Getting Apache2, MySQL and PHP on Windows 10 (WAMP)
WAMP (Windows, Apache2, MySQL and PHP) is an alternative to LAMP (Linux, Apache2, MySQL and PHP), the opensource stack that allows webmasters to create dynamic and powerful websites. LAMP powers majority of the websites and blogs online today. This blog post is going to show you how to install Apache2 HTTP server, MySQL [...]
Installing WordPress with Lighttpd, MySQL PHP Support on Ubuntu 17.04
Recently we showed students and new users how to install Lighttpd with MySQL and PHP support on Ubuntu 17.04. We also said Lighttpd is an event-based webserver alternative to Nginx, and because of its small memory footprint, it’s a great for high traffic websites on low end servers. This brief tutorial is going to show [...]
Install Lighttpd with PHP7 and MySQL Support on Ubuntu 17.04
Lighttpd is a secure, fast and event-based web server alternative to Nginx. It can be used to serve up pages for high-traffic websites. It also has very small memory footprint which makes it a great webserver for busy websites on low-end systems. This brief tutorial is going to show you how to install Lighttpd with support for [...]
Setup Nginx with HTTP/2 Support on Ubuntu 17.04
HTTP/2 is the new version to HTTP/1 which has been the default protocol since it was standardized way back in the year 1999. It has functioned as the defacto protocol since until HTTP/2 (version 2) was standardized. Major webservers like Apache2, Nginx and others are including HTTP/2 (version 2) support into their builds and [...]
How to Access Windows 10 Files from Ubuntu 17.04
This post shows you how to access Windows 10 files and folders from Ubuntu machines via Samba. With Samba installed on Ubuntu systems and joined to the same workgroup as Windows, you’ll be able to access and share files and folders between the two systems, even though they’re different operating systems. In order [...]
Installing Windows 10 on VMware Workstation Pro
We previously talked about using VMware Workstation Pro and VirtualBox virtualization software to run multiple operating systems from a single computer, and the benefits they provide especially for IT students and professionals. With these virtualization software, you can run multiple lab environments running on virtual guest [...]
Setting up SSL/TLS for Apache2 on Ubuntu 17.04
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) are protocols used to secure communications between networks devices or services. It’s commonly used to encrypt web traffic between a client web browser and a web server. Other network devices and services use SSL/TLS as well, however, the protocols are mostly [...]
How to Secure Nginx Websites using SSL/TLS on Ubuntu 17.04
SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) and TLS (Transport Layer Security) are protocols to secure communications across two or multiple networked devices / services and websites. It’s the most commonly used protocols to enable secure communications between a web browser and web server. This brief tutorial is going to show you how to [...]