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LEMP Stack installation on Centos 7

What is a LEMP STACK? Linux an open source operating, is most popular OS among web hosting providers. For successfully hosting a website on a Linux server we need four important software components i.e an operating system, a web server, a database server and a platform to run our website codes to display web pages. These four components support each other and makes up a LEMP STACK. LEMP Stack is the most widely used web s...

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LEMP Stack installation on Centos 7

How to Setup SFTP to Securely Transfer Files on CentOS 7

Welcome to another LowEndBox tutorial. We're going to explore the world of SFTP: What it is, isn't, how to use it and why. Let's get to it! What is SFTP? We're glad you asked! SFTP is the Secure File...

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How to Setup SFTP to Securely Transfer Files on CentOS 7

How to setup OpenVPN on your VPS: Ubuntu 18.04

Who should read this tutorial:   This tutorial is written for novice level Linux users and DevOps folks who need to add encryption to their internet traffic.  A virtual private network (an encrypted n...

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How to setup OpenVPN on your VPS: Ubuntu 18.04

How to Utilize Cloudron on Your VPS

Ever wanted to host your own web apps on a VPS, but never found the time to learn how to manage and maintain a private, self-hosted server? Let Cloudron help. Cloudron is a SaaS solution for making se...

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How to Utilize Cloudron on Your VPS

Configuring Virtualmin on CentOS 7 for Website Hosting: Part 1

In the professional Linux web hosting world, cPanel rules as king. That's not necessarily a bad thing! cPanel is rich in features and is for the most part stable and reliable. But it's also completely...

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Configuring Virtualmin on CentOS 7 for Website Hosting: Part 1

Configuring Virtualmin on CentOS 7 for Website Hosting: Part 2

In Part 1 of our tutorial, we installed Virtualmin on CentOS 7 and did some basic configuration. In this second half, we're going to dive deep into the Linux configuration files to optimize our new se...

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Configuring Virtualmin on CentOS 7 for Website Hosting: Part 2

How to Use ClusterCS to Manage Your Server

How to Use ClusterCS to Manage Your Server Finally had enough of the CLI? Filled with rage every time you have to log in to your server just to change a basic setting? Or maybe, deep down inside, you...

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How to Use ClusterCS to Manage Your Server

Lynis Overview & Installation

Once a server is installed, you will want to keep a regular watch for points of vulnerability. Having a security auditing application will make this an easier task. Lynis is open source, server-based...

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Lynis Overview & Installation

[SECURITY VULNERABILITY] Apache HTTP 2.4.17 to 2.4.38 Local Root Exploit

Apache has recently made an announcement, revealing a major security vulnerability/exploit where servers running in Apache HTTP Server 2.4 releases 2.4.17 to 2.4.38, with MPM event, worker or prefork,...

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[SECURITY VULNERABILITY] Apache HTTP 2.4.17 to 2.4.38 Local Root Exploit

Linux Blackhole Tutorial - Adding and Removing A Null Route

In the world of systems administration, having the commands to add or remove a blackhole / nullroute a host or problematic IP address can be very useful. So in this simple, yet useful tutorial, we'll...

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Linux Blackhole Tutorial - Adding and Removing A Null Route

Using SSH Keys to connect to your VPS

In the days before Virtualization emerged, servers could only be built using physical hardware. A server admin would build a server, plug in a keyboard and monitor, and install Linux via CD or over th...

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Using SSH Keys to connect to your VPS

How​ ​to​ ​Install​ ​Cacti​ ​Monitoring​ ​on​ ​Ubuntu​ ​16.04​ ​LTS

In this tutorial, we will be covering how to install Cacti on a server running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. Cacti is supported on any type of virtualization platform (OpenVZ/XEN/KVM), so you can run your monitor...

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How​ ​to​ ​Install​ ​Cacti​ ​Monitoring​ ​on​ ​Ubuntu​ ​16.04​ ​LTS

Getting your feet wet with Docker and Containers

If you're in the cloud or datacenter space, chances are you've been hearing about the term "containers" and "Docker" non-stop for the past few years. Ever stop and wonder what this is all about? The p...

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Getting your feet wet with Docker and Containers

How​ ​to​ ​fix​ ​a​ ​MySQL​ ​Failed​ ​to​ ​Start​ ​error

It’s 2 AM, you’re up late working on your website, and you find that your MySQL database has gone offline. You log into your server to troubleshoot, and the following unpleasant error message appears...

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How​ ​to​ ​fix​ ​a​ ​MySQL​ ​Failed​ ​to​ ​Start​ ​error

How​ ​to​ ​Quickly​ ​Bind​ ​an​ ​IP​ ​Range​ ​to​ ​your​ ​CentOS​ ​Server

In this short, yet informative tutorial, we will be showing you how you can quickly bind a range of IPv4 addresses to your CentOS server. This also works with any RedHat based system, including Fedora...

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How​ ​to​ ​Quickly​ ​Bind​ ​an​ ​IP​ ​Range​ ​to​ ​your​ ​CentOS​ ​Server

Wanted: LEB Tutorial Suggestions

Hello all! As you may have noticed, we haven't posted a tutorial in quite some time. As it turns out, finding good help is difficult. The good news is that we've found someone and he's working on some...

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Wanted: LEB Tutorial Suggestions

Install OpenConnect Server on Ubuntu 16.04

This article will be showing how to install Openconnect server on Ubuntu 16.04 and connect to it using the Cisco Anyconnect client. OpenConnect server(ocserv) is a VPN server that connects through SSL...

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Install OpenConnect Server on Ubuntu 16.04

How to Install Kimai Time Tracking Software on Ubuntu 16.04

Kimai is an open source time tracking software. It tracks work time and reports can be retrieved from the dashboard based on different criteria. Kimai can be run on a single user machine or can be ins...

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How to Install Kimai Time Tracking Software on Ubuntu 16.04

How to Install SeaFile on Ubuntu 16.04

SeaFile is an open source file sharing platform like Dropbox. Unlike Dropbox, SeaFile can be hosted on a client machine which gives the user full control of the cloud. It also provides better security...

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How to Install SeaFile on Ubuntu 16.04

How to Install Campaign Chain on Ubuntu 16.04

This tutorial will be guiding through the installation procedure of CampaignChain. Campaign chain is an open source campaign management and marketing integration solution. With campaign chain, markete...

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How to Install Campaign Chain on Ubuntu 16.04

How to Install Next Cloud on Ubuntu 16.04

In this tutorial, we will be explaining the steps to install Next Cloud on Ubuntu 16.04 server. As you are here to read the next cloud installation tutorial, you might be knowing about Next Cloud and...

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How to Install Next Cloud on Ubuntu 16.04

How to Setup Apache Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu 16.04

What is Apache Virtual Host Apache virtual host helps to run multiple websites on the same server. There are two types of virtual host configuration that apache supports IP-based virtual hosts Name-ba...

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How to Setup Apache Virtual Hosts on Ubuntu 16.04

How to Install Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) Stack on Ubuntu 16.04

Introduction In this article, we will show you how to install LAMP stack on Ubuntu 16.04. It is a common web stack used for hosting contents on the web. The term LAMP is an acronym for the group of op...

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How to Install Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) Stack on Ubuntu 16.04

How to Create Your Own Wiki using DokuWiki on your VPS

Have you ever visited Wikipedia and thought to yourself, "Wow, how do I install my own Wiki app?" If this question sounds familiar, you're in luck because this tutorial will show you how to rapidly ge...

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How to Create Your Own Wiki using DokuWiki on your VPS

Using Docker on Ubuntu 16.x for WordPress Development

Today, I'm going to show you how you can set up Docker on your Ubuntu PC and start using it for WordPress development. Along the way, I'll show you why you would want to do that. Then I'll dive into t...

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Using Docker on Ubuntu 16.x for WordPress Development

How to Setup Your Own IRC Server using InspIRCd on Ubuntu

Ready to setup your own IRC server on Ubuntu? IRC is better known as Internet Relay Chat and it is an old school method of creating and hosting your own chat room. Using the InspIRCd app on a low end...

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How to Setup Your Own IRC Server using InspIRCd on Ubuntu

OpenVZ, Xen, and KVM – the differences, the advantages, a comparison

This editorial has been written by Anthony Smith from Inception Hosting. Thank you, Anthony, for your valued contribution to LowEndBox! This overview is intended to be just that, this is just the firs...

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OpenVZ, Xen, and KVM – the differences, the advantages, a comparison

How to Build Your Own Web Crawler Using an Ubuntu VPS

If you want to learn how to build your own web crawler using a VPS, have you considered using Scrapy? In this installment of LowEndTutorials, we’ll go over the basic functions of the Scrapy web crawli...

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How to Build Your Own Web Crawler Using an Ubuntu VPS
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