Install and Configure FreeRADIUS on Ubuntu 18.04 with MySQL
What is FreeRADIUS? FreeRADIUS is an authentification, authorization and accounting protocol. It was built in the dial-up era to manage users and keep track of the bandwidth usage by each…
Secure Nginx on Ubuntu 18.04 w/ Let’s Encrypt Free SSL/TLS Certificates
Let’s Encrypt is a Certificate Authority (CA), developed by the Internet Security Research Group, that provides free and easily obtainable SSL/TLS certificates. Such certificates are required to enable HTTPS on…
How to Configure a Firewall (UFW) on Ubuntu 18.04
UFW, also called Uncomplicated Firewall or sometimes Ubuntu Firewall, is an easy to use interface for iptables, that’s great for filtering traffic and has good documentation. It’s main purpose is…
How to Install & Use Docker Compose on Ubuntu 18.04
Docker Compose is a tool that helps you define and run multi-container applications. Instead of you building, running and connecting containers from separate Dockerfiles, it allows you to use a…
How to Install & Use Docker on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction What is Docker? Docker is an open source container based technology. What is a Container? To more easily explain what containers are, let’s compare them to Virtual Machines: A…
How to Install Webmin / Virtualmin (cPanel Alternative) on Ubuntu 18.04
Webmin is an open source, web-based control panel used for system administration for Linux machines. It takes away the complexity of managing your servers and allows you to perform common…
How to Create a Sudo User on Ubuntu
In this tutorial we’ll create a sudo user on Ubuntu 18.04. The sudo command makes it possible for normal users to execute commands using administrator privileges, such as root. You’ll…
How to Install LAMP (Apache, MySQL, PHP) Stack on Ubuntu 18.04
Overview LAMP Stack is a group of very popular open-source software, that when used together enable us to host dynamic websites and web apps. LAMP is actually an acronym that…
How to Setup IKEv2 VPN Server with Radius Authentication and Let’s Encrypt on Ubuntu 18.04
Introduction Five years ago, VPNs were reserved for the power users and I.T. departments of large companies. Today, VPN services are growing in popularity by each passing day. The need…
How to Install the Latest Python 3 on Ubuntu 18.04 Bionic Beaver
In this tutorial we’ll install the latest Python 3 on an Ubuntu 18.04 machine. Python is one of the fastest growing programming languages at the time of writing. It’s easy…
How to Install Python 3.x on CentOS 7
Introduction In this tutorial we’ll be learning how to install Python 3.6 and Python 3.7 on a server running Centos 7. Python is a general purpose object oriented programming language…
How to Install WordPress on Ubuntu 18.04 using MariaDB, Nginx, PHP 7.2 & Let’s Encrypt
Introduction If you want to set up a professional website without having to invest a good deal of money or time, then WordPress is one of the best solutions. Additionally,…