In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Nagios on your Debian 10. For those of you who didn’t know, Nagios will monitor servers, switches, applications and services. It alerts the System Administrator when something went wrong and also alerts back when the issues have been rectified. Resources that can be monitored include CPU, memory and disk space loads, log files, temperature or h...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Apache CouchDB on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, CouchDB is an open-source project and NoSQL, document-oriented database server developed by the Apache Software Foundation. It has a document-oriented NoSQL database architecture and is implemented in the concurrency-oriented language Erlang; it uses JSON to store data, JavaS...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to set up a reverse proxy. For those of you who didn’t know, A Nginx HTTPS reverse proxy is an intermediary proxy service that takes a client request, passes it on to one or more servers, and subsequently delivers the server’s response back to the client. If you have multiple servers, a reverse proxy can help balance loads between servers and improve pe...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, phpMyAdmin is a free and open-source tool for the administration of MySQL and MariaDB. This tool allows the database admins to do all sorts of database management tasks such as creating, editing, renaming, deleting databases, import and export databases, create tables, fields and...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to fix 502 bad gateway errors on the Nginx web server. If you run an Nginx web server you may have already encountered the annoying 502 bad gateway errors. This is a pretty common error, is generated most probably by the PHP or FastCGI buffer and timeouts settings. This tutorial shows you how to fix Nginx 502 bad gateway on the Nginx webserver. This post ...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Cockpit on your Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, a Cockpit is free software that delivers a web-based interface for your system admin to do tasks, such as launching containers, storage management, network setup, inspecting logs, and so forth. The Cockpit web console utilizes the same system APIs as you would in a terminal, an...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and configuration Dropbox on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, Dropbox is a useful file-sharing and syncing service that lets you sync files between different machines over the Internet for free. It’s very useful for backing up your important documents, pictures, MP3 files, video files, and other data. With Dropbox free acco...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install VMware Tools on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, VMware is a mature and stable virtualization solution that allows you to run multiple, isolated operating systems on a single machine. VMware tools package does not only enhance the performance of a virtual machine but also it improves the interaction between the guest and host...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install LEMP on Ubuntu 20.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, A LEMP software stack is a group of open-source software that is typically installed together to enable a server to host dynamic websites and web apps. This term is actually an acronym which represents the Linux operating system, with the Nginx webserver (which replaces the Apache comp...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Apache Cassandra on CentOS 8. For those of you who didn’t know, Apache Cassandra is a free and open-source NoSQL database. Cassandra consistently outperforms popular NoSQL alternatives in benchmarks and real applications, primarily because of fundamental architectural decisions. Linear scalability and proven fault-tolerance on commodity hardwar...