How to Install Tomcat on Ubuntu 20.04

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Apache Tomcat (Or just Tomcat for short) is the most popular and widely-used Java application server. It is an open-source web server and servlet container developed by the Apache Software Foundation (ASF). In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing Tomcat 9 on an Ubuntu 20.04 VPS.

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Tomcat is also an open-source software implementation of a subset of the Jakarta EE (formerly Java EE) technologies. Tomcat executes Java servlets and renders Web pages that include Java Server Page coding. By using Tomcat, you’re able to run your Java applications on a server that is designed to help you develop your Java applications faster and more efficiently. Let’s start installing Tomcat on our Ubuntu 20.04 VPS.

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How to Install PrestaShop on CentOS 8

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In this tutorial, we will show you how to install PrestaShop on a CentOS 8 VPS.

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PrestaShop is one of the most well-known eCommerce platforms in the world. It’s free, open-source, and is built on top of PHP, while using a MySQL database to store the data. It helps small to large businesses to create and run a successful online store.

PrestaShop is simple, easy-to-use, easy to install, and is versatile – it provides a great platform for people around the world to create their online stores. Let’s begin with the installation.

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How to Select the Best Hosting Service

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Knowing how to select the best hosting service depends on quite a few factors. Whether you’re an individual looking to get your feet off the ground by starting a new idea or business, or a small/medium sized business that needs a more durable and long-term plan for the technical side of their corporation, choosing the right service and plan is important.

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Making the right choice for your hosting service is the difference between getting a server that suits your needs perfectly with some room to grow, or having a server that is struggling to serve everything/has resources that are left unused. Let’s get into the factors that can help you decide on how to select the best hosting service.

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How to Install RainLoop on Ubuntu 20.04

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In this tutorial, we’ll be showing you how to quickly install the RainLoop email client on your Ubuntu 20.04 VPS, including instructions for both Apache and Nginx setup.

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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 both IMAP and SMTP protocols (SSL, STARTTLS), sieve scripts support, integration with Facebook, Google, Twitter, and Dropbox, a multi-level caching system, plugin support, keyboard shortcut support, and many other additional features.

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

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How to Download a File From a Server to Your Desktop Using SSH

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An SSH session is like a portal into another machine. If you’re used to working with Windows, you’ll know how easy it is to transfer files from one location to another. Just drag and drop! No text commands, no authentication, none of that.

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However, sometimes you will need to download a file from SSH to your local desktop, such as if you are using one of our managed VPS hosting services. And there’s no simple command from within the SSH terminal itself to do this. The two environments are too far apart. However, we have a dedicated tool called “SCP” which stands for “Secure Copy” that’s made for precisely these kinds of situations.

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Magento Tips & Tricks for Better Performance

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While the Magento architecture is very flexible and powerful, it requires more resources to maintain this flexibility. However, it does not mean that Magento can’t be responsive. We’ll show you what to look our for, as well as some tips and tricks to achieve the best performance from your Magento server.

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If you set up and optimize your website properly and invest in quality web hosting, you can achieve a high-performance Magento store. However, that doesn’t tell the whole story. We’ll also show you what you should focus on when choosing a Magento hosting provider.

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How to Install pip on Ubuntu 20.04

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In this article, we will talk about how to install pip on Ubuntu 20.04. To begin, we’ll need to clarify what pip actually is. Pip is a package manager for Python. It’s normally used to install and manage Python modules on your system.

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In case Python is new to you as well, Python is a high-level object-oriented programming language that is becoming increasingly popular over the years. Python is widely used in software development, system administration, scientific and numeric data analysis, and much more.

Both Python 2 or Python 3 can be installed on Ubuntu 20.04. However, with Ubuntu 20.04, the default version is Python 3. If for some reason you need Python 2 along with its version of pip, don’t worry, we’re covering that in this tutorial as well.

Pip is not installed by default on Ubuntu – however, the installation is quite quick and simple. Let’s start with the installation. Installing pip on Ubuntu 20.04 is a fairly easy task and it should be done in less than 10 minutes.

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How to Install Roundcube Webmail on Ubuntu 20.04

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In this tutorial, we will be showing you how to install the Roundcube Webmail email client on our latest Ubuntu 20.04 VPS, LTS release (Focal Fossa). Roundcube is a free and open source webmail client.

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Roundcube has an intuitive and user-friendly interface translated in more than 80 languages. Its excellent UX makes Roundcube one of the most popular webmail solutions in the world. The installation of Roundcube is pretty easy and it can run on any Linux server with either a LAMP or LEMP stack. It can also run on almost all web servers and database servers. With all of this, let’s start our installation process.

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