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How to Fire Up WordPress in Three Commands

Typically when you setup Wordpress, you've got to do the following: Install MySQL Run mysql_secure_installation (not strictly necessary but you should!) Create the MySQL database Create the MySQL user Grant the MySQL user database privileges Install a web server such as Apache or NginX Install PHP Configure the web server to support PHP Create the web root directory and set permissions Create log files if necessary, and s...

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How to Fire Up WordPress in Three Commands

Create Your Own Internet Radio Station With Icecast

In this tutorial we'll show you how to setup your very own Internet radio station using Icecast. Icecast is a flexible, FOSS server that allows you to stream sound and music both to and from the serve...

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Create Your Own Internet Radio Station With Icecast

How To Change RDP Port on a Windows VPS

This article was contributed by Dustin Cisneros from RackNerd. If you are looking for a Windows VPS, Linux VPS or even shared/reseller hosting services -- be sure to take a look at RackNerd’s latest L...

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How To Change RDP Port on a Windows VPS

How to Install and Use Redis on a Ubuntu 20.04 Server

This article was contributed by the folks at RackNerd - a provider of shared hosting, reseller hosting, VPS hosting, dedicated servers, DRaaS, colocation, and more. If you are looking for a VPS with f...

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How to Install and Use Redis on a Ubuntu 20.04 Server

LowEndBuckets: Setting Up an Maintainable Minio

MinIO is self-hosted S3-compatible object storage.  You can set it up in minutes and your VPS will look and act just like Amazon S3 storage, compatible with many backup programs and applications.  In...

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LowEndBuckets: Setting Up an Maintainable Minio

How to Set Up SSH Keys on CentOS 8

Secure Shell, or SSH, is an encrypted protocol that is used for logging on to your remote servers. It is meant to replace the more traditional way of using a password to provide authentication. In thi...

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How to Set Up SSH Keys on CentOS 8

Protecting and Remapping Apps with NGINX Reverse Proxying

Web services traditionally run on ports 80 (for http) and 443 (for https). Many other services run on other ports. Often times you'll install a web-based app and discover that it runs on its own port....

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How to Monitor New LowEndTalk Offers with Python

In July 2020, there was a discussion on LowEndTalk about how to monitor new offers on LET.  Several solutions were posted, but I think the easiest is to parse LET's RSS feed.  In this tutorial, we'll...

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How to Monitor New LowEndTalk Offers with Python

Getting Nerdy With Your Passwords: the Bitwarden Command Line Interface

Bitwarden is a cross-platform password manager that synchronizes between platforms (desktop, phone, tablet, etc.) and browsers.  Unlike many products, you can fully self-host Bitwarden. You might enjo...

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Take Control of Your Passwords with Self-Hosted Bitwarden

There are many password managers on the market today. Most are vendor-hosted, such as LastPass, which puts you in the position of trusting the vendor's security (on both the client and storage side)....

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Take Control of Your Passwords with Self-Hosted Bitwarden

Backing Up Your VPS With b2 and rclone

b2 is cloud storage from Backblaze. Like Amazon S3, Microsoft Azure, or Google Cloud Storage, it provides an API for storing files in the cloud and does so at a substantially cheaper price than its co...

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Backing Up Your VPS With b2 and rclone

How to Install NGINX on a Debian 10 VPS

This article was contributed by the folks at RackNerd - a provider of shared hosting, reseller hosting, VPS hosting, dedicated servers, DRaaS, colocation, and more. If you are looking for a VPS with f...

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How to Install NGINX on a Debian 10 VPS

What is a BGP Network? BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)

This article was contributed by Dustin B. Cisneros from RackNerd, a seasoned contributor of the hosting industry for 12+ years. Are you looking for shared hosting, colocation, reseller hosting, VPS, p...

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What is a BGP Network? BGP (Border Gateway Protocol)

Setting Up and Maintaining a Minecraft Server

In this tutorial, we'll show you how to setup a Minecraft game server on a Debian 10 VPS. But we won't stop at just starting the server but also will cover setting it up in systemd so it automatically...

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Setting Up and Maintaining a Minecraft Server

How to install CyberPanel on CentOS 7 VPS

This article was contributed by Dustin B. Cisneros of RackNerd - a provider of shared hosting, reseller hosting, VPS hosting, dedicated servers, DRaaS, colocation, and more. If you are looking for a K...

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How to install CyberPanel on CentOS 7 VPS

How to Setup a Highly Available WordPress Site From Scratch, Part 6

In this tutorial series, we are setting up a highly available Wordpress web site from scratch. Part 1 - Introduction, Considerations, and Architecture Part 2 - Setting Up the VPSes Part 3 - Setting Up...

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How to Setup a Highly Available WordPress Site From Scratch, Part 6

5 Common Uses for a LowEndBox (Cheap VPS)

This article was contributed by Dustin B. Cisneros from RackNerd, a seasoned contributor of the hosting industry for 12+ years. Consider checking out all of the KVM offers recently posted on LwoEndBox...

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5 Common Uses for a LowEndBox (Cheap VPS)

How to Setup a Highly Available WordPress Site From Scratch, Part 5

In this tutorial series, we are setting up a highly available Wordpress web site from scratch. Part 1 - Introduction, Considerations, and Architecture Part 2 - Setting Up the VPSes Part 3 - Setting Up...

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How to Setup a Highly Available WordPress Site From Scratch, Part 5

How to Setup a Highly Available WordPress Site From Scratch, Part 4

In this tutorial series, we are setting up a highly available Wordpress web site from scratch. Part 1 - Introduction, Considerations, and Architecture Part 2 - Setting Up the VPSes Part 3 - Setting Up...

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How to Setup a Highly Available WordPress Site From Scratch, Part 4

How to Setup a Highly Available WordPress Site From Scratch, Part 3

In this tutorial series, we are setting up a highly available Wordpress web site from scratch. Part 1 - Introduction, Considerations, and Architecture Part 2 - Setting Up the VPSes Part 3 - Setting Up...

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How to Setup a Highly Available WordPress Site From Scratch, Part 3

How to Setup a Highly Available WordPress Site From Scratch, Part 2

In this tutorial series, we are setting up a highly available Wordpress web site from scratch. Part 1 - Introduction, Considerations, and Architecture Part 2 - Setting Up the VPSes Part 3 - Setting Up...

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How to Setup a Highly Available WordPress Site From Scratch, Part 2

Automated Plugin Installers for VPS

This article was contributed by Dustin B. Cisneros of RackNerd - LowEndBox appreciates your contribution as always! Be sure to check out RackNerd’s latest LowEndBox specials if you are looking for a K...

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Automated Plugin Installers for VPS

How to Setup a Highly Available WordPress Site From Scratch, Part 1

In this tutorial series, we are setting up a highly available Wordpress web site from scratch.  Part 1 - Introduction, Considerations, and Architecture Part 2 - Setting Up the VPSes Part 3 - Setting U...

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How to Setup a Highly Available WordPress Site From Scratch, Part 1

How to Keep Your WordPress Site Secure

This article was contributed by Dustin B. Cisneros of RackNerd - LowEndBox appreciates your contribution as always! Be sure to check out RackNerd’s latest LowEndBox specials if you are looking for a K...

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How to Keep Your WordPress Site Secure

Managing Your LowEndEmpire With Ansible, Part 2

In the previous tutorial, we walked through setting up Ansible on both the control (master) node and on target nodes.  Now let's look at using Ansible capabilities. Writing Playbooks One cool thing ab...

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Managing Your LowEndEmpire With Ansible, Part 2

Resetting that Linux Root Password You Forgot

You had to type it twice. You were supposed to put it in your password safe. You were going to setup sudo but didn't get a chance. You know it's something to do with a Scooby Doo cartoon and that one...

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Resetting that Linux Root Password You Forgot

Managing Your LowEndEmpire With Ansible, Part 1

Ansible is an automation platform that can be used for provisioning, configuration management, and deployments. It does not require deploying an agent and is suitable to manage any system that allows...

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Managing Your LowEndEmpire With Ansible, Part 1

LowEndProtection: Homemade Raspberry Pi Security Cloud Camera Setup

If you are looking to setup some professional security cameras in your home and put the content in the cloud for remote storage/access, I would recommend looking at the wide range of solutions in the...

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LowEndProtection: Homemade Raspberry Pi Security Cloud Camera Setup
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