November 23, 2020
Solve Bottleneck using Proxmox Backup Server 1.0
Server Management,You know that backup is a central aspect of IT administration. The need to recover from data loss is fundamental and it increases with virtualization. Proxmox already shipped a backup tool called vzdump and can make consistent snapshots of running LXC containers and KVM virtual machines. However, vzdump only allows for full backups. If you…
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October 27, 2020
Installing OpenSSH on Windows Servers
Server Management,Now, it’s easy to transfer your data over a network from one device to another with an FTP connection for your client. But we all know that FTP is not that safe, hence you can use SFTP, which is secure and prevent unauthorized access. Isn’t that great that you gain free security! We will take…
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January 17, 2020
Run multiple PHP versions on the same server
Server Management,You would have faced the trouble of keep swapping the PHP version depending on the task in hand you need to use. With this solution, you can install multiple PHP versions in the system and make them work simultaneously. To run two or more PHP versions for different sites on the same LAMP stack by…
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May 7, 2019
Email alert ! when someone logs into your server as root
Server Management,Email Alert: It’s very crucial to keep track of what is happening with servers and who logs into the server as far as the security of the server is concerned. Any user who gains root access can do whatever he wants. So its highly necessary to Setup an Email alert when something anonymous takes place.…
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May 25, 2018
How to Install and Configure ProFTPD on Linux Server
Server Management,In a web hosting environment, running an FTP server is an essential function and it gives the client access to file servers. In this blog post, let s look at how to install and configure ProFTPD on a Linux server.The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol used for the transfer of files…
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October 23, 2017
6 Critical Steps to Follow in Case of a Server Hack
Server Management,This is exactly the case with the internet today. There has been a surge in the number of web languages, content management platforms and online applications, all for the benefit of you and me of course. But the inadvertent drawback of this expansion is that there are now more vulnerabilities and options for hackers to…
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April 7, 2017
Five ways to optimize your Nginx server
Server Management,Nginx is an open-source HTTP(web) server and reverse proxy, and an IMAP/POP3 proxy server (email server). It was developed to tackle the C10K problem that web servers in use at the time, which was largely Apache, were facing. C10K is simply a numeronym that stands for concurrently handling 10000 connections. Nginx was designed with the…
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August 3, 2012
MRTG Installation
Server Management,MRTG INSTALLATION: TASK 1: SNMP ConfigurationWhat is SNMP?Most routers and firewalls keep their operational statistics in Management Information Blocks (MIBs). Each statistic has an Object Identifier (OID) and can be remotely retrieved from the MIB via the Simple Network Management Protocol (SNMP). However, as a security measure, you need to know the SNMP password…
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March 16, 2010
Nagios Installation and Configuration
Server Management,Nagios Installation in Ubuntu Required Packages Install the following packages on Ubuntu before continuing. Apache 2 PHP GCC compiler and development libraries GD development libraries If not installed, using apt-get the above packages can be installed as follows sudo apt-get install apache2 sudo apt-get install libapache2-mod-php5 sudo apt-get install build-essential sudo apt-get install libgd2-xpm-dev Create…
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March 16, 2010
Nagios – An Introduction
Server Management,What is Nagios? Nagios is a framework for setting up monitoring of hosts, services, and networks . What are the components of Nagios? nagios the main server software and...
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