Mod_Security is free and open source web application firewall for Apache and Nginx. It is very useful for protecting your web server from various attacks by blocking most of the known exploits using regular expressions and rule sets. Mod_security can detect attacks by monitoring and analyzing the HTTP traffic in real time. In this blog tutorial we will guide you through the process of installing mod_security with the OWASP (Open Web Application Security Project) core rule set on a CentOS VPS from source.
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How To Install PyroCMS on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS
PyroCMS is a lightweight CMS built with the very popular PHP framework CodeIgniter, simple enough for any developer to create custom modules and for any end user to understand how PyroCMS works.
The installation of PyroCMS on an Ubuntu VPS should take about five minutes if you follow the very easy steps described below.
How to Install WordPress on CentOS 7
We will show you, how to install WordPress on Centos 7, using Apache web-server and MySQL database. WordPress is a web software (content management system) you can use to create a beautiful website or blog. An open source CMS, WordPress is often used as a blog publishing application powered by PHP and MySQL. Currently it is the most popular of the blogging platforms available. Installing WordPress on CentOS 7 is an easy task if you carefully follow our tutorial below.
Before you start the installation, please make sure that you have LAMP stack installed on your server. If not, follow our excellent tutorial about installing LAMP (Linux Apache, MariaDB & PHP) on CentOS 7.
How to backup and restore MySQL database
We’ll show you, How to backup and restore MySQL database. If you are a computer user then you probably know how bad is to accidentally lose some of your important data. To avoid such situations you should create a backup of your data and store the backup file in a safe place. By doing this you can easily restore the lost data and you can get back on track very quickly. Today, we will show you how to create a backup of your MySQL database and restore it later on your Linux VPS. The procedure is very easy and could be very helpful especially if you store all your website data into a single database.
How to Install Yii Framework on a Debian VPS with Nginx
Yii is an open source, high performance PHP framework used for developing web 2.0 applications.
In this step-by-step tutorial, we will show you how to easily install Yii framework on your Debian based virtual server.
Install MEAN on an Ubuntu 14.04
In this tutorial, we will walk you through the steps on how to install MEAN on an Ubuntu 14.04 machine.
MEAN stands for Mongo, Express, Angular and Node. It is a simple, scalable and easy to use javascript framework for fullstack web development.
SSH login without password
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SSH or Secure SHELL is the most popular and trusted UNIX-based cryptographic network protocol. It can be used for secure data communication, remote server logins, remote command execution, and many other secure network services between two networked servers. Normally, password authentication is used to connect to a remote server via SSH. In this blog tutorial we will show you how to login to a remote Linux VPS without password, using SSH keys. This method is more secure than using a password.
Install Ajenti Control Panel on a CentOS Server
Are 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.