How to install GNS3 on Linux Desktop

How to install GNS3 on Linux Desktop Overview We are going to cover the procedure on how to install GNS3 on Linux. Let’s first review. GNS3 is a powerful network software emulator. It’s used to run and test network simulations, same as Cisco Packet Tracer. It does come with a bit more advanced features unlike Cisco Packet Tracer. I myself, use it for some time. It is open source and free to download and use....

March 23, 2020 · 5 min · 958 words · MarkoN

How to SSH on Linux from Android

How to SSH on Linux from Android Overview Like it’s mentioned in the title, we’re going to SSH on Linux from Android phone or in another words - setup an SSH connection to our Linux server from an Android phone. Meaning that with this setup, we’ll be able to access our Linux servers, from an SSH Android client app from within the LAN network and also remote servers - like cloud servers....

March 20, 2020 · 7 min · 1453 words · MarkoN

Configure origin Cloudflare SSL on Nginx

Overview In this article we’re going to go through the steps on how to configure origin Cloudflare SSL on Nginx web server. These steps are for web servers which run on Linux(CentOS, Debian etc…). Cloudflare is a quite famous CDN and DDoS protection platform but they offer many other services - one of those services are the SSL certificates. If you are already using Cloudflare, you can also acquire an SSL certificate from them as well....

January 10, 2020 · 4 min · 826 words · MarkoN

How to install Jenkins on Linux

How to install Jenkins on Linux Overview On this post we’re gonna go through the process on how to install Jenkins on Linux. We will cover the steps of installing Jenkins on Ubuntu/Debian distros and on Fedora/CentOS. We tested this process on AWS and it’s EC2 instance, but also on couple of virtual machines running from a local computer. So, this means that you can use these steps to install Jenkins on your AWS instance or any other Linux machine which is cloud hosted or on your local Linux machine....

October 31, 2019 · 4 min · 752 words · MarkoN

How to enable Gzip compression on Nginx

How to enable Gzip compression on Nginx server Overview If we want to use Nginx as a web server, for better caching and website performance, it is recommended to have compression enabled, such as gzip compression. Nginx is another good open source web server and it’s packed with many good features. Unfortunately, gzip compression on Nginx is not enabled by default(in some cases). In this post, we’ll cover the steps how to enable gzip compression on Nginx server....

August 26, 2019 · 4 min · 713 words · MarkoN

How to setup a DD-WRT WiFi repeater bridge

How to setup a DD-WRT WiFi repeater bridge Overview This article is intended to be a guide for the steps on how to setup a DD-WRT WifI repeater bridge. DD-WRT is really a powerful router firmware and one of many cool things you can do with it is - to setup a WiFi repeater bridge. Why do that? To effortlessly extend your WiFi’s signal range. DD-WRT is an open source universal router firmware....

July 19, 2019 · 6 min · 1091 words · MarkoN

Install Wordpress on Ubuntu using WordOps

Install Wordpress on Ubuntu using WordOps In this post we’ll covering the steps on how to install Wordpress on Ubuntu using WordOps. Earlier we covered couple of topics in which we ran the steps how to install Wordpress on Ubuntu, using the Google Cloud platform. We covered two scenarios - one running the Apache server on Ubuntu and the other running the Nginx server on Ubuntu(You can check out those posts here - Apache version, Nginx version)....

July 16, 2019 · 4 min · 841 words · MarkoN

How to dual boot Windows 10 and MX Linux

How to dual boot Windows 10 and MX Linux Overview In this post we will cover the process on how to dual boot Windows 10 and MX Linux. We are going to use a setup were it will have one HDD, Windows 10 already installed, manage partitioning for the MX Linux installation and in the end we will have MX Linux alongside Windows 10 in dual boot setup. It is strongly advisable, before proceeding with these steps, backup you system just in case....

July 3, 2019 · 7 min · 1413 words · MarkoN

Install WordPress on Google cloud [Nginx]

How to install WordPress on Google cloud with Nginx Introduction Hosting a Wordpress website on a Google cloud platform? I’ve been experimenting with this a lot lately and it’s surprising how well it can perform even the free tier. We’ll be covering the process how to install and host wordpress website on google cloud for free. Yes, it can be done(Note - the hosting part for the website will be free, but if you need to buy a domain that’ll be the only expense in this post)....

June 24, 2019 · 8 min · 1654 words · MarkoN

Wordpress on Google cloud free tier

How to host Wordpress on Google cloud free tier Introduction In this article we’re going to demonstrate how you can host Wordpress on Google Cloud free tier plan. We’ll be covering the process how to setup and host wordpress website on google cloud using their free tier plan. Yes, it can be done(Note - the hosting part for the website will be free, but if you need to buy a domain that’ll be the only expense in this post)....

May 21, 2019 · 11 min · 2320 words · MarkoN

Upgrade firmware on a Cisco switch in GNU/Linux

Upgrade firmware on a Cisco switch in GNU/Linux | Tutorial We’re going to cover the procedure how to upgrade firmware on a Cisco switch, or if you prefer more, how to upgrade IOS on a Cisco switch. Like it’s said in the title, our working environment will be a GNU/Linux distro. The entire upgrade procedure will be done in GNU/Linux and using Linux tools. Also, for this tutorial, we will be using Cisco Catalyst 3560G - 48PS switch as an example, but the process is same for any other Catalyst switches....

March 17, 2019 · 9 min · 1863 words · MarkoN

How to install Anbox on Linux Desktop

How to install Anbox on Linux Desktop We’re going to cover the process of installing Anbox on a Linux distro. Other than that, we’ll go to through the steps how to install and run Android apps as well. In order to install the Anbox, your system must support snaps. If you don’t have snaps installed, you need to install it but that’ll be covered in the text bellow. I installed Anbox on Ubuntu and Mint and for me it worked perfectly fine on those systems....

February 20, 2019 · 5 min · 1006 words · MarkoN