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How to Install Nginx on FreeBSD 11.2 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How to Install Nginx on FreeBSD 11.2

Nginx is one of the most popular web servers in the world known for its frequent use as a load balancer and reverse proxy. Many of the largest and most highly trafficked sites on the internet depend on Nginx, at least in part due to its resource-friendliness.

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How To Use OPIE to Get One-Time Passwords for FreeBSD 10.1 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Use OPIE to Get One-Time Passwords for FreeBSD 10.1

In this tutorial, you will learn how to generate and use one-time passwords to log in to your remote FreeBSD server. You can pregenerate one or more one-time passwords when you’re in a safe location, and save them for later when you access your server from a less secure location. That way, even if your one-time password gets logged, it won’t ever be useful to an attacker.

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How To Customize and Recompile Your Kernel on FreeBSD 10.1 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Customize and Recompile Your Kernel on FreeBSD 10.1

The FreeBSD operating system utilizes the GENERIC kernel by default. This is a default configuration used to support a large variety of hardware out of the box. However, there are many different reasons for compiling a custom kernel, which include security, enhanced functionality, or better performance.

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Recommended Steps for New FreeBSD 10.1 Servers — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Recommended Steps for New FreeBSD 10.1 Servers

When setting up a new FreeBSD server, there are a number of optional steps you can take to get your server into a more production-friendly state. In this guide, we will go over some of the most common examples. We will cover how to create a firewall that denies most traffic, ensure that your server’s time zone accurately reflects its location, and set up NTP polling to keep the server’s time accurate. Finally, we will demonstrate how to add some extra swap space to your server.

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How To Install WordPress with Apache on FreeBSD 10.1 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Install WordPress with Apache on FreeBSD 10.1

WordPress is a popular open source content management system (CMS) that can be used to easily set up a blog. It is a very flexible system, through its plugin and template support, that allows users to extend its functionality to meet their specific needs; WordPress can be customized to support anything from a basic blog to a fully-featured eCommerce site.

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Recommended Steps For New FreeBSD 12.0 Servers — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

Recommended Steps For New FreeBSD 12.0 Servers

When setting up a new FreeBSD server, there are a number of optional steps you can take to get your server into a more production-friendly state. In this guide, we will go over some of the most common examples. We will cover how to create a firewall that denies most traffic, ensure that your server’s time zone accurately reflects its location, and set up NTP polling to keep the server’s time accurate. Finally, we will demonstrate how to add some extra swap space to your server.

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How To Get Started with FreeBSD 10.1 — step-by-step Linux tutorial on Progressive Robot

How To Get Started with FreeBSD 10.1

FreeBSD is a secure, high-performance operating system that is suitable for a variety of server roles. In this guide, we will cover some basic information about how to get started with a FreeBSD server.

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