Tutorials Archives

How to Install GitLab on Ubuntu 20.04

January 19, 2022 by Jeff Wilson

In this tutorial, we are going to show you how to install GitLab on your Ubuntu 20.04 VPS. Gitlab is a platform with a wide range of features that cover the application’s life cycle. It uses Git repository manager for version control so you can easily host your Git repositories, it also offers a CI/CD integration as well as code review.

In collaboration with your team, you can easily plan, build, secure and deploy software much faster and more efficiently. This makes Gitlab a perfect option for DevOps and DevSecOps projects of any scale with a choice of creating, importing, or using templates for new projects.

How to Install Node.js and NPM on Debian 11

January 12, 2022 by Jeff Wilson

Node.js is an open-source and cross-platform JavaScript runtime environment built on Chrome’s V8 JavaScript engine. It is designed for non-blocking, event-driven servers and is primarily used for traditional websites and back-end API services.

In this tutorial, we will show you at least three different ways to install Node.js and npm on a Debian 11 server. We believe in showing multiple methods of installing Node.js will benefit any user, since we all want to

How to Install Config Server Firewall (CSF) on Debian 11

January 10, 2022 by Jeff Wilson

how to install config server firewall on debian 11

Config Server Firewall, also known as CSF, is a free firewall software used on Linux distributions. Except for the basic firewall functionality, it also offers IDS “intrusion detection system” as well as login and flood detection and other security features which help to keep your server secure.

installing config server firewall on debian 11

CSF offers integration with popular web Control Panels such as cPanel, Directadmin, and Webmin. The LFD ( Login Failure Daemon ) also supports the following applications for monitoring login failures: openSSH, vsftpd, proftpd, pure-ftpd, Mod_security failures, and many others. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Config Server Firewall (CSF) on Debian 11.

How To Install Redis Server on Debian 11

January 3, 2022 by Jeff Wilson

Redis stands for Remote Dictionary Server and is an open-source data store. It supports various types of abstract data structures such as maps, lists, data sets, streams, strings, etc.

It was initially released back in 2009 and is one of the most popular key-value database applications when it comes to open-source. Redis usually writes data to a file system every 2 seconds, so that if there is a complete system failure, very little data would be lost.

In this tutorial, we’ll cover all steps to install and run the Redis server on Debian 11.

How to Install Ruby on Rails on Debian 11

December 29, 2021 by Jeff Wilson

Ruby on Rails, or simply Rails, is an open-source web application framework built on top of the Ruby programming language. It is used by many developers since it makes application development very simple.

Basically, it’s a model-view-controller framework that provides default structures for databases, web pages, and various web services.

In the following tutorial, you will learn step-by-step how to install Ruby on Rails on a Debian 11 VPS.

How to Install Mattermost on Debian 11

December 27, 2021 by Jeff Wilson

Mattermost is a self-hosted and open-source online chat service designed to be used as an internal chat platform for companies and organizations. It is one of the main alternatives to the Slack Chat and Microsoft Teams platforms.

Mattermost provides several app integrations and allows internal file sharing, search, and various other features to help increase staff productivity and work efficiency.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Mattermost with an Apache web server on a Debian 11 VPS.

How to Install Python 3.9 on Debian 11

December 20, 2021 by Jeff Wilson

Python is a free, open-source programming language that was originally published in 1991 and has since gained widespread adoption. It’s used for general-purpose programming which makes it perfect to create apps on your phone or computer.

In this article, we’ll cover all you need to know and do to successfully install Python 3.9 on Debian 11.

How to Set Up a Mail Server with PostfixAdmin on Debian 11

December 15, 2021 by Jeff Wilson

Postfix is a free and widely used open-source mail transfer agent. It supports MySQL, PostgreSQL, and SQLite as the database server to store and manage the virtual domains.
PostfixAdmin is a free web-based interface to manage a postfix mail server. With this tool, we can easily add/remove/edit domain names, email accounts, email quotas, email forwarding, etc.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to set up a mail server with PostfixAdmin on Debian 11 (Bullseye) OS.

How to Install Netdata on Debian 11

December 13, 2021 by Jeff Wilson

In this post, we are going to show you how to install Netdata Monitoring Software on your Debian 11 operating system.

Netdata is an open-source web-based monitoring system that provides real-time metrics such as CPU usage, disk activity, bandwidth usage, website visitors, and so on. All these metrics are collected and visualized into a perfect GUI that is very readable and understandable.

This monitoring software with its simplicity is usable by developers, system administrators, and even sometimes the owners of servers that are not very technically knowledgeable.

Installing Netdata on Debian 11 should take up to 10 minutes. Let’s get started!

Understanding the PHP values in the php.ini configuration file

December 13, 2021December 8, 2021 by Jeff Wilson

understanding php values in the php.ini configuration file

In this tutorial, we are going to explain what contains the “php.ini” configuration file and what is used for. The PHP ini configuration file is a special file for PHP applications used to control PHP settings what users can or can not do with the website.

defining php values in php.ini configuration file

When PHP is installed the server is configured to use the default PHP settings, but sometimes we need to change the behavior of the PHP at runtime and this is when this configuration file comes to in use.

We are going to use Ubuntu 20.04 as OS while we are explaining and installing the PHP along with its extensions. Let’s get started!