How To Configure an Encrypted ZFS Pool with the cloud provider Block Storage on FreeBSD
Learn to use the cloud provider’s Block Storage to create encrypted volumes on your FreeBSD servers.
How To Install an Nginx, MySQL, and PHP (FEMP) Stack on FreeBSD 10.1
Nginx, MySQL, and PHP can be combined together easily as a powerful solution for serving dynamic content on the web. These three pieces of software can be installed and configured on a FreeBSD machine to create what is known as a FEMP stack. In this guide, we will…
How to Run a Django Site with Apache, mod_wsgi, and MySQL on FreeBSD 10.1
This article shows you how to deploy a web application using Django, the popular Python framework. The beauty of developing with popular web frameworks is that a lot of repetitious work has been done for you, so you can focus on building your site.
Рекомендованные меры для усиления безопасности Apache HTTP во FreeBSD 12.0
Автор выбрал фонд Free and Open Source Fund для получения пожертвования в рамках программы Write for DOnations. Хотя используемая по умолчанию установка сервера [Apache…
How To Configure and Connect to a Private OpenVPN Server on FreeBSD 10.1
OpenVPN is an open-source virtual private network (VPN) server/client application which allows you to join a virtual network (similar to a LAN) securely. This tutorial will explain how to install and configure an OpenVPN server on a FreeBSD 10.1 machine with IPv4 NAT and routing. By the end, you’ll be running your own OpenVPN server, and have a client configuration file ready to download to connect to this network.
How To Install and Configure OpenNTPd on FreeBSD 10.2
NTP, the Network Time Protocol, is a standardized protocol providing ways to synchronize time on various operating systems. OpenNTPd is a free and easy-to-use implementation of the Network Time Protocol (NTP), originally developed as part of the OpenBSD project. It provides the ability to sync the local clock from remote NTP servers and can also act as server itself.
How To Secure Apache with Let’s Encrypt on FreeBSD 12.0
In this tutorial, you will use Certbot to set up a TLS/SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt on a FreeBSD 12.0 server running Apache as a web server. Additionally, you will automate the certificate renewal process using a cron job.
Recommended Steps To Harden Apache HTTP on FreeBSD 12.0
Although the default installation of an Apache HTTP server is already safe to use, its configuration can be substantially improved with a few modifications. In this tutorial you’ll implement some recommended steps to reduce how much information on your server is exposed. You will verify the directory listings and disable indexing to check the access to resources. You’ll also change the default value of the timeout directive to help mitigate Denial of Service type of attacks.
How To Configure Apache HTTP with MPM Event and PHP-FPM on FreeBSD 12.0
The MPM Event module is a fast multi-processing module available on the Apache HTTP web server. PHP-FPM is the FastCGI Process Manager for PHP. The FastCGI protocol is based on the Common Gateway Interface (CGI), a protocol that sits between applications and web servers like Apache HTTP.
How To Install and Configure OSSEC on FreeBSD 10.1
OSSEC is an open source, host-based intrusion detection system (HIDS) that performs log analysis, integrity checking, Windows registry monitoring, rootkit detection, time-based alerting, and active response. This tutorial will show you how to install and configure OSSEC to monitor a cloud servers running FreeBSD 10.1.
