In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Fail2ban on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS. Fail2Ban is a Python application that monitors log files to detect potential intrusion attempts. Fail2ban scans the log files looking for specific patterns that indicate an attack. It uses iptables to block IPs that show the malicious signs such as brute-force attempts on SSH, HTTP, FTP, SMTP ..etc. This guide should work on other Linux VPS systems as well but was tested and written for Ubuntu 14.04 VPS.
Cotonti is open source, community driven content management system (CMS) and content management framework (CMF) powered by PHP and MySQL. In this article we will guide you through the process of installing Cotonti on a CentOS 7 VPS with Apache, PHP and MariaDB.
AVG Free is a version of the AVG anti-virus, spyware and malware protection software which is free for private and non-commercial use. One of the main uses of AVG is on mail servers as a server-side email virus scanner.
To install AVG Free on an Ubuntu VPS follow the very easy steps described below.
In this tutorial, we will explain how to install OpenCart 2 on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS with MariaDB, PHP-FPM and Nginx. OpenCart is an open source, feature rich, easy to use and search engine friendly PHP-based e-commerce solution. This guide should work on other Linux VPS systems as well but was tested and written for Ubuntu 14.04 VPS.
WPScan is a WordPress vulnerability scanner. You can use it for problem location in case there are any vulnerable WordPress themes or WordPress plugins on your website. Today, we will make a short presentation about how to install it on your Linux VPS. It is very easy to install as well as very easy to use.
In this article we will guide you through the steps on how to install LDAP 389 Directory Server (389 DS) on a CentOS 6 VPS.
What is 389 DS?
It is an enterprise-class Open Source LDAP server for GNU/Linux. It is hardened by real-world use, is full-featured, supports multi-master replication, and already handles many of the largest LDAP deployments in the world. The 389 Directory Server can be downloaded for free, and set up in less than an hour using the graphical administration console.
Some of the Key Features of 389 DS are:
In this article we will show you how to install PmWiki on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS with Nginx.
PmWiki a free PHP based wiki system which is designed to be easy to install and customize as an engine for creating professional web sites with one to any number of content authors. The software focuses on ease-of-use, it is extensible and customizable so people with little IT or wiki experience will be able to put it to use. It uses regular files to store content and each page of the wiki is stored in its own file on the web server. The PmWiki wiki markup shares similarities with MediaWiki (used by Wikipedia) and it’s markup engine is highly customizable, allowing adding, modifying or disabling markup rules. It can also support other markup languages.
In this article we will walk you through the steps on how to setup a mailserver with Exim4 and DBMail on a Debian 7 (Wheezy) Linux VPS.
What is Exim4?
It is a mail transfer agent (MTA) used on Unix-like operating systems which is responsible for receiving, routing, and delivering e-mail messages.
What is DBMail?
It is fast and scalable sql based email service which stores email messages in a relational database. It supports multiple front-ends like IMAP4, POP3, ManageSieve, LMTP etc. and multiple back-ends like MySQL, PostgreSQL, Oracle and SQLite.
Main advantages of DBMail are: