Top 10 Linux Easter Eggs
Linux can be hard work. This article was made to show the other side of Linux, where things don’t have to be so serious all of the time. Many of the people who contribute to open source projects have a great sense of humor.
How To Add ngx_pagespeed to Nginx on Debian 8
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.
How To Create a Self-Signed SSL Certificate for Nginx on Debian 8
TLS, or transport layer security, and its predecessor SSL, which stands for secure sockets layer, are web protocols used to wrap normal traffic in a protected, encrypted wrapper. Using this technology, servers can send traffic safely between the server and clients…
How To Install and Configure Ansible on Debian 11
Configuration management systems are designed to streamline the process of controlling large numbers of servers, for administrators and operations teams. They allow you to control many different systems in an automated way from one central location. This guide covers setting up the Ansible configuration management system on Debian 11.
How to Install and Secure the Mosquitto MQTT Messaging Broker on Debian 9
MQTT is a machine-to-machine messaging protocol, designed to provide lightweight publish/subscribe communication to “Internet of Things” devices. It is commonly used for geo-tracking fleets of vehicles, home automation, environmental sensor networks, and…
Cómo instalar Docker Compose en Debian 10
Docker es una excelente herramienta para automatizar la implementación de aplicaciones de Linux dentro de contenedores de software, pero para aprovechar plenamente su potencial cada componente de una aplicación debería ejecutarse en su propio…
How To Install Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP (LEMP) Stack on Debian 7
LEMP stack is a group of open source software to get a VPS up and running. The acronym includes the Linux (L), MySQL (M), and PHP (P) of the more traditional LAMP stack, but switches out Apache for Nginx (pronounced engine x). This tutorial explains how to install nginx/MySQL/PHP-fpm, as well as all the required repos to download nginx and php-fp. It will also review how to configure php & nginx, as well as how to create a php info page. *Written for Debian 7.
How To Install the Munin Monitoring Tool on Debian 8
Munin is a system, network, and infrastructure monitoring application that provides information in graphs through a web browser. It is designed around a client-server architecture and can be configured to monitor the machine it’s installed on (the _Munin master_) and any number of client machines, which in Munin parlance, are called _Munin nodes_.
How To Reset Your MySQL or MariaDB Root Password
Forgetting passwords happens to the best of us. If you forget or lose the root password to your MySQL or MariaDB database, you can still gain access and reset the password if you have access to the server and a sudo-enabled user account. This tutorial will cover how to…
How To Set Up a Firewall with UFW on Debian 9
This tutorial will show you how to set up a firewall with UFW on Debian 9.
