Jeff Wilson 
Nginx is a free and open-source high-performance web server. It is also well-known for its reverse proxying, caching, load balancing, and media streaming. Configuring it is made simple, and it has low memory usage. A common misconception is that Apache is easier to use than Nginx – however, Nginx is just as easy-to-use as Apache. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Nginx on an Ubuntu 18.04 VPS.
phpMyAdmin is one of the most popular and widely-used web-based database management tools on the market. It is a free and open-source PHP application that allows users to manage single or multiple SQL database servers, both locally or on a remote server using a web browser with easy to use graphical user interface. It can be used to handle the administration of MySQL as well as MariaDB databases. You can create, modify, and delete databases or tables, execute SQL queries, manage your MySQL user accounts and privileges, and much more, all from your web browser. Today, we are going to show you how to install phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 18.04.
We have an updated version of this tutorial – How to Install phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 20.04
Vtiger CRM is a cloud-based Customer Relationship Management (CRM) platform that aids interactions between the company and its customers. It provides an intuitive customer experience and delivers outstanding performance for marketing, sales, and support teams which in return provides better customer retention for the company.
Some of the key features provided by Vtiger CRM:
Vtiger CRM offers an open-source version of its platform which is supported continuously by communities and developers. It is developed using PHP, and it utilizes Apache as a web server and MariaDB as the database server.
RainLoop Webmail is a simple, modern, and fast web-based email client. Written in PHP, RainLoop provides an easy way to check your emails using your web browser. It comes with full support of IMAP and SMTP protocols (SSL, STARTTLS), sieve scripts support, integration with Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Dropbox, a multi-level caching system, plugins support, keyboard shortcuts support, and many other additional features.
The installation is quite simple. If you follow our instructions carefully, you can finish the RainLoop Webmail installation in less than 10 minutes. Let’s get started.
GitLab is an open-source web-based application used for managing Git-repositories for collaborative development. Its main purpose is managing multiple software development projects and its files among members of a team or an organization. It can also provide issue and time tracking, reviews, branching, and many more development-related features that use Git functionality.
GitLab is maintained and developed using Ruby on Rails by GitLab Inc. It is licensed under an open source (MIT) license, as well as including some proprietary licenses. Our GitLab Hosting is fully managed and is perfect for this purpose.
Kirby is a Content Management System (CMS) that does not use a database. Kirby will adapt your projects and help you easily build your personal or professional website in only a few minutes. Kirby CMS offers incredible features that may not be available in other PHP based CMSs. Kirby is configured with YAML files and does not need a special template engine like Twig, and works with pure PHP and HTML. In this article, we will show you how to install Kirby CMS on Ubuntu 18.04.
The LEMP stack is a web development platform for hosting static and dynamic websites. It is a combination of free and open-source software including Linux, Nginx, MySQL, and PHP. It is an alternative to the highly popular LAMP stack, the only difference being having Nginx as a web server instead of Apache.
One of the first things you should do after installing CentOS 7 is to configure a decent firewall. The normal firewall that comes preinstalled on CentOS is called iptables – and even though that is a very thorough solution, it’s usually targeted towards more experienced users, and because of its steeper learning curve, it can feel unintuitive to get started with. This is why we recommend a 3rd party solution called ConfigServer Security & Firewall (CSF). It’s free, open-source, and is one of the best ways to manage your firewall needs on CentOS.