In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and configure Drupal on Debian 9 Stretch. For those of you who didn’t know, Drupal is an open-source and one of the most popular PHP-based content management systems (CMS) platforms for building personal blogs or big corporate websites. It has thousands of templates and plugins that are mostly free to download and install. Due to the stability ...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install VestaCP on Debian 9 Stretch. For those of you who didn’t know, KDE is a well-known desktop environment for the Unix-like systems designed for users who wants to have a nice desktop environment for their machines, It is one of the most used desktop interfaces out there. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how t...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to check the Debian version from the command line. As a system administrator, the first question you should ask yourself after getting a new Debian server to manage is what version of Debian am I running? The version of the operating system in use on our server is important as it is critical that we have all the latest updates to ensure that the server is s...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Iftop Network Bandwidth Monitoring on Linux. For those of you who didn’t know, iftop is a command-line tool that shows a list of active network connections between localhost and any remote host, sorted by their bandwidth usage. The list of top-ranking network connections (in terms of bandwidth usage) is periodically refreshed in a ncurses-based...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Java on Debian 9 Stretch. Many programs and scripts require java to run, but usually, Java is not installed by default on VPS or Dedicated Server. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge of Linux, know how to use the shell, and most importantly, you host your site on your own VPS. The installation is quite simple and assumes you...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Matomo on Debian 9 Stretch. For those of you who didn’t know, Matomo or formerly known as Piwik is an open-source web analytics application. It rivals Google Analytics and includes even more features and allows you to brand your brand and send out custom daily, weekly, and monthly reports to your clients. This article assumes you have at least...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install ELK Stack on Debian 9. For those of you who didn’t know, ELK stack is a popular, open-source log management platform. It is used as centralized management for storing, analyzing, and viewing logs. Centralized management makes it easier to study the logs and identify issues if any for any number of servers. This article assumes you have at leas...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Skype on your Debian 9 Stretch. For those of you who didn’t know, Skype is a very popular communication software. Skype can be used for audio and video communication as well as text. You can also call a landline for a small cost via skype. Skype also offers some rich features like voice mail, video chat, instant messaging, call forwarding, conf...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Nginx Mainline Version on your Debian 9. For those of you who didn’t know, Nginx has two primary repositories or branches that folks can use to install or update Nginx packages. When you install Nginx from Debian default repositories, you’re installing Nginx from the stable repository. This article assumes you have at least basic knowledge o...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Apache Kafka on Debian 9. For those of you who didn’t know, Apache Kafka is a distributed message agent designed to deal with huge volumes of real-time information effectively. Unlike traditional agents like ActiveMQ and RabbitMQ, Kafka functions as a bunch of one or more servers makes it highly scalable and because of the distributed nature, i...