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How to Setup a Firewall to Secure Your Linux Server

Setting up a firewall is the second thing you should do immediately following the setup of your linux server (the first should be to Secure SSH Login). Learn how to do both.

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How to Secure SSH Login on Your Linux Server

Generally it is not secure to allow remote root login. Additionally, using Password Authentication is also insecure. So… after setting up my server at RackSpace, the next step was to setup basic SSH login security.

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How To Setup a NGINX Virtual Host Using a Custom Domain

My LEMP Setup Guide would not be complete if it didn’t show you how to setup your first virtual host (using your own domain name). This step will give you a good reference for setting up as many virtual hosts as you need on your server.

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How to Install and Configure a NGINX Server (LEMP Stack)

If you are interested, like I am, in setting up your own web server and hosting your own projects then I hope you will follow along. This guide will walk you step by step on setting up a LEMP stack (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, and PHP).

How to Setup a Hosted SVN Server on the Cheap 10

How to Setup a Hosted SVN Server on the Cheap

Have it all, with benefits including: reliability, performance and a solid backup solution. Learn how you can setup a hosted Subversion server for your team in minutes … oh, and did I mention its pretty cheap too!

How to access SSH and other services from a VirtualBox Guest Machine 2

How to access SSH and other services from a VirtualBox Guest Machine

It seems as if by default a VirtualBox VM (Virtual Machine) will start with a network connection set to NAT. This makes it a little difficult to connect to server services running on the VM (such as SSH, Apache, etc). An easy solution is to use the Host Interface directly as described here.