Install Phorum forum sotware on a CentOS VPS

Phorum-logoIn today’s blog article we will focus on the installation and configuration of another forum software – Phorum on a CentOS VPS. The name coming from the combination of ‘PHP’ and ‘forum’. Phorum is free and open-source web based forum software written in PHP. It is very feature rich and easy customizable message board. Its flexibility gives you power to make Phorum do what you want it to do.

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Install ClamAV on a CentOS 6 VPS with DirectAdmin

ClamIn today’s article on our blog we are going to install ClamAV on a CentOS 6 VPS with DirectAdmin control panel. We are offering DirectAdmin for free with all our VPS hosting plans.

Clam AntiVirus or ClamAV is very popular and widely used, free and open source antivirus application for Unix like systems. It is designed for detecting over 750.000 viruses, trojans, worms, mobile malware and other malicious software on your server. ClamAV is especially used on email servers as server-side email scanner.

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Optimize your CentOS 6 VPS Nginx-powered Joomla Installation

optimize-your-centos-6-vps-nginx-powered-joomla-installationAs promised, in this sequel of my previous post, we’ll see some useful steps for performance and security optimization of your Nginx-powered Joomla installation on a CentOS VPS and get it ready for its production run. Please note that these are not one-time and/or persistent settings. Performance and security optimization is a constant process.

So, the first thing I do after every Joomla installation is to hide its version, since it’s known that attackers usually scan for the Joomla version so they can track and explore its vulnerabilities.

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Run Joomla with Nginx on a Centos VPS

run-joomla-on-nginx-on-centos-vpsToday we will show you how to install Joomla, one of the most popular open source Content Management Systems on your LNMP stack (Nginx, MySQL and PHP-FPM) Centos VPS.
Follow this article carefully and in no more than 10 minutes you will have a common Joomla CMS installed on your LNMP stack Centos VPS, and in the next article we will optimize the very same installation performance-wise, as an addition to several security tips that will provide safer hosting for you and your business.

Let’s get to work.

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How to install WordPress Multisite on Centos VPS with Apache

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Today we will guide you through the installation process of WordPress Multisite on your Centos VPS. The WordPress Multisite option became available with WordPress 3.0. This feature allows you – the website administrator – to create multiple websites without the need of installing separate WordPress instances, creating separate home directories or separate databases. Or, you can allow other users to create their own websites on your WordPress installation.

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How to install Monit on your CentOS6 VPS

how-to-install-monit-on-your-centos6-vpsToday we’ll show you how to install Monit on your Centos VPS. Monit is a monitoring and managing as well as an automatic maintenance tool. The monitoring can be directly on the command line or on the web. You can assign Monit multiple tasks (not only monitoring), so if a certain service fails the check, Monit can alert or do something about it (try to restart the service for example).

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How to install Group Office (an enterprise CRM and collaboration tool) on Debian 7 (Wheezy)

how-to-install-groupoffice-an-enterprise-crm-and-collaboration-tool-on-debian-7-wheezyIn the following article we are going to install Group Office, an enterprise CRM and collaboration tool on a Debian VPS.

A Group Office VPS will help you share projects, calendars, tasks, files and e-mail online with co-workers and clients.

If you are starting with a minimal Debian 7 VPS, then you need to set-up and install LAMP Stack on your server before proceeding any further with this article. If you’re starting with our LAMP Stack based Debian VPS, then you can proceed with the installation of Group Office.

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How to install PHP-Nuke on a CentOS 6 VPS

php-nukePHP-Nuke is a web-based automated news publishing and content management system (CMS), based on PHP and MySQL.

To install and run PHP-Nuke on a CentOS 6 Linux VPS follow the very easy steps described below. We assume Apache (or any other web server), PHP and MySQL have already been successfully installed and running on your server. If not, you need to set them first. If you need more help about the installation of the LAMP server, check this our fine article: How to install LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL and PHP) on CentOS 6.

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