How to install Gitlab, Ruby and Nginx on a Debian 7 (Wheezy) VPS

how-to-install-gitlab-ruby-and-nginx-on-debian-7-wheezy-vpsGitLab is a fast, secure and stable solution to manage your projects. It is a self hosted Git management software based on Ruby on Rails and has a free and open-source license.

GitLab is one of the most installed git management applications in the world. With GitLab you can create projects and repositories, manage access and do code review.

In the following article we are going to show you how you can deploy GitLab on one of our Debian VPS hosting plans.

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How to compile from source and install Nginx in a Debian 7 (Wheezy) VPS

how to compile and install nginx from source in debian 7 The following article is all about how to compile and install the blazing fast HTTP server known as Nginx.

So what exactly is Nginx?

It is lightweight, free, open-source and high-performance HTTP server, which, unlike most other HTTP servers, does not rely on threaded handling of the requests but instead, uses a much more scalable and robust event driven (asynchronous) architecture.

This uses a very small and predictable amount of memory under heavy load.

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How to install SOGo on a Debian 6 VPS

sogo-logo The following article will guide you through the installation of SOGo. For this setup we used one of our Debian 6 virtual servers.

What is SOGo?

SOGo is a free and modern scalable groupware server. It offers shared calendars, address books, and emails through your favourite Web browser and by using a native client such as Mozilla Thunderbird and Lightning.

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How to Install Etherpad Lite on Debian Wheezy

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In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Etherpad Lite on Debian Wheezy. Etherpad Lite is an Open Source web-based editor providing collaborative editing in real-time, including built-in chat box. This all takes place on one of our Linux VPS hosting plans but it should work just as well on any other Linux installation.

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How to install and test FFMPEG/FFMPEG-PHP in Debian Squeeze

Today we will explain how you can install ‘ffmpeg’ and ‘ffmpeg-php’ on a Debian 6 (Squeeze) VPS. The installation instructions apply to any other Debian 6 based box too.

What is FFMPEG?

It is a complete, cross-platform solution to record, convert and stream audio and video files. FFMPEG ships ‘libavcodec‘ which is one of the leading audio/video codec libraries.

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