In this tutorial, we will show you how to manually backup your WordPress site on your VPS. It is highly recommended that you make regular backups of your WordPress site so you can easily restore it if something unexpected happens, for example, if your site breaks because of a faulty plugin, it gets infected with malicious files, you accidentally delete the contents of our database and so on. In order to fully make a backup of your WordPress site, we will need to make a backup of your WordPress files and your WordPress database.
Install OpenLiteSpeed on Ubuntu 16.04
Today we will show you, how to install and configure OpenLiteSpeed on your Ubuntu 16.04 VPS. OpenLiteSpeed is a lightweight, open source HTTP server developed and copyrighted by LiteSpeed Technologies, Inc. It provides a user friendly web interface and supports various operating systems, including Linux, Mac OS, SunOS and FreeBSD. It is fairly easy to install OpenLiteSpeed on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS. The installation process should take about 10-15 minutes, if you follow the very easy steps described below. (more…)
How to install Monica on Ubuntu 16.04
We’ll show you, How to install Monica on Ubuntu 16.04. Monica is a Personal Relationship Management (PRM) system written in Laravel framework. It is designed and built to help you have more meaningful relationships with your friends and family, and keep track of all important details about your friends and family. In this tutorial we will install Monica on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS (more…)
10 Questions to Ask When Choosing a Hosting Service
When creating a blog or a website, it goes without saying that you will want to choose a high-quality web hosting service provider; you want a reliable host that will be able to not only give you enough features, but also offer quality support when needed. Here are some questions that will help you find and determine, if a specific web hosting service is the right one for you. Let’s get started.
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How to Install Nextcloud 12 on Ubuntu 16.04
Today we will show you how to install Nextcloud on Ubuntu 16.04, using Apache web-server and MySQL database.
Nextcloud is open source self-hosted file sync and share application forked from ownCloud. It has a lot of extra Calendar, Sync and Contacts features, apart from their file hosting features and it is a great free alternative to some popular services such as Google Drive, Dropbox, Box, etc.
It is fairly easy to install Nextcloud on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS. The installation process should take about 5-10 minutes if you follow the very easy steps described below. (more…)
How to Install WordPress with PHP 7.1 and Nginx on Debian 9
In this guide, we will walk you through the basic installation process of WordPress on a Debian 9 VPS with Nginx, MariaDB and PHP 7.1. WordPress is the most popular CMS in the world with unlimited customization options. This should work on other Linux VPS systems as well but was tested and written for Debian 9.
How to install phpBB on Ubuntu 16.04
phpBB is an open source bulletin board forum software that provides a virtual space for discussion among the members of your website. It has a huge variety of features like flat topic structure, sub-forums, forum-specific styles, user groups, group-based permissions, database query and template caching, support for PHP 7, multiple database engines and much more. With phpBB’s extensive features you can create your own forum in a matter of minutes and what’s most important, it’s completely free.
How to install SilverStripe CMS on Ubuntu 16.04
Today, we will show you how to install SilverStripe on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS using the Apache web-server and a MySQL database.
SilverStripe is popular and widely-used open source CMS. It uses the SilverStripe framework (previously Sapphire Framework). Because of the framework, developers can easily customize and extend the CMS and make it their own. With SilverStripe, you can create websites and applications with ease. It has all the features you’d need in a CMS. SilverStripe is a popular choice when looking for an alternative CMS to WordPress. It is fairly easy to install SilverStripe on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS. The installation process should take about 5-10 minutes if you follow the very easy steps described below. (more…)
How to Clean the Mail Queue in Exim
In this tutorial, we will take a look at how we can clean our mail queue in Exim. Exim is a free and versatile mail transfer agent (MTA) that has been ported to most Unix-like systems and is currently the default for a few Linux distributions, most popular being the Debian Linux distribution. Exim is widely used around the world, and it is estimated that around 56% of the publicly available servers on the internet use Exim as their mail transfer agent.
What is Help Desk Support?
Help desk support, most commonly, is a way of providing IT support to end-users (customers). For Linux server management companies, help desk support often involves resolving issues related to a customer’s Linux server or a service running on that Linux server. To help you understand what help desk support is, we’ll answer a few frequently asked questions related to help desk support. (more…)