Debian

Overview Hi! I hope you’re all well and prepared to learn some new stuff. This time we’ll go through the basics of how to set a static IP address in Linux. In case that this stirs a question is there another type (let’s say dynamic, perhaps?), answer is yes, there is! There is a protocol for assigning dynamic IP addresses called Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol or DHCP shortly. Most likely that you have a dynamic IP address assigned by your router in home environment!...

Overview This post is intended to act as guide and demonstrate the steps how to install ZSH on Linux. The following guide will demonstrate how to install ZSH in Linux(aka zshell) and also showcase the steps on how to set zsh as a default shell on login. ZSH is available by default in many repositories of Linux package managers, so the install process is straightforward Install ZSH on Ubuntu/Debian/Mint/Pop OS In order to install ZSH on Ubuntu or Debian or on any Debian/Ubuntu based distro, the ZSH can be installed via the “apt” package and to install it, simply run the following command:...

How to install Jellyfin on Debian 11 Overview The following article will demonstrate the steps on how to install Jellyfin on Debian 11. We’re going to demonstrate two steps on how to install Jellyfin on Debian. First will be focused on installing Jellyfin on Debian 11 by adding the Jellyfin repositories to the apt sources and installing it via apt(this will enable not just to install Jellyfin via apt package manager but also get the updates as well and manage the Jellyfin as a service)....

Overview This article will showcase a process how to install Docker using Ansible. We’ll be creating an Ansible playbook which will contain only five lines of code. What will enable us to have such a small playbook is the official Docker install script, which will automate the Docker install process for us. The script works on many major Linux distributions such as - Debian, Ubuntu, Fedora, RedHat, CentOS, OpenSuse and Raspbian....

Install Gnome on Debian 11 Overview In this article we will cover the process how to Install Gnome Debian 11. That’s one of the most wonderful features that you can do with Linux. The ability to install multiple different desktop environments and to fully customize it per your liking. Thing to consider before installing another Desktop Environment Installing multiple Desktop Environments is not without risks. It requires time and some in-depth GNU/Linux knowledge in order to make ti all working smooth and to troubleshoot with ease, if some issues do come up....

Install Zabbix on Debian 11 Overview In this article we will cover the process on how to install Zabbix on Debian 11. Zabbix is an open source monitoring solution for diverse IT components, including networks and network devices, virtual machines, servers, and cloud services. Zabbix provides monitoring metrics for most of the components, such as CPU usage, network utilization, RAM and disk space consumption, temperatures, etc. Software can monitor operations on Linux, Mac OS, Solaris, HP-UX natively, but for Windows monitoring usage of agents is needed....

Overview We’ll be showcasing the steps on how to install UrBackup server on Debian. UrBackup is an Open Source client/server backup system, that through a combination of image and file backups features, differential backups and other tools can do various backup jobs while the system is running without interrupting current processes. Urbackup is managed through a web interface and the files can be restored through the web interface as well, via the client or the Windows Explorer while the backups of drive volumes can be restored with a bootable CD or USB-Stick (bare metal restore)....

How to Install Wireguard on Debian Overview On this post we are going to showcase the steps how to install Wireguard on Debian(this procedure works on Debian 10 and also on Debian 11). Wireguard is one of the well-known and a great open-source VPN solution. The scenario of our process on how to install Wireguard server is going to be performed as following: Deployed Debian 10(Debian 11) Linux machine with firewall(you can use UFW or IPTABLES....

Overview On this post we are going to showcase the steps how to install OpenVPN server on Debian 10(this also works on Debian 11). OpenVPN is one of the well-known and a great open-source VPN solution. The scenario of our process on how to install OpenVPN server is going to be performed as following: Deployed Debian 10(Debian 11) Linux machine with firewall(you can use UFW or IPTABLES. IPTABLES is used in this example)....

How to install KDE plasma on Debian 10/11 Overview This article will cover the steps how to install KDE plasma on Debian 10(this method also works on Debian 11). Bur before we continue with the installation, there are few points worth noting: Installing multiple Desktop Environments is not without risks. It requires time and some in-depth GNU/Linux knowledge in order to make ti all working smooth and to troubleshoot with ease, if some issues do come up....

Overview In the following post we’re going to cover the procedure how to secure Nginx with Let’s Encrypt SSL on Debian 10 machine(This procedure can be applied on Debian 11 as well). The post will showcase the scenario, where we need to install certbot on our Debian machine and obtain the SSL certificate from Let’s Encrypt, setup the automatic HTTPS redirection and test out the certificate renewal as well. Here we already have a Debian machine with Nginx preinstalled on which we’re going to go through the steps on how to secure nginx with let’s encrypt ssl....

Overview The following post will showcase the steps how to install Wordpress with Nginx on Debian 10 and on Debian 11 as well. On a single Debian server we will install and configure the LEMP stack(Nginx, PHP and MariaDB) and at the end install and run Wordpress. In other words, our single Debian server will run the Nginx web server, the MariaDB server and run Wordpress altogether. Wordpress can also be setup and run on multiple separate servers(separate web server and separate database server)....