In this tutorial, we will show you how to install OwnCloud 8 on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS. For those of you who didn’t know, OwnCloud is free and open-source software that enables you to create a private “file-hosting” cloud. OwnCloud is similar to DropBox service with the difference of being free to download and install on your private server. Owncloud is made by PHP and backend database MySQL (...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install MariaDB on Ubuntu 14.04. For those of you who didn’t know, MariaDB is a drop-in replacement for MySQL. It is easy to install, offers many speed and performance improvements, and is easy to integrate into most MySQL deployments. MariaDB is widely used and several Linux distributions and large companies have already switched from MySQL to MariaDB...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and configure vsftpd on your Ubuntu 14.04. For those of you who didn’t know, FTP stands for “file transfer protocol”, and it allows you to transfer files to a remote computer. The most common FTP server software for Ubuntu is the vsftpd package, which stands for “very secure FTP daemon.” It’s the default FTP package for Ubuntu, and mo...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to Fix apt-get update GPG error BADSIG on Ubuntu or Debian. Today I encountered another apt-get update GPG error, this time I got the error message BADSIG : GPG error: http://au.archive.ubuntu.com precise Release: The following signatures were invalid: BADSIG 40976EAF437D05B5 Ubuntu Archive Automatic Signing Key <ftpmaster@ubuntu.com> After a few ...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to protect a directory with a password on Nginx. For those of you who didn’t know, unlike Apache, Nginx does not have any .htaccess file. Password protection is achieved by using the Nginx HttpAuthBasic module directives in the configuration file. For future reference, I will show you steps to protect the directory with a password on Nginx. This article ...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and configuration of Rar/Unrar packages on your Ubuntu. For those of you who didn’t know, RAR is the most popular tool for creating and extracting compressed archive (.rar) files, but unfortunately, the Rar tool doesn’t pre-installed under Linux systems, we need to install it using third-party tools to open, extract, uncompress or unrar archi...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and configuration of Lighttpd on your Ubuntu 14.04 server. For those of you who didn’t know, Lighttpd is a fast and secure web server that has been optimized for high-performance environments. With a small memory footprint compared to other web servers, effective management of the CPU load, and an advanced feature set (FastCGI, SCGI, Auth, Outp...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and configuration of Fail2Ban on your Ubuntu server. For those of you who didn’t know, Fail2Ban is a utility that is used to detect and prevent brute force intrusion. By scanning logs for certain actions, such as repeated failed login attempts, Fail2Ban is able to alter firewall configurations to halt further events. This article assumes you h...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and configuration of Webmin on your Ubuntu server. For those of you who didn’t know, Webmin is a free control panel for managing VPS. Webmin is a web-based interface that is used to manage the VPS web hosting server. With the help of a website, you can set up a user account, apache, DNS & file sharing, and other actions. Webmin is very suit...
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and configuration of PHPMyAdmin on the Nginx on your CentOS 6. For those of you who didn’t know, PHPMyAdmin is the web-based administration tool for managing the MySQL, MariaDB, and Drizzle servers, it helps in performing database activities such as creating, deleting, querying, tables, columns, relations, indexes, users, permissions, etc. Thi...