How to Install Drupal 8.1 with Nginx, PHP-FPM and SSL on Ubuntu 16.04
Drupal is a well-known open source content management system based on PHP. It is available free of charge and released under the GNU General Public License. In this tutorial, we will install Drupal 8.1...
View ArticleHow to install PHP 5.6 as additional PHP-FPM & FastCGI for ISPConfig 3.1 on...
This tutorial shows how to build PHP 5.6 as a PHP-FPM and a FastCGI version on Ubuntu 16.04 (Xenial Xerus). Ubuntu 16.04 ships with PHP 7 by default but there are still many websites out there that...
View ArticleHow to install OpenSC on IPFire Firewall
In this tutorial, support for hardware tokens (such as smart cards) and their readers (CCID compliance) are integrated with the IPFire project. This article is the continuation of our previous work on...
View ArticleAn Introduction to GNOME Boxes (virtualization) on Linux
GNOME Boxes is a system virtualization application that is a core part of the GNOME desktop environment. Based on the QEMU machine emulator, it offers a simplified and user-friendly approach to the...
View ArticleHow to install and use KDEConnect on Ubuntu 16.04LTS
In this article, we will discuss one such application - dubbed KDEConnect - that connects your Android or BlackBerry phone to your Linux computer. Suppose you are working on your computer and your...
View ArticleHow to Install Nagios Server Monitoring on Ubuntu 16.04
Nagios is an open source software for system and network monitoring. Nagios can monitor the activity of a host and its services, and provides a warning/alert if something bad happens on the server....
View ArticlePerform Hot Backups of MySQL Databases with Percona XtraBackup on Ubuntu 16.04
Percona XtraBackup is an open source backup utility for MySQL. It supports all MySQL flavours like Percona Server, MariaDB, and (Oracle) MySQL. Percona Xtrabackup performs a Hot Backup for MySQL. In...
View ArticleISPConfig 3.1: Automated installation on Debian and Ubuntu
As you might know, ISPConfig is one of the best free open source hosting control panels available to manage Linux hosting servers in single and multi-server environments. Today you will see how to...
View ArticleHow to easily access YouTube and Vimeo content in Linux using Kaku
Usually, people choose one service (YouTube in most cases) and stick to that for their daily usage, and it's hard to persuade them to use any other service once they get used to the one they have...
View ArticleHow to configure failover and high availability network bonding on Linux
This tutorial explains how to configure network bonding on Linux server. Before I start, let me explain what network bonding is and what it does. In a Windows environment, network bonding is called...
View ArticleRambox - an alternative Messaging and Email app for Ubuntu
Rambox is a free and open source messaging and emailing application which - according to the tool's official documentation - combines common web applications into one. It is being marketed as a new way...
View ArticleHow to take screenshots on Ubuntu 16.04 with ScreenCloud
Screenshots come in handy in many situations. For example, while making tutorials, discussing problems, or sharing information. What I mean to say is that it's a very common activity, so much so that...
View ArticleInstall and configure DRDB for network filesystem replication on Debian 8
This tutorial explains the configuration of a DRBD network filesystem replication as hot standby (Primary/Secondary) with EXT4 filesystem and as Primary/Primary cluster for High Availability with OCFS2...
View ArticleHow to install and use note taking/to-do app FromScratch and news reader app...
If you are on Linux, and are searching for applications that let you create a to-do list and keep you updated with latest news, you don't have to look any further as in this tutorial we will discuss...
View ArticleHow to Install a MySQL Cluster on Ubuntu 16.04
In this tutorial, I will show you how to install a 'MySQL Cluster' on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS (Xenial Xerus). MySQL Cluster is a technology to provide high availability for MySQL Databases. It uses NDB...
View ArticleUseful Vim editor plugins for software developers - part 1
An improved version of Vi, Vim is unarguably one of the most popular command line-based text editors in Linux. Besides being a feature-rich text editor, Vim is also used as an IDE (Integrated...
View ArticleUseful Vim editor plugins for software developers - part 2: Syntastic
There's no doubt that Vim is a capable programming editor out-of-the-box, but it's the editor's plugins that help you make the most out of it. In the first part of this article series, we discussed a...
View ArticleHow to install a Ubuntu 16.10 (Yakkety Yak) Minimal Server
This tutorial shows the installation of a Ubuntu 16.10 minimal server in detail with many screenshots. The purpose of the guide is to show the basic installation of Ubuntu 16.10 that can be used as...
View ArticleHow to Install Ruby on Rails (RoR) with PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 16.04
In this tutorial, I will show you how to install Ruby on Rails on ubuntu 16.04 LTS. I will show you how to install and configure Rails with a PostgreSQL database, and how to create a new first project...
View ArticleUseful Vim editor plugins for software developers - part 3: a.vim
Now, in this third and the final part, we will discuss another very useful plugin dubbed a.vim. Up until now, in this series of articles covering programming-related plugins for Vim, we discussed...
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