How to install the ModSecurity NGINX module in CentOS/RHEL 8
by Danila Vershinin, February 20, 2020
Here’s how to easily install ModSecurity for NGINX in CentOS/RHEL 8.
Read More...NGINX: try_files is evil too
by Danila Vershinin, February 18, 2020
The if directive in NGINX is evil. How about try_files?
Read More...Control your monitor in CentOS/RHEL 8
by Danila Vershinin, February 5, 2020
Manage your monitor’s brightness and other settings in CentOS/RHEL 8
Read More...Stock CentOS kernel in OVH
by Danila Vershinin, January 28, 2020
OVH is a great dedicated hosting platform. Their kernels are not so great sometimes
Read More...Tweaking your webcam in RHEL 8
by Danila Vershinin, January 17, 2020
Tweak your webcam parameters in CentOS/RHEL 8 using the slick utility – v4l2-ctl
Read More...Beyond Privoxy
by Danila Vershinin, December 14, 2019
There is software that we all know and love, and more often than not, forget about it. Privoxy is one of them. It allows you to filter ads and is also a go-to solution for anonymous browsing when it is coupled with Tor. With the arrival of adblock plugins in Chrome, and the web increasingly […]
Read More...NGINX locations: performance impact and optimizations
by Danila Vershinin, December 12, 2019
NGINX location and rewrite directives. What are the best practices?
Read More...Configure IKEV2 (Strongswan) VPN client in CentOS/RHEL 8 (Gnome GUI)
by Danila Vershinin, December 8, 2019
How to configure a Strongswan (IKEV2) client VPN connection in CentOS/RHEL 8
Read More...How to run CentOS 8 on Acer Aspire 6920G
by Danila Vershinin, December 2, 2019
Acer Aspire 6920G is now an ancient laptop, but I still own one so this article is quite personal 🙂 I had no use for it, so decided to give it a spin for a fresh install of CentOS 8 while my Macbook Air is undergoing repair. Let’s see what happened and how I got […]
Read More...Fix FirewallD in CentOS 7
by Danila Vershinin, November 17, 2019
Here’s how to fix the FirewallD startup problem in CentOS 7. A permanent fix, not a half solution!
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