How to install Webmin on Debian Overview This post will cover the procedure on how to install Webmin on Debian(this procedure works on Debian 10 and on Debian 11 as well). This method can also be applied on earlier versions of Debian( like 9 and 8) and on other Debian based distros such as Ubuntu. Webmin is a web based system configuration and management tool for Unix based systems. Meaning, that with it you can do the management on all your Linux servers. ...
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. You just need to create an account on their website in order to access the software and other software related add-ons. For the process bellow, account is not necessary. On this post we will go through the steps of installing the GNS3 on various Linux distros, such as - Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, Arch etc. ...
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. Also, we’ll cover the steps of creating the SSH keys and installing those on our server as well. In order to set this all up, you already need to have an access to the server you wish to enable SSH access. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. ...
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. And it’s free. It’s packed with many features and various tools which can be quite useful. It supports many commercial grade routers(ASUS, Tp-Link, D-Link, Linksys etc…). ...
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). Of course you can do this procedure on other distros, such as Debian or Centos for an example. In those posts, the procedures were done manually - meaning that the entire setup was done in terminal, one command at a time and it required to install and configure - web servers, php, mysql server, database and wordpress in the end. ...
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. ...
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). ...