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Installing Topcat 8 web server on CentOS 7 Apache Tomcat is a web server and servletcontainer that is used to serve Java applications. Tomcat is an open source implementation of the Java Servlet and JavaServer Pages technologies, released by the Apache Software Foundation. This tutorial covers the basic installation and some configuration of the latest [...]
Introduction A "LAMP" stack is a group of open source software that is typically installed together to enable a server to host dynamic websites and web apps. This term is actually an acronym which represents the Linux operating system, with the Apache web server. The site data is stored in a MySQL database (using MariaDB), and dynamic content [...]
What is yum? YUM Repositories are warehouses of Linux software (RPM package files). RPM package file is a Red Hat Package Manager file and enables quick and easy software installation on Red Hat/CentOS Linux. YUM Repositories hold a number of RPM package files and enable download and installation of new software on our VPS. YUM [...]
So you have a fresh new server, now what? There are a few configuration steps you'll need to go through before you can start playing around with your new kit. This is for security and makes your life a lot easier. Step 1 – Root Login You'll need to ssh in to your server using [...]
Introduction Privilege separation is one of the fundamental security paradigms implemented in Linux and Unix-like operating systems. Regular users operate with limited privileges in order to reduce the scope of their influence to their own environment, and not the wider operating system. A special user, called root, has "super-user" privileges. This is an administrative account [...]
Introduction SSH, or secure shell, is an encrypted protocol used to administer and communicate with servers. When working with a Linux server, chances are, you will spend most of your time in a terminal session connected to your server through SSH. While there are a few different ways of logging into an SSH server, in [...]
Forgotten your MySQL or MariaDB root password? Don't worry, it's not the end of the world. You can reset your MySQL or MariaDB root passwords, provided you have access to the server and a sudo-enabled account. Step 1 – Identify your current database version Depending on your database type, and it's version, you will need [...]
The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) is coming in to force on 25th May 2018. So, what should we know? The EU General Data Protection Regulation (GDPR) was approved by the EU Parliament on 14th April 2016, after several years of debate and preparation. From 25th May 2018 the GDPR will come in to [...]
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Enable SWAP on your CentOS 7 Server One of the best ways to make your server more responsive and guard against out-of-memory errors or applications crashing is to add SWAP space. SWAP is an area of storage drive where the Operating System can temporarily store data that it can not hold in memory. This provides [...]