PHP 7 Is Officially Dead
As of today, PHP 7.4 is end of life, which means the PHP 7 version is now officially retired. Some distributions will backport security patches, but really, it's time to move on.
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OpenSSH Suffered a "Near Miss" But is Now Post-Quantum
According to the change log, OpenSSH 9.0 suffered a "near miss" - a potential vulnerability that was found and fixed before anyone could attempt to exploit it: "Near miss in sshd(8): fix an integer ov...
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FREE Root Shells on Linux Servers Thanks to polkitd Vulnerability
A new vulnerability that affects many Linux systems has been revealed: Pwnkit. This attack uses a vulnerability in polkitd to allow any user to escalate his privileges to root. There are patches for...
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How to install PHP 7.4 with Nginx and Apache on Ubuntu
This article was contributed by Dustin Cisneros at RackNerd, a web hosting and infrastructure as a service provider which was recently voted #1 by the LowEndTalk community! If you are looking for a Li...
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How to Install Nagios on a Ubuntu 20.04 VPS
This article was contributed by Dustin Cisneros at RackNerd, a web hosting and infrastructure as a service provider which was recently voted #1 by the LowEndTalk community! If you are looking for a Li...
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LowEndBoxTV: Ranking the VPS Operating System Choices into Tiers!
Which Linux distros and operating systems we use on our cheap VPSes are Legend, which are Hipster Only, and which are Get Outta Here? We sort Alma, Alpine, Arch, CentOS (classic and stream), Debian, F...
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A Group of Friends Making One of the World's Most Popular Panels: Interview with DirectAdmin's Co-Owner, Martynas Bendorius
Our interview series has featured some of the true titans of the hosting industry. We're very excited to interview Martynas Bendorius, one of the owners of DirectAdmin. As one of the most popular an...
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Comment Free For All: Which Obscure Linux Distro Do You Regularly Use?
Most folks use Debian, Ubuntu, or CentOS, with the occasional pro using RedHat or the hipster using Arch. But there are over 1,000 Linux distros! Not all are suitable for running on a VPS of course,...
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How to Disable IPv6 on Ubuntu
This article was contributed by Dustin B. Cisneros of RackNerd. If you are considering a VPS hosting solution, take a look at RackNerd. RackNerd is an established brand, reputable reputation, and is a...
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Server Space submitted their first offer to Low End Box with four different VPS options ranging from 1GB and 2GB Windows and also 1GB and 2GB Ubuntu Linux hosted in either NJ, USA or Amsterdam, The Ne...
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Hostigger is being featured here again to promote their Openstack KVM plans. There are several sizes to choose from with prices starting at $11.94 a year! You can find their ToS/Legal Docs here. As al...
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Hostigger is being featured here with a special GoodBye 2019 offer that they wanted to make sure we knew about! With this offer, they wanted us to know these are the available operating systems: CentO...
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Serveria has contacted us with a lot of offers recently! Cloud VPS Hosting, Dedicated servers and more! And they are offering a few free things with these offers: free setup and free Windows licenses....
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How To Create a DNS Server On Ubuntu 18.04
The DNS or Domain Name System is the distributed database that allows zone records, such as IP addresses, to be associated with domain names. When a computer, such as your laptop or phone, needs to co...
Read MorePackage Management Walkthrough: apt, yum, dnf, pkg
In this tutorial, we will give you an overview of package management utilities on Ubuntu and Debian, Centos, Fedora, and FreeBSD. Once you install, say, Apache and Nginx, PHP, a MySQL database, all th...
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How to Edit Files From Your Linux VPS Terminal
There is a constant need to read, edit and change text files on any VPS, mostly after the installation of new packages. Learning, practicing and gaining proficiency with command line text editors can...
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How To Set Up Cron On Your VPS
In this tutorial, we will see how to set up repetitive tasks on your VPS. You may want to automate system maintenance or administration so that you download email every day, download weekly new songs...
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How to Replace Apache with NGINX on Ubuntu 18.04
NGINX is the modern web server founded by computer software engineer Igor Sysoev in the year 2004. NGINX is used by the most busiest and high traffic website. NGINX works out of box with the most majo...
Read MoreHow to Secure Apache with Let's Encrypt Ubuntu 16.04
In this tutorial, we will examine how to secure Apache with Let's Encrypt for the Ubuntu 16.04 operating system. We will first examine an overview of Let's Encrypt, certificate authorities, a...
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How to Setup & Configure VestaCP on Ubuntu 16.04
VestaCP is a versatile open-source control panel for Linux machines. It provides a point & click, clutter-free interface, simplifying server administration tasks at the same time. In this tutori...
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Install and Secure phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 16.04 VPS
With this tutorial, you will be able to install and secure phpMyAdmin, the most popular program for accessing MySQL and MariaDB databases on Internet servers. What We Are Going To Cover Installing the...
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How To Install And Configure Postfix on Ubuntu 16.04
With this tutorial, you will learn how to install and use Postfix, an open-source mail transfer agent. With Postfix, you will be able to send and receive e-mail, and also send them through third party...
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Set Up And Configure Postfix E-Mail Server with Dovecot On Ubuntu 16.04
Set Up And Configure Postfix E-Mail Server with Dovecot With this tutorial, we assume that you have already installed Postfix, an open-source mail transfer agent. After that, we install and configure...
Read MoreMigrating a Magento Installation from Apache2 to NGINX on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS
Magento is one of the worlds leading e-commerce CMS solutions and is used by over 200K websites. What makes Magento such an appealing e-commerce CMS is that Magento offers a free, community edition of...
Read MoreHow to Set Up a Minecraft Server on Your VPS
This tutorial will show you how to set up and configure your own Minecraft server on a VPS. We will be installing SpigotMC, a highly optimized Minecraft server, written in Java, with integrated suppor...
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How to Install ISPConfig 3 on Ubuntu 18.04
ISPConfig is arguably the most complete open source server administration control panel in existence. Developed by Till Brehm of projektfarm in 2005, it has stood the test of time and endured as the d...
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How to Set Up a Node.js Application On Ubuntu 16.04 VPS
How to Set Up a Node.js Application On Ubuntu 16.04 VPS Node.js is an open source, cross platform, server side environment for building fast and scalable network applications. Node.js applications are...
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Comment Free For All: Which Obscure Linux Distro Do You Regularly Use?
Recently, we asked you which obscure linux distro you regularly used. After all, someone has to use some of the 1,000 Linux distros in existence. Some of the interesting comments: I use TinyCore Linu...
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