Installing ionCube
ionCube protects software written using the PHP programming language from being viewed, changed, and run on unlicensed computers. 1. Download ionCube loaders wget...
View ArticleInstalling Zend Optimizer
The Zend Optimizer enables you to run Zend Guard encoded files. 1. Download a copy of Zend Optimizer / Guard from the location below and put it into /tmp http://www.zend.com/en/products/guard/downloads...
View ArticleHow to install LAMP (Apache, PHP and MySql in Linux)
Here's a basic guide on how to get Apache2, PHP5 and MySql working on most Debian based distros in a few easy steps. 1. Install Apache2 and PHP5 (as an Apache module) apt-get install apache2 php5...
View ArticleInstalling and using the IPMI tool
The Intelligent Platform Management Interface (IPMI) is a standardized computer system interface used by system administrators to manage a computer system and monitor its operation. The development of...
View ArticleScan your server for rootkits with rkhunter
rkhunter (Rootkit Hunter) is a tool that scans for rootkits, backdoors and possible local exploits. It does this by comparing SHA-1 hashes of important files with known good ones in online database,...
View ArticleMonitoring Varnish with Munin
Varnish is a great reverse proxy and very useful for load balancing. Here you can find a tutorial on installing Varnish: Installing and configuring Varnish HTTP accelerator. Munin is a network/system...
View ArticleInstalling PowerDNS with MySql backend
The PowerDNS Nameserver is a modern, advanced and high performance authoritative-only nameserver. It is written from scratch and conforms to all relevant DNS standards documents. Furthermore, PowerDNS...
View ArticleHow to monitor SNMP devices with MRTG
The Multi Router Traffic Grapher (MRTG) is free software for monitoring and measuring the traffic load on network links. It allows the user to see traffic load on a network over time in graphical form....
View ArticleHow to add a new hard disk or partition using UUID and ext4 filesystem
Last updated April 6, 2014 Compatible releases squeezewheezy Adding a additional hard disk to your workstation or server is easy and often required. Here’s we’ll step through the process of identifing...
View ArticleHow to detect if your server is vulnerable to the Shellshock bug and fix it
Shellshock vulnerability is a security bug affecting Unix/Linux operating system through the bash shell. Disclosed on September 24 2014, it has been rated 10 (the maximum score) for severity by NIST....
View ArticleHow to disable SSLv3 in Nginx (protect against the POODLE vulnerability)
SSL 3.0 is an obsolete and insecure protocol recently affected by the POODLE (Padding Oracle On Downgraded Legacy Encryption) vulnerability which allows a man-in-the-middle attacker to decrypt...
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