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Not long ago we ran a piece on why you might want a VPN and why you might want a VPN service (see: Need a Cheap VPN? What Kind? From Who? Let's Sort It!). And we've posted a bit about some of the leading VPN companies: ExpressVPN: They have 3,000+ servers in 160 locations in 94 countries - wow!  Apps for all the major platforms plus televisions, etc., and they unblock streaming services (Disney+, Hulu, HBO Max, BBC iPlaye...

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How To Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on Debian 8, 9, and 10

In this tutorial, we will start with an empty VPS with a freshly installed Debian 9 and will end up with three different sites sharing the same IP address, hosted on the same machine. Apache web serve...

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How To Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on Debian 8, 9, and 10

How To Set Up a Node.js Application for Production on Ubuntu 16.04 VPS

With this tutorial, we assume that you have already read article "How to Set Up a Node.js Application On Ubuntu 16.04 VPS". It explains how to install a Hello World type of node.js application and how...

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How To Set Up a Node.js Application for Production on Ubuntu 16.04 VPS

How To Set Up a Node.js Application for Production on a Debian 9 VPS

In this tutorial, we will create a simple Node.js application and put it into a production ready environment on Debian 9, "Stretch". To make the app accessible from your browser, we'll use Nginx as a...

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How To Set Up a Node.js Application for Production on a Debian 9 VPS

How To Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on CentOS 7

In this tutorial, we will start with an empty VPS with a freshly installed CentOS 7 and will end up with three different sites sharing the same IP address, hosted on the same machine. Apache web serve...

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How To Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on CentOS 7

How to install Webmin on Ubuntu 18.04

This How To is designed to help you install Webmin on your fresh install of Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver and then walk you through some basic functionality like creating a website and adding users.   We...

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How to install Webmin on Ubuntu 18.04

LEMP Stack Installation on Ubuntu 16.04

This tutorial will show you how to install and configure the LEMP stack on your VPS/LowEndBox. LEMP stands for Linux Nginx MySQL PHP, and is a lightweight variation of the LAMP stack, which includes A...

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LEMP Stack Installation on Ubuntu 16.04

LEMP Stack Installation on Debian 9

This tutorial will show you how to install and configure the LEMP stack on your VPS/LowEndBox, running Debian 9. LEMP stands for Linux Nginx MySQL PHP, and is a lightweight variation of the LAMP stack...

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LEMP Stack Installation on Debian 9

How To Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu 16.04

In this tutorial, we shall start with an empty VPS screen of a freshly installed Ubuntu 16.04 and will finish up with three different sites sharing the same IP address. Apache web server analyzes inpu...

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How To Set Up Apache Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu  16.04

Set Up and Use Composer on a Ubuntu 16.04 VPS

In this tutorial, you will learn how to install and use Composer, the dependency manager for PHP. What We Are Going To Cover We will install the following: Apache & PHP PHP extensions to run Compo...

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Set Up and Use Composer on a Ubuntu 16.04 VPS

How to Install Moodle on Ubuntu 18.04

Moodle is an open source Learning Management System or LMS.  It hails as the worlds most popular learning platform with over 153M users worldwide.  Moodle is consumable in 3 basic hosted varieties: DI...

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How to Install Moodle on Ubuntu 18.04

Setup And Configure Mod_Rewrite on Ubuntu 16.04

In this tutorial, we will study Mod_Rewrite, one of the most important modules of the Apache server. It can change the incoming address from the browser into something else, on the fly. The most commo...

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Setup And Configure Mod_Rewrite on Ubuntu 16.04

Package Management Walkthrough: apt, yum, dnf, pkg

In this tutorial, we will give you an overview of package management utilities on Ubuntu and Debian, Centos, Fedora, and FreeBSD. Once you install, say, Apache and Nginx, PHP, a MySQL database, all th...

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Package Management Walkthrough: apt, yum, dnf, pkg

How to Edit Files From Your Linux VPS Terminal

There is a constant need to read, edit and change text files on any VPS, mostly after the installation of new packages. Learning, practicing and gaining proficiency with command line text editors can...

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How to Edit Files From Your Linux VPS Terminal

How To Set Up Cron On Your VPS

In this tutorial, we will see how to set up repetitive tasks on your VPS. You may want to automate system maintenance or administration so that you download email every day, download weekly new songs...

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How To Set Up Cron On Your VPS

How To Set Up a Node.js Application for Production on a CentOS 7 VPS

In this tutorial, we will create a simple Node.js application and put it into a production ready environment. We are going to install and use the following pieces of software: Nginx as a reverse proxy...

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How To Set Up a Node.js Application for Production on a CentOS 7 VPS

How to Setup & Configure VestaCP on Ubuntu 16.04

VestaCP is a versatile open-source control panel for Linux machines. It provides a point & click, clutter-free interface, simplifying server administration tasks at the same time.   In this tutori...

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How to Setup & Configure VestaCP on Ubuntu 16.04

Install and Secure phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 16.04 VPS

With this tutorial, you will be able to install and secure phpMyAdmin, the most popular program for accessing MySQL and MariaDB databases on Internet servers. What We Are Going To Cover Installing the...

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Install and Secure phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 16.04 VPS

How To Install And Configure Postfix on Ubuntu 16.04

With this tutorial, you will learn how to install and use Postfix, an open-source mail transfer agent. With Postfix, you will be able to send and receive e-mail, and also send them through third party...

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How To Install And Configure Postfix on Ubuntu 16.04

Set Up And Configure Postfix E-Mail Server with Dovecot On Ubuntu 16.04

Set Up And Configure Postfix E-Mail Server with Dovecot With this tutorial, we assume that you have already installed Postfix, an open-source mail transfer agent. After that, we install and configure...

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Set Up And Configure Postfix E-Mail Server with Dovecot On Ubuntu 16.04

How to Set Up a Minecraft Server on Your VPS

This tutorial will show you how to set up and configure your own Minecraft server on a VPS. We will be installing SpigotMC, a highly optimized Minecraft server, written in Java, with integrated suppor...

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How to Set Up a Minecraft Server on Your VPS

Migrating WordPress to a VPS

Migrating WordPress to a VPS This tutorial will show you how to migrate your present WordPress blog to a new VPS. Perhaps Your current site is on a shared hosting and you want more flexibility Your bl...

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Migrating WordPress to a VPS

How to Set Up a Node.js Application On Ubuntu 16.04 VPS

How to Set Up a Node.js Application On Ubuntu 16.04 VPS Node.js is an open source, cross platform, server side environment for building fast and scalable network applications. Node.js applications are...

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How to Set Up a Node.js Application On Ubuntu 16.04 VPS

How To Set Up A Laravel Application on Ubuntu 16.04 VPS

How To Set Up A Laravel Application on Ubuntu 16.04 VPS Let us presume that you have already set up an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS server with Apache and that you have installed a bare bones Laravel app. In this...

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How To Set Up A Laravel Application on Ubuntu 16.04 VPS

How To Install Laravel on Ubuntu 16.04 VPS

How To Install Laravel on Ubuntu 16.04 VPS With this tutorial, you will start from a clean Ubuntu 16.04 install, set it up to run Laravel, and end up with a demo Laravel application installed. Other a...

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How To Install Laravel on Ubuntu 16.04 VPS

Setup SSH Keys on Ubuntu 18.04

Who should read this? This tutorial is for novice to intermediate linux users who want to go beyond basic password security.  Security professionals recommend using ssh keys to make authentication int...

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Setup SSH Keys on Ubuntu 18.04

How To Set Up CakePHP For Production: Ubuntu 16.04

How To Set Up CakePHP For Production: Ubuntu 16.04 We shall assume that you have developed a CakePHP app on the server and that you are going to launch it as a product. To bring your app to the produc...

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How To Set Up CakePHP For Production: Ubuntu 16.04
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