by the internet-savvy online gamers. L4D or the Left 4 Dead is a popular game played online. With multi and single player mode, and newer version L4D 2 in the market, available with all its online cheat codes, many a gamer find this game very compelling. Gaming servers enjoy heavy inbound traffic. Installing a gaming console on a Linux distribution server such as CentOS may seem a daunting task, for a new user to Linux systems. Listed below are steps to configure, install, update and run the L4D server on Linux distribution like CentOS.
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How to Install Redmine 3 with Nginx on Ubuntu 15.10
Author: Muhammad Arul •
Tags: linux, nginx, ubuntu •
Comments: 9 Redmine is an open source project management and issue tracking tool based on the Ruby on Rails Framework. This tutorial covers the Redmine 3 installation with Nginx as the web server and MySQL as the database on Ubuntu 15.10 (64 Bit) operating system.
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How to reset the root password on Linux and FreeBSD
Author: Manh.Luong •
Tags: centos, debian, linux, security, ubuntu •
Comments: 2 Listed below are the step by step procedures to reset the root password in different versions of CentOS, CoreOS, Debian, Ubuntu and FreeBSD. Begin this procedure by booting your server into single user mode.
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Getting started with Let's Encrypt SSL Certificates on Ubuntu
Author: Patrik Habdak •
Tags: linux, security, ubuntu •
Comments: 5 This tutorial will guide you through your very first configuration of an SSL website with Lets Encrypt certification. Let's Encrypt is a new SSL authority that provides free SSL certificates.
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How to Install Piwik with Nginx on Ubuntu 15.10
Author: Muhammad Arul •
Tags: linux, nginx, server, ubuntu •
Comments: 1 Piwik is the leading open source web analytics application, it has been developed to provide an alternative to google-analytics. In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Piwik on ubuntu 15.10 with Nginx web server and PHP 5.6 in php-fpm mode. We will use MariaDB as the database system.
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Microsoft Azure Series - Creating a Linux virtual machine from custom image
Author: Patrik Habdak •
Tags: ispconfig, linux, ubuntu, virtualization •
Comments: 2 In the first tutorial, we have learned how to deploy a new virtual machine from default Azure images. In this tutorial, we are going to find out how we can use our existing virtual machine to duplicate it or save as image for further usage.
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How to transform your Ubuntu installation into a rolling release
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: linux, ubuntu •
Comments: 7 Ubuntu users out there have two ways to go with their systems. Either they choose to follow the “standard” release that gets upgraded every six months, or choose the latest LTS (Long Term Support) which guarantees security updates and support for a five-year period. The problem with the first is that you'll have to perform major upgrades to your system twice a year, while the issue with the latter is that you won't get any major updates on parts of the system that you may care about using what's latest.
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How to configure your gamepad on Ubuntu
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: desktop, linux, ubuntu •
Comments: 16 Linux is maybe the least popular platform for gamers, however the interest to set up and configure gamepads on it has sparked, especially since Valve's decision to make multiple game titles available for Linux on Steam. In this quick guide, I will showcase how to disable xpad, how to replace it with more capable drivers, and how to calibrate and configure your gamepad on Linux.
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How to use Docker in a practical way (part 1 - Introduction)
Author: Bill Toulas •
Tags: centos, debian, fedora, opensuse, suse, ubuntu, virtualization •
Comments: 7 It is not an uncommon situation, for early adopters of newly introduced concepts and technologies, to be totally confused when these can fundamentally change the ways of developing and delivering services. Especially when everybody talks about something like Docker, and how awesome and game changing it is. This confusion happens when we try things early on and rushing straight to testing them without grasping the whole concept and background of this newly introduced technology.
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How to Install Mailpile with Nginx on Ubuntu 15.10
Author: Muhammad Arul •
Tags: linux, nginx, server, ubuntu •
Comments: 0 Mailpile is an open source mail client that focuses on encryption and users privacy. Mailpile makes the PGP setup easy, it allows you to create PGP keys directly in the email application and send PGP encrypted messages. In this tutorial, I will guide you trough the Mailpile installation on Ubuntu 15.10. We will install Mailpile as a web-based client with Nginx as a reverse proxy.
