Opening and Closing Ports in CentOS 6 and 7 using IPtables
Setting up a good firewall is an essential step in ensuring the security of your system. IPtables is the default firewall used on CentOS. It is a command-line utility that…
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How to create a Web server using Nginx on Centos 7
In our project, the web server will be running on Nginx. Of course Apache is another great web server, but here, I’ll use Nginx v1.12.2. If you’d like the Apache…
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How to add a user to Sudoers in CentOS
Sudo is a command line program that allows an ordinary user to execute commands that require superuser privileges. Running your system as a non-root user is good practice for a…
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How to remove MySQL from your CentOS system
When doing an installation of a specific version of MySQL on your CentOS machine, you may get errors caused by the previous MySQL that had been installed earlier; probably a…
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How to create a Database Server using MariaDB on Centos 7
In our project, the database server will run on MariaDB Prerequisites A VPS with Centos 7 installed Root access to the VPS What do we want? We intend to setup…
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How to create a Web server using Apache on Centos 7
In our project, the web server will be running on Apache. Of course Nginx is another great web server, but here, I’ll use Apache v2.4. If you’d like the Nginx…
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Generate CSR for your domain from Terminal in Centos 7
To obtain an SSL certificate, a Certificate Signing Request (CSR) must be generated. This can be done using openssl on Linux based servers. The procedure is as follows: 1. Install…
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How to create a DNS server using BIND in Centos 7
How to create a DNS server using BIND in Centos 7 We all know that domains need name servers to operate. As part of a simple project covered in this…
Read More »WebDav : What is it, It’s alternatives and Why Choose it
WebDav stands for Web Based Distributed Authoring and Versioning. Collective editing of remote content is usually needed and WebDav is one way to achieve that. WebDav can be encountered in…
Read More »How to issue a new cPanel SSL on server hostname
Have you ever installed cPanel on a server and it comes with an self signed SSL certificate? Or have you ever changed the hostname of your server and experienced issues…
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