How to Install Let’s Encrypt SSL on Ubuntu 18.04 with Nginx

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate on an Ubuntu 18.04 VPS and configure it with Nginx web server.

Let’s Encrypt is a free and automated certificate authority organization. They aim to bring secure websites to all users across the web. They make installations easy and simple, and you can even set up auto-renewal so that you never have to worry about your certificate expiring. Let’s get started with the installation.

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How to Install Lighttpd on Debian 9

In this tutorial, we will demonstrate how to install and deploy Lighttpd on a Debian 9 VPS with FPM/FastCGI support.

Lighttpd is a free, open-source and high-performance web server developed by Jan Kneschke. It has a low memory footprint when compared to other web servers and is specially designed for speed-critical environments. It is secure, fast, and can handle up to 10,000 connections in parallel on a single server. It is used by many websites, including YouTube, Bloglines, WikiMedia, and many more. Lighttpd comes with a rich set of features, such as FastCGI, SCGI, Auth, URL-Rewriting, Output-Compression, event mechanism, and more. These features combined make for a compelling and high-performance web server solution.

Let’s get started with the installation.

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How to Install Askbot on CentOS 7

In this tutorial, we will explain how to install and configure Askbot on a CentOS 7 VPS with Nginx.

Askbot is an open-source question and answers forum system written in Django and Python. It is simple, easy-to-use, and very similar to StackOverflow. It is a powerful and highly-customizable software that allows you to create your own question and answer forum on the internet. Many companies, such as Fedora, OpenStack, and LibreOffice use Askbot for their Q&A sections.

Askbot comes with a rich set of features, including Q&A knowledge management, Customizable Email notifications, Tagging and categorization systems, Focused on-topic discussions, as well as supporting login via LinkedIn, Twitter, Facebook, and Google, to name a few. Let’s get started with the installation.

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How to Install Cezerin on CentOS 7

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Cezerin on a CentOS 7 VPS.

Cezerin is a Node.js based eCommerce platform with React serving as its frontend framework. It is an open-source eCommerce platform that makes it super easy to develop, personalize, and host your online store. Thanks to this platform, you can make a commercial site in only a few minutes. Let’s get started.

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How to Install WonderCMS on CentOS 7

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install WonderCMS with Nginx on a CentOS 7 VPS.

WonderCMS is a free and open-source flat file CMS. It’s built with PHP, jQuery, and HTML/CSS, and is aimed to be an extremely small, lightweight, and straightforward CMS solution.  No initial configuration is required. The installation process is quite simple and if you follow the instructions provided in this tutorial, you will have WonderCMS running on your server in less than 10 minutes.

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How to Install WordPress with Nginx on Debian 10

In this tutorial, we will explain how to install WordPress with Nginx on a Debian 10 VPS.

WordPress is one of the most popular content management systems known all over the world. It is an open-source CMS platform based on PHP and MySQL. WordPress allows you to set up flexible and powerful websites easily. Using WordPress, you can develop a website for a small business or a large enterprise. You can extend the functionality of the WordPress site with the help of its free and premium plugins and themes. WordPress is the most user-friendly CMS compared to other content management systems.

Installing WordPress on Debian 10 with Nginx as a web server should take less than 10 minutes to complete. Let’s get started with this tutorial.

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How to Install Docker on Debian 10

In this tutorial, we will learn how to install and use Docker on a Debian 10 VPS.

Docker is a free and open-source tool that uses OS-level virtualization to deliver software in packages called containers. Docker is specially designed to make it easier to create, deploy and run applications by using containers. Docker containers are lightweight and very similar to Virtual Machine, using the host OS. Containers allow you to package up an application with all required libraries and other dependencies and ship it in one package.

Docker shares the same Linux kernel and other resources as the system that they’re running on, and only require the application along with its dependencies to be packaged. This will speed up your system performance and reduces the size of the application. Docker is free, so anyone can contribute to Docker and it being open-source allows anyone to extend it and meet their own needs. The main goal for the Docker is for developers to develop the applications easily, ship them into containers, and deploy it anywhere.

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How to Select or Choose the Best Hosting Services

Web Hosting is a service that allows individuals and organizations to publish web pages or sites to the Internet. A web hosting or web host supplier is a company that offers the services and technology needed to view a web page or website on the Internet. Sites are hosted or kept on superior, high-performance computers called servers. Your hosting service decides how your business will be perceived by your clients, and incorrect choices can cause the site to be unresponsive, slow, or worst of all – cause a lot of downtime. Because there are so many hosting providers to choose from, deciding on a hosting service is easier said than done.

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