By default, MySQL server will be installed with root account and password is blank. Have you ever forgotten the root password on one of your MySQL servers? If you have set the password for root and forget it, then you will need to reset the root password for MySQL. To reset your mysql password just follow these instructions and we assume that you already have a small amount of knowledge on MySQL...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to enable slow query log for MySQL on Linux systems. MySQL has built-in functionality that allows you to log SQL queries to a file, You can enable the full SQL queries logs to a file or only slow running queries log. It is easy for us to troubleshoot/ debug the SQL statement if SQL queries log enable, The slow query log is used to find queries that take a l...
This tutorial guide will show you two easy ways to backup and restore the data in your MySQL database using mysqldump. You can also use this process to move your data to a new web server. We assume that you already have MySQL installed on Linux system with administrative privileges and we assume that you already have a small amount of knowledge on MySQL. The parameters of the said command as fo...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to complete removing MySQL on your CentOS server. For those of you who didn’t know, MySQL is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. The MySQL source code is freely available because it was originally developed as freeware. MySQL is written in C and C++ and is compatible w...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to replacing OpenSSH with Dropbear on CentOS. For those of you who didn’t know, Dropbear is a relatively small SSH server and client. It runs on a variety of POSIX-based platforms. Dropbear is open source software, distributed under an MIT-style license. Dropbear is particularly useful for "embedded"-type Linux (or other Unix) systems, such as wireless ...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Suhosin PHP 5 protection security patch on CentOS. For those of you who didn’t know, the Suhosin patch is an advanced protection system for PHP installations. It was designed to protect your servers against a number of well-known problems in PHP applications and on the other hand against potential unknown vulnerabilities within these applicatio...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install MySQL Database Server on CentOS. For those of you who didn’t know, MySQL is a relational database management system (RDBMS) that runs as a server providing multi-user access to a number of databases. The MySQL source code is freely available because it was originally developed as freeware. MySQL is written in C and C++ and is compatible with al...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install IonCube Loader on the CentOS system. For those of you who didn’t know, IonCube Loaders is basically an encryption/decryption utility for PHP applications which also assists in speeding up the pages that are served. It is often required for a lot of PHP-based applications. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know ho...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install PHP 5.5 on CentOS. For those of you who didn’t know, PHP (PHP: Hypertext Preprocessor) is a server-side scripting language designed for web development but also used as a general-purpose programming language. PHP code is interpreted by a web server with a PHP processor module, which generates the resulting web page: PHP commands can be embedded...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to configuration Iptables firewall on CentOS. For those of you who didn’t know, Iptables is a user-space application program that allows a system administrator to configure the tables provided by the Linux kernel firewall (implemented as different Netfilter modules) and the chains and rules it stores. Different kernel modules and programs are currently us...