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How To Install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack on Debian
Viewed 7536 times since Thu, Dec 26, 2013
About LAMPLAMP stack is a group of open source software used to get web servers up and running. The acronym stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. Since the virtual private server is already running Debian, the linux part is taken care of. Here... Read More
How To Create a New User and Grant Permissions in MySQL
Viewed 3096 times since Thu, Dec 26, 2013
About MySQLMySQL is an open source database management software that helps users store, organize, and later retrieve data. It has a variety of options to grant specific users nuanced permissions within the tables and databases—this tutorial... Read More
How To Set Up Master Slave Replication in MySQL
Viewed 3059 times since Thu, Dec 26, 2013
About MySQL replicationMySQL replication is a process that allows you to easily maintain multiple copies of a MySQL data by having them copied automatically from a master to a slave database. This can helpful for many reasons including facilating... Read More
How To Install (LEMP) nginx, MySQL, PHP stack on Arch Linux
Viewed 13424 times since Sun, Dec 29, 2013
About LempLEMP stack is a group of open source software to get web servers up and running. The acronym stands for Linux, nginx (pronounced Engine x), MySQL, and PHP. Since the server is already running Arch Linux, the linux part is taken care of.... Read More
How To Use WP-CLI to Manage your WordPress Site from the Command Line
Viewed 9846 times since Sat, Jan 4, 2014
WordPress is an extremely popular blogging and Content Management System (CMS) used by millions of websites. It can be used to easily organize, manage, and create content on the web and handle interactions with visitors and contributors. Although... Read More
How To Use HAProxy to Set Up MySQL Load Balancing
Viewed 7966 times since Thu, Dec 26, 2013
PreludeHAProxy is an open source software which can load balance HTTP and TCP servers. In the previous article on HAProxy we configured load balancing for HTTP and in this one we'll do the same for MySQL. All your MySQL servers have to be... Read More
How To Configure Varnish for Drupal with Apache on Debian and Ubuntu
Viewed 7069 times since Thu, Jan 2, 2014
Drupal is an open-source content management framework and platform written in PHP. Used for building rich, back-end based solutions for websites of any size and web applications alike, it is massively popular with extremely high statistics of... Read More
How To Install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack on Ubuntu
Viewed 6424 times since Thu, Jan 2, 2014
LAMP stack is a group of open source software used to get web servers up and running. The acronym stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. Since the virtual private server is already running Ubuntu, the linux part is taken care of. Here is how to... Read More
How To Install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack On CentOS 6
Viewed 6306 times since Thu, Dec 26, 2013
LAMP stack is a group of open source software used to get web servers up and running. The acronym stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. Since the server is already running CentOS, the linux part is taken care of. Here is how to install the rest. ... Read More
How To Create An Off-Site Backup Of Your Site With Rsync On Centos 6
Viewed 5606 times since Sat, Jan 4, 2014
There are two ways to do backup: incremental and full backups. A full backup copies all the data, while the snapshot only handles the changes since the last update. Full Backup Full backup typically does the following: Make an archive of all the... Read More
How To Setup ownCloud 5 On Ubuntu 12.10
Viewed 5521 times since Sat, Jan 4, 2014
ownCloud is an open source Data Storage solution similar to Dropbox or Google Drive. One can grab its source code and install it anywhere he/she wants and thus gain much more control over his/her data. The latest version of ownCloud as of this... Read More
How To Set Up mod_security with Apache on Debian/Ubuntu
Viewed 3880 times since Thu, Dec 26, 2013
PreludeMod security is a free Web Application Firewall (WAF) that works with Apache, Nginx and IIS. It supports a flexible rule engine to perform simple and complex operations and comes with a Core Rule Set (CRS) which has rules for SQL injection,... Read More
How To Install Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP (LEMP) Stack on Debian 7
Viewed 3693 times since Fri, Dec 27, 2013
Lemp Stack: Basic InfoLEMP stack is a group of open source software to get a server up and running. The acronym includes the Linux (L), MySQL (M), and PHP (P) of the more traditional LAMP stack, but switches out Apache for Nginx (pronounced engine... Read More
How To Install Opigno on Debian 7 with Git and Drush
Viewed 3644 times since Sat, Jan 4, 2014
Introduction Opigno is a new, fast growing e-learning platform based on the battle-hardened Drupal framework. Setting up Opigno via sFTP is pretty easy, but as you now have your own server, we should set it up using GIT and Drush. Set up your server... Read More
How To Install LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) on Fedora
Viewed 3632 times since Thu, Jan 2, 2014
LAMP stack is a group of open source software used to get web servers up and running. The acronym stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP. Since the server is already running Fedora, the linux part is taken care of. Here is how to install the rest. ... Read More
How to Install Piwik on an Ubuntu 12.04 Cloud Server
Viewed 3012 times since Sat, Jan 4, 2014
Piwik is an open-source analytics system, which can be hosted at your cloud sever. It provides a more personalized solution than Google Analytics as it lets you have ownership and more control of your data, shows detailed traffic in real-time, and it... Read More
How To Use CakePHP to Create a Small Web Application
Viewed 2910 times since Fri, Jan 3, 2014
CakePHP is a powerful and robust PHP framework built around the Model-View-Controller (MVC) programming paradigm. In addition to the flexible way you can use it to build your application, it provides a basic structure for organizing files and... Read More
How To Set Up MySQL Master-Master Replication
Viewed 2700 times since Thu, Dec 26, 2013
IntroThis second installment of "Scaling Web Applications" will list out the steps necessary for scaling a mysql deployment over two server. The first article in this series laid out the steps needed to load-balance nginx over two server, and it... Read More
How To Migrate a MySQL Database Between Two Servers
Viewed 2665 times since Thu, Dec 26, 2013
Transferring a database between virtual private servers can be accomplished using a SCP (Secure Copy), a method of copying files derived from the SSH Shell. Keep in mind, you will need to know the passwords for both virtual servers. In order to... Read More
How To Import and Export Databases and Reset a Root Password in MySQL
Viewed 2634 times since Thu, Dec 26, 2013
How to Import and Export Databases ExportTo Export a database, open up terminal, making sure that you are not logged into MySQL and type, mysqldump -u [username] -p [database name] > [database name].sqlThe database that you selected in the command... Read More
How To Create and Manage Databases in MySQL and MariaDB on a Cloud Server
Viewed 2592 times since Thu, Dec 26, 2013
What are MySQL and MariaDB?MySQL and MariaDB are relational database management systems. These tools can be used on your server to manage the data from many different programs. Both implement forms of the SQL querying language, and either can be... Read More
How To Launch Your Site on a New Ubuntu 12.04 Server with LAMP, SFTP, and DNS
Viewed 2349 times since Thu, Dec 26, 2013
This article will take you from a fresh, new server to an online, working site. The following article will combine the relevant articles into a cohesive step by step to guide to set up your personal site on an Ubuntu server. Basic Server Setup... Read More
How To Install phpMyAdmin on a LEMP server
Viewed 2199 times since Thu, Dec 26, 2013
About phpMyAdminphpMyAdmin is a free software to work with MySQL on the web—it provides a convenient visual front end to the capabilities of MySQL. SetupPrior to installing phpMyAdmin, be sure that you have LEMP installed on your server. If... Read More
How To Perform Basic Queries in MySQL and MariaDB on a Cloud Server
Viewed 2067 times since Thu, Jan 2, 2014
MySQL and MariaDB are relational database management systems. These tools can be used on your server to manage the data from many different programs. Both implement forms of the SQL querying language, and either can be used on a cloud server. This... Read More
A Basic MySQL Tutorial
Viewed 2064 times since Thu, Dec 26, 2013
About MySQLMySQL is an open source database management software that helps users store, organize, and retrieve data. It is a very powerful program with a lot of flexibility—this tutorial will provide the simplest introduction to MySQL How... Read More