Jeff Wilson, Author at RoseHosting

Install Squid on Debian 6 ‘Squeeze’

July 2, 2025October 22, 2012 by Jeff Wilson

Status: Deprecated

This article, “Install Squid on Debian 6,” covers a version of Debian 6 that reached end of life in 2016. As it’s no longer supported, this guide is no longer maintained. If you are currently operating a server running Debian 6, we highly recommend contacting RoseHosting’s fully managed support. We can upgrade or migrate you to a supported version of Debian.

Squid is a high-performance proxy server and web cache daemon that optimizes website operation by caching web pages, allowing them to load more quickly for users. Squid is provided as free, open-source software and can be used under the GNU General Public License (GPL) of the Free Software Foundation.

How to install ActiveMQ on CentOS

July 24, 2025October 12, 2012 by Jeff Wilson

Status: This OS is no longer supported

This article, “How to install ActiveMQ on CentOS,” covers a version of CentOS that reached end of life (EOL) and is no longer supported. As such, this guide is no longer maintained. If you are currently operating a server running CentOS 6, we highly recommend contacting RoseHosting’s fully managed support to upgrade or migrate to a supported version of AlmaLinux.

How to check data integrity using md5sum under GNU/Linux

December 8, 2022October 9, 2012 by Jeff Wilson

In this article, we will describe how you can check the integrity of your data using the md5sum utility under the GNU/Linux operating system.

What is md5sum?

md5sum is a tool generally used to check data integrity. It calculates and verifies 128-bit MD5 hashes, so you could know if a particular file is a valid one or a corrupt one.

Install WordPress on Debian VPS

June 3, 2022October 6, 2012 by Jeff Wilson

Today we will show you how to install WordPress on a Debian VPS using Apache web-server and MySQL database. WordPress is an open source CMS, often used as a blog publishing application powered by PHP and MySQL. Currently WordPress is the most popular of the blogging platforms available. Before you begin installing, please make sure you have Apache/PHP and MySQL installed on your WordPress VPS .

Install and Configure openDKIM on Debian Squeeze

June 3, 2022September 30, 2012 by Jeff Wilson

Installing and Configuring openDKIM on Debian

This guide will show you how to install and configure openDKIM on a Debian Squeeze VPS. DKIM is a signature/cryptography email authentication technology used to validate that a message was sent by an authorized source. DKIM allows an organization to take responsibility for transmitting a message, in a way that can be verified by a recipient. More information can be found at the official DKIM web site.

Prevent DoS/Brute-Force attacks with mod_evasive

December 19, 2022September 16, 2012 by Jeff Wilson

What is mod_evasive?

mod_evasive is an evasive maneuvers module for Apache to provide evasive action in the event of an HTTP DoS or DDoS attack or brute force attack. It is also designed to be a detection and network management tool, and can be easily configured to talk to ipchains, firewalls, routers, etc. mod_evasive presently reports abuses via email and syslog facilities.

How to Install Ruby on CentOS 6

July 24, 2025August 9, 2012 by Jeff Wilson

Status: This OS is no longer supported

This article, “How to Install Ruby on CentOS 6,” covers a version of CentOS that reached end of life (EOL) on November 30th, 2020, and is no longer supported. For this reason, this guide is no longer maintained. If you are currently operating a server running CentOS, we highly recommend contacting RoseHosting’s fully managed support to upgrade or migrate to a supported version of AlmaLinux.

See Instead: Although this guide may still be helpful as a reference, it may not be compatible with other CentOS releases. The following RoseHosting tutorial outlines how to install Ruby on Rails with PostgreSQL on AlmaLinux 9.

How to install and configure JBoss AS with Java and Apache2 as a reverse proxy

June 3, 2022July 19, 2012 by Jeff Wilson

Today we are going to show you how to setup JAVA, JBoss AS and an Apache server acting as a reverse proxy using one of our Debian Virtual Servers. We assume you have a working Apache server in place.

So, what is JBoss ?
JBoss is an open-source application server developed by RedHat based on the J2EE platform for developing and deploying enterprise Java applications, Web applications, Services, Portals and more. The J2EE allows applications to be standardized and modular allowing JAVA to handle many programming aspects when developing an application.