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 and Configure a Simple DNS (BIND) Server on Debian 9

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How to Install and Configure a Simple DNS (BIND) Server on Debian 9

In the following tutorial, we’re going to go through the process of installing and configuring a simple DNS (BIND) server on your Debian 9 VPS. This will allow you to host/manage the DNS records for your domain/s.

Before we proceed with the setup process, let’s first talk about what the Domain Name System (DNS) is, as well as what a DNS server is.Installing and Configuring a Simple DNS BIND Server in Debian 9

The Domain Name System (DNS) is technology that resolves the domain names/hostnames to IP addresses so that we can easily access the services using domain names instead of using IP addresses. For example, if you wanted to visit a website through its IP address, you’d have to enter a specific IP in the web browser’s address bar. But with the DNS, you can simply type “your_domain.com” to get there much more quickly. It’s easier to remember, and it’s more user-friendly. That’s why people consider the DNS as “the phonebook of the Internet”. Nobody wants to remember an IP, but everyone can and does remember a domain name. A Domain Name System uses DNS servers for its functionality, so a DNS server is any authoritative DNS host registered to join the Domain Name System (DNS).

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How to Install BoltWire CMS on Ubuntu 18.04

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Install BoltWire on Ubuntu 18

BoltWire CMS is an open-source content management system that is easy-to-install and offers many features. Written in PHP, BoltWire CMS offers features that may not be available with other PHP-based CMSes, like WordPress, Joomla, or Drupal – instead, it helps you create personal or business websites in minutes by just uploading the content of these sites to your server. This doesn’t require a database, making the entire process that much smoother.

The installation is quite simple. If you follow our instructions carefully, you can finish the Boltwire CMS installation in less than 10 minutes. Let’s get started.

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How to Install Microweber on Ubuntu 18.04

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Install Microweber on Ubuntu 18

Microweber is a feature-rich open-source content management system and website builder. It is based on the PHP programming language and the robust Laravel Java framework. Microweber’s drag-and-drop technology and real-time writing and text editing functionality provides a quick and easy way to create your content, helping turn your website into a rich environment for you to express your thoughts. It also comes with built-in storefront features, allowing you to create an e-commerce site from which you can sell your products on the Internet.

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

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How to Install RainLoop Webmail on CentOS 7

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Install RainLoop Webmail on CentOS 7

“SIMPLE, MODERN, AND FAST” – this is RainLoop’s webmail strong points over other web-based mail clients, according to its developers and maintainers. RainLoop is a web-based email client that provides a fresh, modern design, fast performance, hassle-free installation and upgrades, and many more features, including:

  • Administrator panel
  • Emails are accessed directly and not stored on the server
  • Support for modern mail security protocols
  • Facebook, Twitter, Google, and Dropbox integration capabilities
  • Drag-and-Drop enabled interface
  • Configurable cache system

RainLoop is developed using PHP, and it supports Nginx as the main web server. It provides an open-source (community edition) and a premium version (standard edition). The community edition is licensed under the GNU Affero General Public License v3.

In this blog post, we will show you how to install RainLoop Webmail on a CentOS 7 VPS.

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How to Install Dotclear on Ubuntu 18.04

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How to Install Dotclear on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial, we will be going over how to install and set up Dotclear on a VPS running Ubuntu 18.04. Dotclear is a free and open-source web publishing application, designed to provide a user-friendly interface that allows anyone to publish their ideas on the web. Dotclear is written in PHPInstall Dotclear on Ubuntu 18.04 and includes many built-in features, such as handling blogs, using XHTML syntax for entries, adding pages, and so on. It also supports several database types, such as MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Dotclear on an Ubuntu 18.04 VPS.

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How to Install GlassFish on Ubuntu 18.04

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Install GlassFish on Ubuntu 18

GlassFish is a fully-fledged open-source reference implementation of Java EE application server for developing and deploying Java-based applications. It supports JPA, JSF, JSP/Servlet, JMS, RMI, as well as many other Java-based technologies. It also provides both web and CLI-based administration consoles for easier configuration and management of your Java applications and their respective components.

GlassFish is being maintained and developed through the GlassFish Project. It is licensed under the Common Development and Distribution License (CDDL) as well as the GNU General Public License (GPL). The project is currently sponsored by Oracle.

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How to Install OpenCart on Ubuntu 18.04

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Install OpenCart on Ubuntu 18

OpenCart is a free and open-source shopping cart system. It is a PHP-based platform for creating online stores, delivering all standard e-commerce functionalities needed for managing an online shop. OpenCart has free lifetime support, software updates, and is localized in many languages and currencies, making it one of the most popular and widely-used self-hosted e-commerce platforms available. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install OpenCart on your Ubuntu 18.04 server.

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How To Install Webmin on Ubuntu 18.04

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Install Webmin on Ubuntu

Webmin is a web-based control panel which is supported on many Linux distributions. Webmin is among the most popular open-source control panels – these are mostly used for user account management, web server administration, DNS configuration, FTP configuration, and much more. Webmin is an excellent and popular control panel all thanks to its extendability. Webmin is written in Perl and is open-source, making it free and kept up-to-date frequently.  In this article, we will show you how to install Webmin on Ubuntu 18.04.

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