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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…)
How to Install Postal Mail Server on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS
We’ll show you, How to Install Postal Mail Server on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS. Postal is a feature-rich mail server application widely used as an alternative to Sendgrid, Mailchimp, Mailgun and other similar SMPT servers. You can use Postal to send out bulk emails, newsletters etc. This guide should work on other Linux VPS systems as well but it was tested and written for an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS. (more…)
What is Server Management?
We’ll explain to you, What is Server Management? Like many other terms in the server management and managed services industry, server management is vaguely used and can mean different things when used by different server management service providers.
Virtual Users and Domains with Sendmail on Ubuntu 16.04
In this tutorial, we will show you how to configure Sendmail to use a virtual user table that’ll allow us to set up user-specific, domain-wide email aliases with multiple domains on our server. This guide should work on other Linux VPS systems as well but was tested and written for Ubuntu 16.04.
How to Install Sentora on Debian 8
In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Sentora on a Debian 8 VPS.
Sentora is a web-based hosting control panel which is very easy to install and use.
How To Upgrade Your Ubuntu VPS to 16.04 LTS
We’ll show you, How To Upgrade Your Ubuntu VPS to 16.04 LTS. When an Ubuntu OS release reaches its ‘end of life’ it receives no further maintenance updates, including critical security upgrades, so it is highly recommended to upgrade to the latest Ubuntu version. In this tutorial, we will show you how to upgrade your Ubuntu VPS from Ubuntu 14.04 LTS (Trusty Tahr) to Ubuntu 16.04 LTS version (Xenial Xerus), skipping the non-LTS releases in-between.
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