Install and run WordPress cached with Redis on a Linux VPS

redisWordPress page loading speed can be very slow, especially if your site have many visitors and/or you use a lot of plugins. Caching is the best way to improve the loading speed of a WordPress website and overall users experience. In this guide, we will walk you through the basic installation process of WordPress on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS. with Nginx, MariaBD and PHP FPM and setting up a Redis cache to boost WordPress performance. This should work on other Linux VPS systems as well but was tested and written for Ubuntu 14.04.

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How to install and configure dkim with OpenDKIM and Exim on a CentOS 7 VPS

how-to-install-and-integrate-opendkim-with-postfix-on-a-centos-6-vpsIn this article we will walk you through the steps of installing and configuring dkim with OpenDKIM and Exim on a CentOS 7 SSD VPS.

You should have a working mail server setup with Exim before proceeding with this tutorial. Check our guide on how to set-up a mail server with Exim and Dovecot on a CentOS 7 VPS if you don’t have setup a mail server yet.

What is OpenDKIM?

OpenDKIM is an open source implementation of the DKIM (Domain Keys Identified Mail) sender authentication system which is an email validation system designed to detect email spoofing by providing a mechanism to allow receiving mail exchangers to check that incoming mail from a domain is authorized by that domain’s administrators. A digital signature included with the message can be validated by the recipient using the signer’s public key published in the DNS.

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Install Croogo on an Ubuntu VPS with Nginx and MariaDB

CroogoIn this post, we will cover how to install Croogo on an Ubuntu VPS with the latest versions of Nginx and MariaDB. Croogo is a free, open-source, content management system released under the MIT license, written in PHP and it’s built upon the CakePHP MVC framework. This should work on other Linux VPS systems as well but was tested and written for Ubuntu 14.04.

 

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Install Magento on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS and Enable Redis as Back End Cache

magento vpsMagento Community Edition is a flexible and robust open source content management system for e-commerce web sites. In this tutorial we will show you how to install Magento and configure Redis (an open source advanced key-value cache and store) for back end caching on an Ubuntu VPS.

Download the latest version of Magento from www.magentocommerce.com, extract it and move the Magento installation to the ‘/var/www/html/magento/’ directory on your VPS:

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Install and run DokuWiki the most versatile Wiki on a CentOS 7 VPS

Install and run DokuWiki the most versatile Wiki on a CentOS 7 VPSIn the following article, we’ll explain how you can install and run DokuWiki on a CentOS 7 server. We support DokuWiki running on all our SSD VPS hosting plans and with our DokuWiki hosting stack, you’ll get DokuWiki pre-loaded on your virtual server, making your wiki up and running in no-time.

Sweet!

What is DokuWiki?

DokuWiki is considered to be the most versatile open source Wiki software application which is proven to meet your demanding wiki needs.

DokuWiki does not require a database and it’s extremely simple and easy to use. Check out DokuWiki features to learn more.

System Requirements?

  • Webserver such as Apache, Nginx etc..
  • PHP server version 5.2 or later
  • PHP-GD / Image Magick library

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Install Ajenti Control Panel on a CentOS Server

ajentiAre you looking for a great alternative to Webmin, Kloxo and VestaCP? Well, search no more because Ajenti is an excellent, lightweight and powerful web-based server administration panel. It is a very intuitive, multilingual free control panel that manages almost every aspect of your server.

Ajenti provides a fast and responsive web interface for managing your server, whether you have a Linux VPS (Virtual Private Server) or a Dedicated server. It is built with many pre-made plugins for configuring and monitoring server software and services. To mention few: Apache, Cron, File System, Firewall, MySQL, FTP and many other tools like File Manager, Code Editor for developers and Terminal access.
You will barely need to login to a command line interface either using Putty or Terminal if you have this control panel installed on your server.

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How to Install Drupal 7 on CentOS 7

How to Install Drupal 7 CMS on CentOS 7

We’ll show you, How to Install Drupal 7 on CentOS 7. In this tutorial we will help you install the latest version of Drupal on your CentOS 7 VPS with Nginx, MariaDB and PHP-FPM. Before we continue, we assume that you already have LEMP stack (Linux, Nginx, MariaDB and PHP) installed on your server. If not, you can follow the How to install LEMP tutorial to prepare your linux vps. If you already have LEMP stack installed on your server, we are good to go. Installing Drupal 7 on CentOS 7, is fairly easy task and it should not take more then 10 minutes to complete.

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