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How to Install Rocket.Chat Server for Team Communication

December 1, 2021October 30, 2021

Communication is one of the most important pillars of every company. There are solutions for business needs or for corporate use, such as Rocket.Chat, Slack, Hangouts, Flock, as well as messengers for everyday communication, such as Skype, WhatsApp, Telegram, and others.

Currently, Rocket.Chat is one of the most popular and widely used team communication apps available. How can you set things up and start using this tool for your team? In this article, we will deploy Rocket.Chat server in a Cloud PaaS environment. You’ll set up a custom domain, and we’ll secure our application with an SSL certificate.

How to Install Memcached on Ubuntu 20.04

December 1, 2021October 15, 2021

We’ll now walk through the installation of MemCache on our Ubuntu 20.04 environment. The very basic definition of what Memcached is is as follows. Memcached is a free and open-source program that eases the re-extraction of information from a database with an object caching program, which allows for PHP-based apps such as WordPress and Joomla to run smoothly without much latency. In other words, it helps with the database loads, since the re-extraction of information is much easier.

Many users have issues installing Memcached on an Ubuntu 20.04 OS. We have decided to create a tutorial, where you can manually install and activate Memcached on your Ubuntu 20.04. Make sure to follow all steps below in order to succeed. In case you are stuck somewhere, feel free to ask away in the comments section, at the very end of this tutorial. Alternatively, subscribe to a fully managed VPS hosting plan, and let our expert customer support take care of things for you.

How to Install NGINX on Ubuntu 20.04

September 30, 2021

In today’s tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing Nginx on Ubuntu 20.04. Nginx (pronounced as engine x) is a free and open-source web server designed for maximum performance, stability and scalability. It can be also used for caching, reverse proxying different protocols, load balancing, media streaming, etc.

Nginx is used by more than 30% of all active websites, which makes it one of the most popular and widely used web servers in the world. It is used by some of the well-known companies such as WordPress, GitHub, Cloudflare, Dropbox and Netflix.

How to Install PHP 8 on Debian

September 15, 2021

The following tutorial guides you step by step through the process of installing PHP 8.0 on Debian 10. PHP is an open-source general-purpose scripting language, mostly used by web developers as it can be easily be embedded into HTML.

PHP version 8.0 was officially released on November 26, 2020, and it is the latest release of the PHP language. It is packed with lots of new improvements, features, and optimizations including named arguments, attributes, constructor property promotion, JIT (Just in Time Compiler), match expression, union types, null safe operator, better error handling, improvements in the type system, and consistency. Also, according to multiple tests, PHP 8.0 can handle much more requests per second, compared to the older versions of PHP, so if your PHP-based website or application is fully compatible with PHP 8.0, you should definitely consider upgrading to the latest version.

How to Install Django on Ubuntu 20.04

August 30, 2021

Django is a free and open-source, Python-based web framework that allows developers to quickly and efficiently create feature-rich, scalable, and secure web applications. Django web framework is built by experienced developers and used, tested, and enhanced for more than a decade by a very active community. It is used by some of the largest websites and online communities around the world, which makes it one of the most popular and widely used full-stack Python web frameworks.

In this tutorial we will guide you through the steps of installing Django on an Ubuntu 20.04 VPS.

How to Install Roundcube Webmail on CentOS 8

July 1, 2021

Roundcube Webmail is open-source browser-based webmail that is written in PHP and uses MySQL as database storage. It can provide almost the same features as application-based mail clients such as Outlook and Thunderbird but is using a more approachable solution since it can be accessed publicly by just using a web browser combined with its fast and user-friendly web interface.

In this guide, we will show you how to install Roundcube Webmail on a CentOS 8 VPS. Installing Roundcube Webmail on CentOS 8 should take less than 15 minutes to complete. We will be using our SSD 1 VPS plan with CentOS 8 for this tutorial. Let’s start.

How To Harden OpenSSH on Ubuntu 20.04

April 21, 2021

OpenSSH is one of the most popular tools that uses SSH protocol for secure system administration, file transfers, and other communication across the Internet. It is free and used by system administrators to manage remote systems. OpenSSH runs on port 22 and it is the first target of a hacker. So you may need to harden your OpenSSH server to protect it from hackers.

How To Install Nagios 4 and Monitor Your Servers on Ubuntu 20.04

April 7, 2021

install nagios 4 and monitor servers on ubuntu 20.04

Nagios is a free, open-source and powerful monitoring tool that helps you to monitor your entire IT infrastructure, servers, services and applications from the central location. It is based on client-server architecture. So you will need to install the Nagios agent on the client system and add it to the Nagios server for monitoring. If you are looking for a monitoring solution then Nagios is an essential tool for any production server environment.

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Nagios 4 and monitor your server on Ubuntu 20.04.

Top WordPress Alternatives

February 3, 2021

One of the popular names in Content Management System (CMS) is WordPress but WordPress is not the only tool available to build and manage your website, there are other more useful alternatives available in the market.

WordPress is scalable, powerful but it is also a complex software. Despite it offers the flexibility of customization, a wide range of themes and plugins, there are some disadvantages. If you are not technically sound, you will run into problems during the installation of WordPress and at some point, you may feel the need for hiring a developer for security checks and maintenance of your WordPress site. In order to avoid such situations, the article offers you a list of alternative tools.

How to update your server from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.04

January 20, 2021

update your server from Ubuntu 18.04 to Ubuntu 20.04

Upgrading your Ubuntu version from one version to the latest version is one of the best features of Ubuntu. It is always recommended to upgrade your current Ubuntu version regularly in order to benefits from the latest security patches. You will get several benefit including, the latest software, new security patches and upgraded technology with a new version.

As of now, Ubuntu 20.04 LTS is the latest Ubuntu version and you will keep getting updates and support till April 2025.