Install ExpressionEngine on Debian

Install ExpressionEngine on Debian 8

In this tutorial we will show you how to install ExpressionEngine on Debian 8. ExpressionEngine is a content management system which is written in object-oriented PHP and is using MySQL for data storage. Although ExpressionEngine is a commercial product, it has a free “core” version available for personal and non-profit websites. According to the company that created ExpressionEngine (EllisLab), currently thousands of web sites are powered using ExpressionEngine, from business sites, to online magazines, to personal blogs. Sites that are built with ExpressionEngine use a number of custom channels, usually each containing a number of different fields. Channels typically represent different types of information, so you might have a channel for single pages, blog posts, products, job vacancies, and so on.

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How to install Observium on Ubuntu 14.04

observiumlogoIn this tutorial we will cover the steps needed for installing Observium on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS.

Observium is a PHP/MySQL-based network observation and monitoring system which supports a wide range of hardware platforms and operating systems including Cisco, Windows, Linux, HP, Juniper, Dell, FreeBSD, Brocade, Netscaler, NetApp and many more. It collects data from devices using SNMP which you can check via it’s web interface. Observium makes heavy use of the RRDtool package and has a number of simple core design goals such as minimum interaction, maximum automation and maximum accessibility of information.

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How to install Cody CMS on Ubuntu 14.04

codyCody CMS is an open source, Content Management System (CMS) running on the modern and fast Node.js web server. It is written in te JavaScript programming languagae and it makes Cody CMS very interesting for the web masters and web developers. With Cody CMS you can easily create your own website and web applications. In this article we will guide you through the steps of installing Cody CMS on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS with Node.js, Forever and MySQL. This guide should work on other Linux VPS systems as well but was tested and written for an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS.

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How to install Pixie on Ubuntu 14.04

pixie_logo_largePixie is an open-source web application, based on PHP and MySQL that will help you quickly create your own website. Pixie has been designed to be simple to use and easy to develop for. It is fairly easy to install Pixie on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS. The installation process should take about 5-10 minutes if you follow the very easy steps described below.

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How to install Elgg with Nginx on Ubuntu 14.04

elgg vpsThis step by step tutorial will show you how to install Elgg with Nginx on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS. Elgg is an open source social networking engine that is easy to install and set up, then used to power your social network.
This tutorial was tested and written for an Ubuntu VPS, but it should work on any Debian based Linux distribution.

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