How To Install Nagios On CentOS 6
Here we’ll walk you through the installation of Nagios on CentOS 6.
How To Install Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP (LEMP) stack On CentOS 7
In this guide, we’ll get a LEMP stack installed on an CentOS 7 server. A LEMP software stack is a group of open source software that is typically installed together to enable a server to host dynamic websites and web apps. This term is actually an acronym which represents the Linux operating system, with the ENginx web server (which replaces the Apache component of a LAMP stack). The site data is stored in a MySQL database (using MariaDB), and dynamic content is processed by PHP.
How To Configure Apache Content Caching on CentOS 7
Caching is a method of improving server performance by allowing commonly requested content to be temporarily stored in a way that allows for faster access. This speeds up processing and delivery by cutting out some resource intensive operations. By creating effective…
How To Set Up a Firewall Using FirewallD on CentOS 7
Firewalld is a complete firewall solution available by default on CentOS and Fedora servers. In this guide, we will cover how to set up a basic firewall for your server and show you how to manage the firewall with firewall-cmd, its command-line administrative interface.
How To Install Linux, Lighttpd, MySQL, and PHP5 (LLMP Stack) on CentOS 6
Here’s how to install Linux, Lighttpd, and PHP5 on CentOS 6.
How To Install Ruby on Rails with rbenv on CentOS 7
Ruby on Rails is an extremely popular open-source web framework that provides a great way to write web applications with Ruby.
How To Set Up Centralized Linux Authentication with FreeIPA on CentOS 7
FreeIPA is an open-source security solution for Linux which provides account management and centralized authentication, similar to Microsoft’s Active Directory. In this tutorial, we will be installing the FreeIPA server on a CentOS 7 server. You can then configure client machines, allowing FreeIPA users to log in with their IPA credentials.
How To Limit Resources Using cgroups on CentOS 6
Control groups, or cgroups, is a kernel feature introduced in CentOS 6 to provide a new way of limiting access to system resources for processes.
How To Create a SSL Certificate on nginx for CentOS 6
This tutorial explains how to create a self-signed SSL certificate, how to add it to your server, and how to configure the SSL file to display the certificate to the world. A SSL certificate is a way to encrypt a site’s information and create a more secure connection. Certificate Authorities can issue SSL certificates that verify the server’s details while a self-signed certificate has no 3rd party corroboration. These steps are for setting up an SSL certificate on Nginx for a CentOS server.
How To Add ngx_pagespeed to Nginx on CentOS 7
ngx_pagespeed, or just pagespeed, is an Nginx module designed to optimize your site automatically by reducing the size of its resources and hence the time the clients’ browsers need to load it. This article will guide you through the installation and configuration of the pagespeed module for Nginx. It’s important to know that Nginx does not support *Dynamic Loading of Modules* available in other web servers such as Apache. Since Nginx doesn’t support this feature, you need to build Nginx from so
