Migrate from CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 8 [Easy Guide]

James Ensor 5wire, Hosting, Servers, Tutorial, VPS 7 September 2023
With CentOS 7 fast approaching End of Life in June 2024, this article explains how easy it is to upgrade from CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 8 using the ELevate tool. What is Elevate? ELevate is…
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How To Secure Apache with Let’s Encrypt on CentOS 8

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, Servers, Tutorial 25 May 2021
In this tutorial, you will learn how to secure Apache with Let's Encrypt on CentOS 8. We will use the Let’s Encrypt client Certbot to obtain a free SSL certificate for Apache on CentOS 8…
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How To Install the Apache Web Server on CentOS 8

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, Servers, Tutorial 22 May 2021
In this guide, we’ll explain how to install an Apache web server on your CentOS 8 server.
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How To Secure Apache with Let’s Encrypt on Ubuntu 18.04

James Ensor 5wire, Servers, Tutorial 4 January 2021
In this tutorial, you will learn how to secure Apache with Let's Encrypt on Ubuntu 18.04, using the Apache client Certbot to obtain a free SSL certificate and set up your certificate to renew automatically.
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How To Secure Apache with Let’s Encrypt on Ubuntu 20.04

James Ensor 5wire, Servers, Tutorial 16 November 2020
In this tutorial, you will use the Let's Encrypt client Certbot to obtain a free SSL certificate for Apache on Ubuntu 20.04 and set up your certificate to renew automatically.
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How To Install the Apache Web Server on Ubuntu 20.04

James Ensor 5wire, Servers, Tutorial 21 October 2020
In this guide, we’ll explain how to install an Apache web server on your Ubuntu 20.04 server.
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How To Install the Apache Web Server on Ubuntu 18.04

James Ensor 5wire, Servers, Tutorial 18 October 2020
In this guide, we’ll explain how to install an Apache web server on your Ubuntu 18.04 server.
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How To Configure Apache Content Caching on CentOS 7

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, cpanel, Hosting, Support, Tutorial 18 January 2018
What is Caching? Caching is a method of improving server performance by allowing commonly requested content to be temporarily stored in a way that allows for faster access. This speeds up processing and delivery by…
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Web Caching Basics: Terminology, HTTP Headers, and Caching Strategies

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, CentOS, Support, Tutorial 18 January 2018
Introduction Intelligent content caching is one of the most effective ways to improve the experience for your site’s visitors. Caching, or temporarily storing content from previous requests, is part of the core content delivery strategy…
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How To Install And Configure mod_deflate On CentOS 7

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, PHP, Support, Tutorial 19 October 2017
Introduction Mod_deflate is an Apache module which allows output from your web server to be compressed before being sent to the client. Once the size of your site content is compressed, its size is smaller,…
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