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How to Install OTRS on Ubuntu 16.04

April 11, 2018April 11, 2018 7 Comments

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install OTRS on Ubuntu 16.04. OTRS is a web-based ticketing system. It is one of the most flexible and super easy to use, web-based ticketing system, used for Help Desk, Service Management, Customer Service, and more. OTRS is a cross-platform application and supports all the popular operating systems, but this tutorial was written for Ubuntu 16.04 OS. At the time of writing this tutorial, the latest stable version is OTRS 6, and it requires:

Perl 5.10 or higher
MySQL – 5.0 higher, PostgreSQL 9.0 or higher, Oracle 10g or higher or MariaDB.
Apache web server 2.2 or higher compiled with mod_perl2 or higher.
Postfix, Sendmail, Exim or you can use an external email provider.

This install guide assumes that Apache and MySQL/MariaDB are already installed and configured on your virtual server.

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How to Install ownCloud 10 on CentOS 7

April 4, 2018April 5, 2018 Leave a comment

Today we have a tutorial on how to install ownCloud 10 on CentOS 7. ownCloud is a popular open source web application used for data synchronization, file sharing, collaboration . It is a cross-platform and super easy to use application that that offers a great security and total control of your files.You can use our Server Support Services, and we will install ownCloud on your private server with easy, and we will do all the configuration and hardening required. We are always available via the Live Chat option in the bottom right corner of our website, where you can ask for more info, about time-frame, pricing, etc.. Let’s get started with installing ownCloud 10.

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How To Install GCC on CentOS 7

March 28, 2018May 24, 2019 59 Comments

yum install gcc In this tutorial, we will take a look at how to install GCC on CentOS 7. GCC or GNU Compiler Collection is released by the Free Software Foundation and as the name suggests, it is a very useful collection of programming compilers such as C, C++, Objective-C, Objective-C++, Fortran, Java, Go and Ada. GCC is an official compiler of the GNU operating system but also it is a standard compiler on many Unix operating systems such as Linux. Installing GCC on CentOS 7, is really an easy task and it shouldn’t take more than 10 minutes.

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How to Speed Up Drupal Using Varnish on Debian 9

March 14, 2018August 2, 2020 Leave a comment

We’ll show you how to speed up Drupal using Varnish on a Debian 9 VPS. Drupal is a popular open source web content management software written in PHP. Drupal is compatible with Varnish 3 and Varnish 4. It is a cross-platform application and supports all popular operating systems, but this tutorial was written for Debian 9 OS. At the time of writing this tutorial, the latest stable version of Drupal is 8.4.4, and it requires:

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How to Install LDAP on CentOS 7

March 7, 2018August 2, 2020 54 Comments

Today, we will show you, How to install LDAP on CentOS 7. LDAP, or Lightweight Directory Access Protocol, is an open, vendor-neutral, industry standard application protocol for accessing and maintaining distributed directory information services over an Internet Protocol (IP) network. It can be used to store any kind of information and it is often used as one component of a centralized authentication system. Installing and configuring an OpenLDAP server on CentOS 7, it’s fairly easy task, just carefully follow the tutorial below and you should have it installed in less than 10 minutes.

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Install Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificates using Certbot

February 14, 2018February 8, 2018 2 Comments

In this tutorial we are going to show you, how to install Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificates using Certbot. Let’s Encrypt is an open source, completely free and automated Certificate Authority (CA) that offers free domain-validated (DV) certificates for your websites. SSL Certificates are used to establish a secure encrypted connection between a web server and a user’s web browser. The SSL certificates that have been issued by Let’s Encrypt are valid for 90 days and are trusted by most web browsers today.

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How to Install and Configure Observium on Debian 9

February 7, 2018 3 Comments

We’ll show you how to install Observium on a Debian 9 server. Observium is a network monitoring software written in PHP. It is a cross-platform application and supports all popular operating systems, but this tutorial was written for Debian 9 OS. At the time of writing this tutorial, the latest stable version of Observium is 17.9, and it requires:

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How to install Let’s Encrypt on CentOS 7 with Apache

January 31, 2018March 15, 2020 5 Comments

Today, we will show you, How to install Let’s Encrypt on CentOS 7 with Apache. Let’s Encrypt is a completely free and automated, new certificate authority developed by the Internet Security Research Group (ISRG) and recognized by all major browsers. They make it a breeze to set up TLS certificates for your web server. And for free! Let’s Encrypt is supported by major players like Mozilla, Akamai, Cisco, the EFF and managed by the Linux Foundation. Let’s Encrypt provides free, automatic and secure certificates. The website owners can easily obtain security certificates within minutes, enabling a safer web experience for all.In today’s tutorial we are going to learn how to install a Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate on CentOS 7 with Apache, and configure the certbot for automatic renewal.
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How to Check MySQL Database Size

January 24, 2018January 25, 2018 Leave a comment

MySQL is the most popular open-source database in the world, powering small blogs, high-volume websites, business applications and more. MySQL is used by some of the world’s most popular websites such as Facebook, Twitter, Youtube, Wikipedia ..etc. In this blog post, we will show you how to check the size of the MySQL databases and tables trough the MySQL shell. This post is written for MySQL but the exact same commands are also applicable for MariaDB.

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How to Install LiteCart on Ubuntu 16.04

January 17, 2018August 2, 2020 Leave a comment

Today we’ll show you, how to install LiteCart on Ubuntu 16.04. LiteCart is a free and open source e-commerce platform which is developed in PHP, jQuery and HTML 5. In this tutorial, we will show how to install LiteCart on Ubuntu 16.04 VPS and setup a LAMP stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) if you already haven’t. Installing LiteCart on Ubuntu 16.04 is fairly easy task and should take less than 15 minutes.

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