How to Elevate from CentOS 7/8 to AlmaLinux

James Ensor Hosting, VPS 24 June 2024
CentOS is nearing End of Life. This guide will walk you through the process of migrating your CentOS system to AlmaLinux using the AlmaLinux ELevate tool. ELevate offers a smooth transition between major versions of…
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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 install Go (golang) 1.9 on CentOS 7

James Ensor 5wire, Tutorial, VPS 21 January 2018
Introduction Go, often referred to as golang, is an open-source programming language developed by Google. It takes a minimalist approach to development and makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software. This tutorial will…
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Jump start in to CentOS – How to Create a new Sudo User

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, Tutorial 21 January 2018
Introduction If you haven’t set up your new server yet, read this guide. The sudo command provides a mechanism for granting administrator privileges, ordinarily only available to the root user, to normal users. This guide…
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How To Install MariaDB on CentOS 7

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, CentOS, Hosting, Support, Tutorial 18 January 2018
Introduction MariaDB is an open-source database management system, commonly installed as part of the popular LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP/Python/Perl) stack. It uses a relational database and SQL (Structured Query Language) to manage its data.…
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How To Install MySQL on CentOS 7

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, CentOS, Hosting, Support, Tutorial 18 January 2018
Introduction MySQL is an open-source database management system, commonly installed as part of the popular LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP/Python/Perl) stack. It uses a relational database and SQL (Structured Query Language) to manage its data.…
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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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How To Back Up a CentOS 7 Server with Bacula

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, Servers, Support, Tutorial 19 October 2017
Introduction This tutorial will show you how to set up Bacula to create backups of a remote CentOS 7 host, over a network connection. This involves installing and configuring the Bacula Client software on a…
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