How to install Drupal 7 on Ubuntu 14.04

drupal vpsDrupal is very popular and easy to use open-source CMS (content management system ) written in PHP and distributed under the GNU General Public License.
To install Drupal 7 on an Ubuntu VPS follow the very easy steps described below.

This install guide assumes that Apache, MySQL and PHP are already installed and configured on your Ubuntu based virtual server.
At the time of writing this tutorial, Drupal 7.28 is the latest stable version available and it requires:

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Install your own Photo Gallery using Piwigo and Ubuntu 14.04

install-your-own-photo-gallery-using-piwigo-and-ubuntu-14-04-lts-vpsIn this article we are going through the steps of installing and setting up a private/public Photo Gallery using Piwigo on one of our Ubuntu based virtual servers.

What exactly is Piwigo?

It is open-source photo gallery software for the web, built by an active community of users and developers. Piwigo extensions make it easily customizable and highly flexible. Piwigo is free and open source software.

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How to install Nagios3 and Check_MK on an Ubuntu 12.04 LTS VPS

install-nagios3-on-ubuntu-13-10-vps-for-monitoring-virtual-servers-and-servicesThe following article guides through the steps of installing and configuring Nagios3 and Check_MK on a Ubuntu 12.04 LTS VPS.

Once deployed, you will be able to monitor your virtual servers and the services running on them.

Nagios3 is a robust and very powerful monitoring system, which in combination with Check_MK will provide you with a nice and easy way to monitor your virtual servers and services.

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How to secure your SSH using two-step authentication on CentOS 6

secure SSH using two-step authentication on CentOSThere are several things you can do to secure and protect your SSH. One of them is to use Google Authenticator and create a two-factor authentication on your CentOS VPS. Google Authenticator gives you an extra layer of security by generating time based one-time passwords (TOTP) on your smartphone that you must enter along with your username and password in order to login to the server via SSH.

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Install Django CMS on Ubuntu 12.04 with MariaDB, Gunicorn and Nginx

django_cmsIn this blog post we will show you how to install the Django CMS on a Ubuntu VPS with MariaDB, Nginx and Gunicorn  .

Django CMS is open source content management system based on the Web framework Django. Some of the main features include: Plugin-based, Pretty URLs, Permission management, Apps, Frontend-Editing, Analytics, Blog ..etc.

 

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How to install and configure eXo Platform with Java and Apache as a reverse proxy

exo platform vpsEXo Platform is an open source software written in Java which allow developers to build a modern social intranets, business portals with complete collaborative and content management features, websites, forums, wikis, workflows, work-spaces, activity streams and more – all in one single platform. The content can easily be aggregated in a secure and customizable way.

In this step-by-step tutorial, we will show you how to easily install eXo Platform on a Linux based virtual server.

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Install the Sails.js framework on an Ubuntu VPS

sailsSails.js is a real-time MVC Framework for Node.js, which makes it easy to build custom, enterprise-grade Node.js apps. Sails.js is database agnostic, automatically generates a RESTful JSON API for your app, provides basic security and role-based access control by default, has automatic asset minification and many more.

In this blog post we will show you how to install the Sails.js framework on a Ubuntu VPS with Nginx as a reverse proxy.

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