In this tutorial, we're going to get up and running with OpenBSD on a KVM VPS. What is OpenBSD OpenBSD is one of the three primary BSD-based operating systems. While FreeBSD focuses on x86 architectures and NetBSD focuses on supporting as many architectures as possible, OpenBSD focuses on security and correctness. Many popular programs have come from the OpenBSD project: OpenSSH, OpenNTPD, OpenBGPD, LibreSSL, and others....
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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...
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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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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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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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As I type up this post, I have a few rsyncs running to my ServaRICA "mammoth" 8TB file server. It's been running like a champ since November, readily sucking down many GBs of data (I think it's about...
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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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Read MoreBitwarden 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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Following a highly successful Black Friday/Cyber Monday on LowEndTalk/LowEndBox, providers endured a round of YABS (Yet Another Benchmark Script). Users signed up for cheap VPSes - sometimes many more...
Read MoreNews broke today of a new security vulnerability in sudo, a widely used Linux/BSD/Unix utility that allows regular users to execute commands with elevated privileges. Typically, a user may need elevat...
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Today we are continuing our Low End Box Interview Series, and we're thrilled to talk to Justin Blanchard, Co-Founder and Chief Marketing Officer of ServerMania. The ServerMania story is especially exc...
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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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Thinking up a name for a hosting company has to be tough - so many nounhost, verbhost, nounhosting, and verbhosting names, not to mention nonsense names (you know the kind I mean). Perhaps all the go...
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Recently, CentOS dropped the bombshell news that they would be moving upstream from RHEL, which radically changes the Linux distribution landscape. Various companies and organizations announced they...
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Over the past year we've enhanced our efforts towards publishing high quality tutorials for common and sometimes uncommon technical problems and projects. We've covered everything from security, to Ce...
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Welcome, Cloudean! This is their first offer on LEB and they're bringing us a range of shared, email, and Wordpress-focused offers. They promise in-house support, 24x7 response, painless migration,...
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The CentOS project recently announced that CentOS is radically changing. Does this mean the end of the road for CentOS as we know it? RIP CentOS perhaps? Let's talk about what's new with this Linux di...
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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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As we continue our Low End Box Interview Series, today we are talking to John Brancela, Founder and CEO of ServerHub, Inc., a medium-large sized IaaS, Colocation and Cloud Computing operator that has...
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Remember the iPhone 4? Remember when LMFAO ruled the airwaves with "Party Rock Anthem"? Remember "Occupy Wall Street" and the last Space Shuttle Discovery mission? Then your memory goes back as lon...
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Sonicfast is throwing its hat in the ring for Black Friday! They last graced these pages in August 2019. For Black Friday, they're bringing you an OpenVZ 1GB for €15/year, or a 512MB KVM for €18/yea...
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Our LowEndBox Interview Series has featured many interesting personalities so far and today we're excited to bring you an interview with the founder of jsdelivr, Dmitriy Akulov. This is a very cool p...
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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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As we continue our Low End Box Interview Series, today we are talking to Paul Estrada, Serveria's CEO. So, let's get started with the interview! Tell me about your background and your company's histor...
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Your logs are an invaluable source of information about what's going on inside your system and can alert you to security issues, service issues, and hardware problems. But you are only aware of what...
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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. A web server is an integra...
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