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 […]
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 server. Streaming to the server can be done via a music playlist, live broadcast, or relay from another server. […]
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 full root access to set up Redis on, be sure to review their latest LowEndBox special offers here. Redis, or Remote Dictionary […]
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 this guide, we will show you how you can generate SSH key pairs on your CentOS 8 system. Then we […]
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 full root access to set up NGINX on, be sure to review their latest LowEndBox special offers here. NGINX is a popular […]
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 starts/stops with the VPS boot securing your Minecraft server with whitelisting maintaining logs backing up your […]
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 MariaDB Multi-Master Replication Part 4 – File Replication and Setting Up DRBD Part 5 – Setting Up OCFS2 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! In 2020, what are some 5 common uses for a LowEndBox? LowEndBox recently ran a poll and in this tutorial, we’ll be going […]
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 MariaDB Multi-Master Replication Part 4 – File Replication and Setting Up DRBD Part 5 – Setting Up OCFS2 Part 6 […]
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 MariaDB Multi-Master Replication Part 4 – File Replication and Setting Up DRBD Part 5 – Setting Up OCFS2 Part 6 […]