How to set up Apache Virtual Hosts on CentOS 7

How to set up Apache Virtual Hosts on CentOS 7

Today we will show you How to setup Apache Virtual Hosts on CentOS 7. Apache is an open source web server developed for modern operating systems including UNIX and Windows. It is a secure, efficient and extensible server that provides HTTP services synchronized with the current HTTP standards.

Many people use it to host their websites and apps. In fact, according to the latest statistics, Apache is the most used web server in the world, with Windows IIS following in second and in third the Russian machinery that is Nginx. To setup Apache Virtual Hosts on CentOS 7 just follow our step by step tutorial below.

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How To Set Up a Firewall with UFW on Ubuntu 16.04

Set up a Firewall with UFW on Ubuntu
We’ll show you, how to set up a firewall with UFW on Ubuntu 16.04. If you have an Ubuntu server and you like to control the incoming and outgoing network traffic you need to configure the firewall that is included with your system. Linux kernel includes the netfilter subsystem which is a system for packet filtering. The traditional interface for manipulating netfilter is via iptables, which is primarily a database of firewall rules. The Uncomplicated Firewall or ufw is a frontend for iptables and it makes the iptables firewall configuration and blocking IP addresses much easier. In this guide, we will show you how to set up a firewall using UFW on a Linux VPS running Ubuntu 16.04 as an operating system.

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SVN Linux | Getting Started With Subversion on Linux

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subversion Linux

We will show you how to install SVN in Linux. Subversion or commonly abbreviated as SVN is an open-source software versioning and revision control system. It allows users to maintain current and historical versions of files such as source code, web pages, documents, and other electronic data. Installing SVN in Linux, is not so complicated, just follow the steps in the tutorial below and you should have it done in 10 minutes. We are also going to show you, some basic SVN commands in Linux.

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Linux Log Files

An introduction to Linux log files

We’ll introduce you to the Linux log files. Before you start with this guide it is recommended that you login to your VPS and follow this guide while looking at the files in there, as that is the best way to learn and memorize the things. Learn about the log files when your system is running smoothly as understanding the log files will help you to successfully troubleshoot and fix any problems that might occur later on. Finally, ‘Linux log files’ is a pretty extensive topic and it is unlikely to be fully covered in just one article. This article on, Linux log files, can probably serve just as a general guideline. Each application installed on the system has its own logging mechanism so whenever you need application specific information then the application documentation is the best place to look for it.

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Vim Guide

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We’ll show you an ultimate guide to vim. In our previous post about Vim, we’ve talked about some neat tips and tricks usable for more advanced users. In this post, we will talk about getting started with Vim, so this guide is mostly intended for absolute beginners. Usually, when a newbie opens a document with Vim the first ever user experience is nothing but frustrating, as the user has no idea how to do anything and that includes exiting the program as well. So you are getting frustrated like, “What is this?! I am going back to nano, this is not working!” – as you desperately keep pressing CTRL-C or ESC in an attempt to exit the editor but ending up closing and reopening the PuTTY terminal in the end.

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Generate a random password from the command line in Linux

Generate a random password from the command line in Linux

We’ll show you, How to generate a strong password from the command line in Linux. Having a strong password in Linux, is the most important thing you can do to protect your account or server and to keep your data secure. Common thinking is that a strong password should be comprised of at least 14 characters, including lowercase and uppercase alphabetic characters, numbers and symbols and should never be based on a dictionary word. Using a long password is much more secure that using a short one, the longer the password the harder it is to guess. In this post, we will take a look at a several different ways to generate a strong password using the Linux command line.

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Getting started with Git on Linux

Getting started with Git on Linux

Git is an open-source distributed version control system used by the software developers for small and large projects. It comes with very useful features and it is very easy to learn. In this tutorial we are going to show you how to install Git on a Linux VPS and explain the basics of Git so you can start using it.

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