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

Jon Biloh
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Jan 01, 2017
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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 first installment and is not intended as a fine detail technical paper simply a no nonsense overview to help in your decision making. While this may be old news some some the subject comes up time and time again, what is the diff...

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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

Jon Biloh
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Dec 24, 2016
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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

How to Setup a Shoutcast Radio VPS on Ubuntu

Jon Biloh
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Dec 20, 2016
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Have you ever wanted to use your VPS to host a Shoutcast Radio stream? In this article we will talk about how to install SHOUTcast Distributed Network Audio Server (DNAS 2.0) on your Ubuntu 16.04 VPS....

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How to Setup a Shoutcast Radio VPS on Ubuntu

How to Self Host Images and Photos with Ubuntu VPS

Jon Biloh
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Dec 01, 2016
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Hobbyists who look to have maximum control over the image files that they host online may look into purchasing a virtual private server. If you are looking for an alternative to Flickr, a VPS could be...

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How to Self Host Images and Photos with Ubuntu VPS

How to Install TeamSpeak 3 on your Ubuntu VPS

Jon Biloh
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Nov 15, 2016
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Today, we will go over the basics of how to install a TeamSpeak 3 server on your Ubuntu 16.04 VPS. Before you install TeamSpeak 3, it is recommended that you check your VPS provider’s terms and condit...

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How to Install TeamSpeak 3 on your Ubuntu VPS

Using Nagios to Monitor your Virtual Private Servers

Jon Biloh
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Nov 09, 2016
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Monitoring the uptime of your virtual private servers is an essential part of guaranteeing maximum uptime for your web facing assets. As a result, many VPS enthusiasts have exclusively chosen Nagios a...

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Using Nagios to Monitor your Virtual Private Servers

How to Install LimeSurvey On Your VPS

Jon Biloh
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Nov 05, 2016
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LimeSurvey provides you with instant feedback from your users. When compared to services that sell survey services, hosting your own VPS to conduct online surveys could potentially save you some money...

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How to Install LimeSurvey On Your VPS

Hardening the Security on your New Virtual Private Server

Jon Biloh
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Nov 01, 2016
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Hardening the security on your VPS should be one of the first tasks you perform when buying a new VPS. As a result, we’ve provided several tips that will help you increase the security on your VPS. Wh...

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Hardening the Security on your New Virtual Private Server

3 Free Control Panels for VPS Administration

Jon Biloh
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Oct 27, 2016
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Managing multiple websites with a control panel on your VPS can be cumbersome, time consuming and complicated. To simplify the deployment of websites and apps, you can install a control panel app that...

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3 Free Control Panels for VPS Administration

How to Harden the Security of MySQL on your VPS

Jon Biloh
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Oct 22, 2016
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Security is a critical component of any database application. Did you know that a default MySQL installation can leave your database vulnerable to cyber threats? There several different implementation...

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How to Harden the Security of MySQL on your VPS

Setting Up An Encrypted Volume on your Ubuntu VPS

Jon Biloh
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Oct 16, 2016
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Developers commonly use virtual private servers to build applications for their clients. Securing the data stored on your VPS can help protect against the accidental exposure of your data in case of a...

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Setting Up An Encrypted Volume on your Ubuntu VPS

How to Install & Configure Jabber on your VPS

Jon Biloh
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Oct 10, 2016
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There's a variety of reasons as to why you may want to turn your VPS into a private instant messaging server. Regardless of your motivations, we've compiled a guide that will help you understand the b...

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How to Install & Configure Jabber on your VPS

Setting up Git for Free on a VPS

Jon Biloh
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Oct 05, 2016
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Have you thought about setting up your own private Git server on a spare VPS? Thanks to the popularity of services like GitHub, Git has become very widespread among the developer community. You don't...

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Setting up Git for Free on a VPS

MariaDB: Installation, Optimization and Tuning

SysAdmin
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Sep 29, 2016
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MariaDB is forked from MySQL, MariaDB has been known to be a drop-in replacement that brings enhancements and performance optimizations over MySQL. This tutorial will show you how to install, optimize...

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MariaDB: Installation, Optimization and Tuning

Host your own DNS, now with 100% more ad block!

SysAdmin
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Sep 20, 2016
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One of your essential addons for your web browsers is almost definitely some sort of ad blocker. Resources like bandwidth are a precious resource, especially when your ISP is of the many that limit it...

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Host your own DNS, now with 100% more ad block!

Open Source PowerShell on Linux

SysAdmin
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Sep 15, 2016
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PowerShell is now open source, and available for Linux and Mac. You can download official packages from Microsoft for the 64-bit versions of Ubuntu 16.04, Ubuntu 14.04, CentOS 7, Red Hat Enterprise Li...

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Open Source PowerShell on Linux

How to Send SMS Messages from Your VPS using TextBelt

SysAdmin
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Sep 08, 2016
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Have you been looking for a way to send SMS messages from your virtual private server (VPS)? With the help of the TextBelt app, you can do just that. TextBelt is a project created by Ian Webster that...

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How to Send SMS Messages from Your VPS using TextBelt

Enabling Encryption (SSL) on Apache and Nginx

SysAdmin
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Sep 06, 2016
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Encrypting the connections to your website will help you keep your customer’s data safe and secure. Without encryption, a malicious actor could sniff the connection of your users and intercept the pac...

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Enabling Encryption (SSL) on Apache and Nginx

Tutorial - How to Backup your Ubuntu VPS to DropBox

SysAdmin
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Aug 29, 2016
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Automatically backing up files from a VPS to your DropBox account is simpler than you might think. When you configure your VPS to automatically send backups to your DropBox storage account, you can be...

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Tutorial - How to Backup your Ubuntu VPS to DropBox

Rainbow Stream – Use Twitter From the Command Line on your VPS

Jarland
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Mar 30, 2016
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Twitter's versatile platform makes it easy for people to stay up to date on the latest information and news. Did you know that Twitter's API can be rapidly configured to integrate directly into almost...

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Rainbow Stream – Use Twitter From the Command Line on your VPS

How to Configure Ubuntu VPS for Automatic Security Updates

Jarland
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Feb 27, 2016
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Security risks are discovered each and every day. How can you know that your VPS is protected against the latest threats? One of the best methods of keeping your server safe is to implement automatic...

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How to Configure Ubuntu VPS for Automatic Security Updates

How to Migrate a Hosted Server in 5 Easy Steps with Rsync

Jarland
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Jan 25, 2016
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In order to migrate the files on a VPS box from one provider to another, one of the best solutions for the job is to use a tool called Rsync. Let’s take a closer look at Rsync and see how it can help...

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How to Migrate a Hosted Server in 5 Easy Steps with Rsync

Implementing Mumble on Your Debian/Ubuntu Low End Server

Jarland
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Jan 12, 2016
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Mumble is a high-quality, low-latency voice chat app that was primarily developed for those in the gaming community. If you've got a spare low end server, you could consider implementing Mumble to fac...

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Implementing Mumble on Your Debian/Ubuntu Low End Server

Mail Enable Websites Hosted on Your Ubuntu VPS with Postfix

Jarland
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Jan 04, 2016
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In order to enable your website to send e-mails, you will need to install additional components to facilitate this service. On your Linux VPS, many system administrators choose Postfix. Getting Starte...

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Mail Enable Websites Hosted on Your Ubuntu VPS with Postfix

Using a Ubuntu/Debian VPS to Establish Anonymous SSH sessions with TOR

Jarland
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Dec 26, 2015
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Perhaps you've wanted to set up a virtual private server (VPS) to anonymize HTTP traffic on the TOR network. OpenSSH would be the first solution that admins would turn to, given the fact that OpenSSH...

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Using a Ubuntu/Debian VPS to Establish Anonymous SSH sessions with TOR

How to properly background a process in Linux

Jarland
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Dec 21, 2015
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If you're like me, you find yourself running processes every now and then that don't have init scripts and simply remain active in your session. One common example of that would be a Minecraft server...

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How to properly background a process in Linux

How to Rapidly Install Java, OpenJDK & Oracle JDK on your VPS

mpkossen
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Dec 14, 2015
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Perhaps you're using a Low End Box to host a game or some type of application that requires the Java Runtime Environment. Perhaps you'd like to use your VPS as a dev environment for your Java app? Whi...

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How to Rapidly Install Java, OpenJDK & Oracle JDK on your VPS

Start Selling Online: Install Magento using SSH

SysAdmin
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Nov 24, 2015
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Black Friday and the shopping season are quickly descending upon us. Why not put your Low End Box to work for you? Installing the Magento Shopping Cart app using SSH is a painless install. Needless to...

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Start Selling Online: Install Magento using SSH
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