Tutorial: Basic website and database backups with Duplicity
This tutorial will show you how you can back up your website and database with Duplicity. Duplicity is a very useful tool to make remote unassisted backups. The backups can be incremental, encrypted,...
View ArticleDedicated Ram/ Guaranteed Ram... an oldie but a goody that deserves being...
After reading another thread here and after answering a similar question a few times on IRC I thought I would bring this one back in to the lime light....
View Articlenginx failed to start after apt-get upgrade
Recently if did an apt-get update and apt-get upgrade on my debian 6 VPS and after that the nginx started showing the below error /etc/init.d/nginx restart Restarting nginx: nginxnginx: [emerg] bind()...
View ArticleImprove LET search
I think pretty much everyone around here knows how awful LET's search is. If you don't, go ahead, try it. I'll wait. Yeah, could use some work, right? You know who does a better job with search?...
View ArticleHow to Block WHMCS licensedebug
So I was recently reminded (thanks @Spencer) that if you call any WHMCS .php with ?licensedebug&forceremote, you get back some info that frankly I'm not wild about giving out. For example:...
View Article[Tutorial] Changing outgoing SMTP email on Postfix MTA.
We, at VelociHOST would like to start building a comprehensive tutorial section on our knowledgebase to help the community on giving what we all needed at the beginning of our journey. But we want it...
View ArticleYet another "install a VNC" tutorial
this is another one, but using Openbox. It will reduce the idle RAM usage to aprox. 22mb. apt-get update apt-get install openbox vnc4server iceweasel menu obconf obmenu mkdir /etc/vnc echo...
View ArticleRun shell commands in Python
I've been working with Python lately, and frequently need to execute shell commands. So, I came up with this module to do this in normalized fashion. Maybe someone else will find it useful. I stake no...
View ArticleHow to block lowend ads and Google spying on your activity
For folks not running adblock software already or running on limited resources where such software might consume too many resources, there is this. This will work on all major OSes. Why block these ads...
View Article[TURORIAL] How to make backups of your CentOS Virtual Private Server (VPS).
When you work with a VPS or even any kind of server architecture, is extremely important to backup your data as a precautionary measure against data loss from failures or corruption from handling your...
View Article[Tutorial] - HTTP Strict Transport Security setup on Apache, NGINX and Lighttpd
HTTP Strict Transport Security (often abbreviated as HSTS) is a security feature that lets a web site tell browsers that it should only be communicated with using HTTPS, instead of using HTTP. This...
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[TUTORIAL] Have a GUI and Browser on Debian and less than 256MB RAM
After some boring lapse, I tried TinyWM, and will teach you how to install it in your LEB Using iceweasel, flash plugin installed, watching youtube: free -m total used free shared buffers cached Mem:...
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Setting up development environment for PHP+MySQL using VirtualBox
I know it may not be pure VPS material, but decided to post it here anyway. I've created a tutorial to set up your own PHP+MySQL environment using virtualized Debian installation with VirtualBox. I...
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[ Howto ] setup your first web server for various services
Thought I would post some old shell scripts I used to use for setting up my own and client machines. I have somewhat graduated from these as they are a bit bloated. For this you will need to put the...
View ArticleCrossfire Ping Monitoring
OK so I took a little flack in my first post to LET: http://lowendtalk.com/discussion/10800/vps-showdown-waveride-vs-vps-database-vs-iniz-vs-prometeus-vs-domvps Some of it is because I'm a little...
View ArticleQuick Trick: Drop All Tables in MySQL Database in One Step
Neat little trick I learned today: mysqldump -u${user} -p${pass} -h ${host} --add-drop-table --no-data ${database} | grep ^DROP | mysql -u${user} -p${pass} -h ${host} ${database}
View ArticleSite deploy script
Just a quick script I use on most of my servers to revision and deploy site versions. How it works: It relies you you having a dev.${DOMAIN} folder which contains your active development version. When...
View Article[Tutorial] Set up a federated XMPP Chat Network with ejabberd, your own...
This tutorial shows you how to set up your own federated chat network using ejabberd. It covers a basic single node ejabberd server and also the setup of an ejabberd cluster, including errors and DNS...
View ArticleHastymail2 : Simple IMAP webmail client using Nginx & PHP5
Step 0 : Purchase new VPS, if required. If you already have a VPS running Nginx with PHP enabled, skip to Step 4. Step 1 : Install Debian and slim down your shiny new VPS (inspired by the famous...
View ArticleHow to Install ownCloud on Ubuntu 12.10 - Tutorial
ownCloud is a simple tool to manage your data on your VPS. We all have used Dropbox , Box or Mediafire to store and share our data with our friends, family and with our colleagues. But they all have...
View Articlehtop with OpenVZ Support
Just in case there are people out there who haven't discovered the wonders of htop yet, and if those people happen to run OpenVZ nodes, here's something for you: You can compile htop with OpenVZ...
View ArticleHow to Protect WHMCS License from Public - Tutorial
WHMCS is the most famous script used by major hosting companies. So in past there were many WHMCS security breach and exploit. The hosting company owners always want to protect their as well as clients...
View Article[ Howto ] setup back ups for your files and server folders
This is a simple guide on how to use rsync, your system crontab, and simple key based authentication between machines for server to server back up of files and folders. I like this method because of...
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How to enable SSL in Joomla?
Click on - Control Panel >> Global Configuration >> Server Tab >> Select Entire Site from Force SSL >> Click on Save tab That's it
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How to install SSL in IIS 7
SSL buyers are not always technical expert so they always make some mistake while configuring SSL Certificate in IIS 7 I specially dedicate this article to them for security purpose. If you are not...
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ASK how to block torrent , bittorrent
hello . i need tutorial for block torrent , bittorrent I found a way in google but have step error. if using ipp2p / l7 I do not understand to install. thank you
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How to create CSR key for Wildcard SSL in IIS 7?
We all know it very well that IIS is one of the most used server platform. So here I would like to give tips on how to create CSR key for wildcard SSL Certificate. You must first need to create CSR key...
View ArticleHow to Request SSL Certificate from SSL provider
Hello everybody, Here in this tutorial I would like to discuss on how to request your ssl from ssl provider. First you need to create certificate signing request (CSR) key. After creating CSR key you...
View ArticleYour opinion on lowendguide.com
Hello fellow members of the forum. I recently updated the theme on my tutorial/guide website to hopefully make it easier to browse it and find interesting articles to read about. I would like your...
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How to install Wildcard SSL in IIS 7?
The process of installing Wildcard SSL in IIS is start after creating CSR key. If you are not familiar on how to create CSR key for wildcard ssl then click here. When you request your SSL from...
View ArticleHow to enable SSL in OpenCart ?
At OpenCart, customers do not need to sign up. They can access OpenCart by simply entering the minimal details for order process. It is an easy to use, elegant, and search engine friendly open source...
View ArticleHow to Change Kernel in Centos OS (OVH Servers)
hello when you get dedicated server from ovh with centos Os you can't install any other kernel , you can use only OVH kernel "grs" , If you need to Change OS Kernel Follow these steps : 1- open...
View ArticleMailman: 150k users ?
Hi, one customer wants to configure lists with 150.000 users. What limitations should I face with cpanel and mailman ? any tips ? should we use a dedicated server / IP ?
View Articleclean your cPanel server and adjust user's files permission
hello 1- To clean your server : note : this command will remove all .gz files stored in /home rm -rf /home/*.gz (be careful with that) note : this command will Empty cPanel users trash and remove all...
View ArticleLinux Malware Detect (LMD) Install & Configure
Linux Malware Detect (LMD) : is an open source and free malware scanner and detector for Unix/Linux based operating systems, released under GNU GPLv2. It is designed to figure out threats faced by...
View ArticleHow To Restore Your Linux Server Password in OVH Or Hetzner
are you loss your linux server root password and You can not log on to your server and your server in datacenter ovh or hetzner don't worry i will tell you step by step how to restore your root...
View ArticleCentOS - How to Upgrade Xen + Xen Kernel and what to do If fail to boot?
Tips: Keep one Linux Kernel and one Xen Kernel so If your Xen Kernel failed to boot then you can fix Xen Kernel by rebooting your server with linux kernel. Login to your SSH Account and run this...
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Pass the SSL Labs Test on Apache2 (Mitigate CRIME & BEAST attack, Disable...
This tutorial shows you how to get an A on the SSL Labs test using the Apache2 webserver. We do this by disabling CBC based chipers to mitigate the BEAST attack, disabling SSL Compression to mitigate...
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Enable SSL in Wordpress
Once the certificate is set to use on the server, we require implementing it on WordPress. The simple way is to enable “WordPress HTTPS Plugin” for enabling SSL in WordPress. Download:...
View Article[ESX(i)] Create your own private network with Windows
So, a few days ago I wanted to create a private network on my dedicated ESX Server. I needed some virtual machines to have internet (in my case: for capturing desktops). They didn't need a public...
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[Project] simplemonitor.org Monitor your servers, simple as that (hosted)
Hello again! Making a new thread because I made the website (ugly, using bootstrap) and have a demo. Please look at http://simplemonitor.org/ And give me suggestions. If you use it, please tell me This...
View ArticleImplementing openvpn client on your IoS/Android
Hi All, I would like to share my experiment about how to build the openvpn server and openvpn client on IoS and Android. Assuming the openvpn already installed and tun/tap enabled on your vps. 1....
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Set up your own truly secure, encrypted and shared file synchronization, aka...
TL;DR This article describes my truly secure, encrypted file synchronization service. It used EncFS and dvcs-autosync which lets me share only the encrypted data and mount that locally to get the...
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OSSEC Server, Client, Web UI and Analogi Dashboard Installation tutorial
OSSEC is an Open Source Host-based Intrusion Detection System that performs log analysis, file integrity checking, policy monitoring, rootkit detection, real-time alerting and active response. It runs...
View ArticleHetzner + SolusVM + NAT
Helo, is there any easy way to configure NAT on a Hetzner server + SolusVM ? We are new with them and we saw config soooo complex and impossible to make this .... any tip ? Thanks !
View ArticleAny filesharing script on my own server?
I want to have a kind of filesharing script on my own server where people can upload files , I will mainly use it for my own or for people I know, What script open source do you recommend?
View ArticleOpenVPN Tutorial from LEB is missing
I can't seem to find part 2 of the OpenVPN tutorial on LowEndBox. I believe it was the version written by Maarten Kossen. Thanks!
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Zabbix Tutorials
I have been posting these to VPSB so I suppose I should CC LET :P -- #1 Scalability -- This is the first of what I hope will be a series of posts on the topic of Zabbix. For those not in the know,...
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OpenVZ IO accounting spreadsheet
I wrote a little script which is so little and so useful I thought it should be shared This is to gather the IO reads and writes by container ID and put them in an Excel-friendly format. Just copy and...
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