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Puffy vs. Penguin: Getting Started With OpenBSD

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March 2, 2021 @ 5:24 am, by raindog308

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 […]

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Create Your Own Internet Radio Station With Icecast

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February 18, 2021 @ 12:00 am, by raindog308

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. […]

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How to Install and Use Redis on a Ubuntu 20.04 Server

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February 12, 2021 @ 1:44 am, by Jon Biloh

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 […]

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How to Set Up SSH Keys on CentOS 8

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February 8, 2021 @ 12:00 am, by Jon Biloh

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 […]

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How to Install NGINX on a Debian 10 VPS

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January 26, 2021 @ 1:40 am, by Jon Biloh

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 […]

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Setting Up and Maintaining a Minecraft Server

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January 13, 2021 @ 6:14 am, by raindog308

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 […]

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

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January 9, 2021 @ 12:00 pm, by raindog308

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 […]

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5 Common Uses for a LowEndBox (Cheap VPS)

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January 7, 2021 @ 6:38 am, by Jon Biloh

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 […]

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