Jeff Wilson

An experienced Linux veteran with many years of experience. Helping other Linux admins with frequent Linux and business-related blog posts on the RoseHosting blog. Techie by choice. Loving nature and travel. Happily married and father of two lovely children.

How to Install Odoo 12 on Ubuntu 18.04 with Apache as a Reverse Proxy

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In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing Odoo 12 on an Ubuntu 18.04 VPS. Additionally, we will show you how to install and configure the Apache web server as a reverse proxy for your Odoo application.

Odoo (formerly OpenERP) is a simple and intuitive suite of open-source enterprise management applications, such as Website Builder, eCommerce, CRM, Accounting, Manufacturing, Project and Warehouse Management, Human Resources, Marketing, and many more. Odoo comes in two editions: Community edition, which is free, and Enterprise edition. In our case, we will install and use the Community edition. Let’s begin.

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How to Install Drupal on Ubuntu 18.04

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In this post, we will explain how to install Drupal on an Ubuntu 18.04 VPS, together with MySQL, PHP-FPM 7.2, and Nginx.

Drupal is a free and open-source content management system (CMS) written in PHP. It’s designed for publishing web content in all sorts of formats and styles.  Drupal is one of the most popular CMSes – it is used all over the world to power thousands of websites, ranging from personal blogs, to corporate, political, and government sites.

Installing Drupal on Ubuntu 18.04 is really an easy task – just carefully follow the steps below and you should have it installed in less than 10 minutes. Let’s get started.

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How to Install ownCloud on Ubuntu 18.04

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In this article, we will show you how to install ownCloud on an Ubuntu 18.04 VPS.

ownCloud is a popular open-source enterprise web application written in PHP that’s used for data synchronization and file sharing. It allows users to easily manage their files, contacts, calendars, to-do lists, and more, making it a great alternative to to the popular cloud platforms such as Google Drive, Dropbox, iCloud, and so on. OwnCloud is a cross-platform application and can be installed on all popular operating systems.

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

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In this tutorial, we will show you how to install the Let’s Encrypt client on your CentOS 7 VPS and issue an SSL certificate for your domain.

Improving your website security through SSL encryption can increase your visitors’ trust in your website. In the past, setting up SSL encryption on a website was a complicated task. However, Let’s Encrypt is a free and open source certificate authority (CA) that allows obtaining and installing certificates through simple, automated commands. Thanks to them, setting up encryption and increasing the security of your site is made a lot easier. Let’s Encrypt provides a valid SSL certificate for your domain without any cost and can be used for production/commercial use as well.

Let’s begin with the installation – it’s a simple install, and it won’t take long at all.

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How to Install Feng Office on a Debian 9 VPS

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This guide will walk you through the processing of installing Feng Office on a Debian 9 VPS.

Feng Office is an open-source collaboration platform written in PHP and it comes in three editions: Community, Professional, and Enterprise. We will install the Community edition, which includes features such as task management, document management, workspaces, and a lot more. This guide should work on other Linux VPS systems as well, but it was tested and written for a Debian 9 VPS. Let’s get started with the installation.

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How to Install Odoo 13 on CentOS 8

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In this article, we will show you how to install Odoo 13 on a CentOS 8 VPS.

In recent years, Odoo has grown into one of the most popular and robust business management platforms that you can find. The range of business applications that can be installed in one place makes Odoo so popular and beloved all over the world.

Among the most used modules for Odoo are Point of Sale (POS), Inventory, CRM, VoIP, Website, Live Chat, e-Commerce, manufacturing, billing, accounting, warehouse, project management, inventory, Forum, Android & iPhone Apps, eCommerce, and much more. That long list of apps directly shows just how versatile and conforming this platform really is – it really can do almost anything you need it to in order to run and manage your business. The install process is straightforward and easy, so let’s get started right away.

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How to Install Plone on Ubuntu 18.04

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In this tutorial, we will cover the steps needed for installing Plone CMS on Ubuntu 18.04.

Plone is a free and flexible Open Source Management System built on top of the Zope application server. It is based on the Python programming language but also contains large amounts of HTML, JavaScript, and CSS. Plone offers a lot of features for public websites, private intranets, multi-site Management, enterprise integrations, search capabilities, multi-language support, and much more. Plone is in the top 2% of all open source projects, with more than 300 core developers and 300+ solution providers.

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How to Install Docker Compose on CentOS 7

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In this tutorial, we will cover the steps needed for installing Docker Compose on a CentOS 7 VPS, as well as go over a few commands you can do with Docker Compose.

Docker Compose is a tool designed to run multiple Docker applications at the same time. Compose can be used to run a stand-alone application as well as communicate with the other containers present on the same host.  With Compose you use a YAML file to configure all of your Docker containers and configurations all in one place.

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