Reset MySQL root password in CentOS 6 / 7
by Danila Vershinin, November 7, 2014
Change MySQL root password or reset it easily with these simple SSH commands
Read More...FirewallD FTP rule: allow access to FTP service in CentOS 7
by Danila Vershinin, October 8, 2014
Sometimes you have to use tricks to accomplish a task. Even a trivial task might require special workarounds. Let’s enable access to FTP service on a CentOS 7 which comes with FirewallD as default firewall component in operating system. You might be fine without the workaround, but if you have an issue – you will have to use it.
Read More...Memcached
by Danila Vershinin, October 2, 2014
Caching is the most essential piece of the performance puzzle. What is the fastest cache storage? Of course, it’s RAM. Why not use the RAM of all available servers and put it up as single distributed cache storage for your busy internet application. Meet Memcached – it’s there, it’s free and it will do the task.
Read More...Monitor Servers with Monit on CentOS 6
by Danila Vershinin, September 18, 2014
If you want your server to be always available to visitors with zero downtime, then you should proactively monitor the services it runs. Apache and MySQL are the two main services most commonly found on a Linux web server. Here is the the complete tutorial on monitoring Apache and MySQL, with automatic restarts on failure by means of Monit on CentOS 6.
Read More...Linux Software Compilation Guide
by Danila Vershinin, September 16, 2014
Have you fetched a new VPS instance or own dedicated server? You might be interested in how to get your favorite programs installed using compilation. This is a good way to get latest software versions, especially for programs which are not available in standard repos.
Read More...CentOS SSH password-less login
by Danila Vershinin, September 14, 2014
It’s always nice to add more security to your server while actually increasing the comfort of logging in remotely. Meet password-less login using public key authentication. You can enable it within just a few minutes and save yourself the time to type in passwords.
Read More...Nginx PageSpeed configuration
by Danila Vershinin, September 11, 2014
Learn how to configure Google PageSpeed module in Nginx server block. Provides sample configuration to store PageSpeed cache in a Memcached server. Storing PageSpeed cache in Memcached provides additional performance improvement.
Read More...CentOS 7 Server Setup
by Danila Vershinin, August 28, 2014
A very thorough guide on first-time setup of web server under CentOS. Follow it to secure your web server from attackers and improve performance by protecting server with firewall. We cover protecting SSH daemon, enabling firewall and configuring fail2ban.
Read More...Why Use VPS and what is it?
by Danila Vershinin, July 13, 2014
Introduction to Virtual Private Server vs. Shared hosting plan
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