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.…
Read More

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,…
Read More

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…
Read More

How To Configure Apache to Use Custom Error Pages on CentOS 7

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, cpanel, Support, Tutorial 16 August 2017
Introduction Apache is the most popular web server in the world. It is well-supported, feature-rich, and flexible. When designing your web pages, it is often helpful to customize every piece of content that your users…
Read More

How To Configure Nginx to Use Custom Error Pages on CentOS 7

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, Hosting, Support, Tutorial 16 August 2017
Introduction Nginx is a high performance web server capable of serving content with flexibility and power. When designing your web pages, it is often helpful to customize every piece of content that your users will…
Read More

How To Protect SSH With Fail2Ban on CentOS 7

James Ensor 5wire, Security, Servers, Support, Tutorial, VPS 16 August 2017
Introduction While connecting to your server through SSH can be very secure, the SSH daemon itself is a service that must be exposed to the Internet to function properly. This comes with some inherent risk…
Read More

How To Install Nginx on CentOS 7

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, Hosting, Support, Tutorial, VPS 16 August 2017
About Nginx Nginx is a high performance web server software package. It is a much more flexible and lightweight program than Apache HTTP Server. This tutorial will teach you how to install and start Nginx…
Read More

Automate tasks on your cloud server using Cron

James Ensor 5wire, Hosting, Servers, Support, VPS 15 August 2017
Introduction One of the most standard ways to run tasks in the background on Linux machines is with cron jobs. They’re useful for scheduling tasks on the VPS and automating different maintenance-related jobs. “Cron” itself…
Read More

How To Encrypt Tomcat 8 Connections with Apache or Nginx on CentOS 7

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, Servers, Support, Tutorial 15 August 2017
What is Apache Tomcat and why are we bothering to encrypt it? Apache Tomcat, or ‘Tomcat Server,’ is a web server and servlet container, usefully designed to serve Java applications. It is a very flexible…
Read More

How To Create a Self-Signed SSL Certificate for Nginx on CentOS 7

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, Hosting, Servers, Support, Tutorial 15 August 2017
Introduction TLS, or transport layer security, and its predecessor SSL, which stands for secure sockets layer, are web protocols used to wrap normal traffic in a protected, encrypted wrapper. Using this technology, servers can send traffic…
Read More