How to Install Drupal on a Virtual Server Running CentOS 6

Introduction   Drupal is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP. It uses the object oriented programming techniques for enabling powerful online applications and stores data in a database like MySQL or MS SQL. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Drupal on a virtual server running CentOS 6.  …

How to Install Joomla on a Virtual Server Running CentOS 6

Introduction   Joomla is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP. It uses the object oriented programming techniques for enabling powerful online applications and stores data in a database like MySQL or MS SQL. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Joomla on a virtual server running CentOS 6.  …

How to Install Joomla on a Virtual Server Running Ubuntu 12.04

Introduction   Joomla is a free and open-source content management system written in PHP. It uses the object oriented programming techniques for enabling powerful online applications and stores data in a database like MySQL or MS SQL. In this tutorial, you will learn how to install Joomla on a virtual server running Ubuntu 12.04. Prerequisites…

How To Install and Setup Elgg on a Debian or Ubuntu VPS

Introduction An outstanding PHP engine, Elgg, can be utilized for operating your own well-developed social network. Great community support is provided through themes and plugins developed by user community and the official developers. Requirements Ubuntu 12.04 or Debian 7 Apache (with rewrite module) MySQL 5+ PHP 5.2+ (few modules are needed for supporting some features)…

How To Manually Install Oracle Java on a Debian or Ubuntu VPS

Introduction A programming technology, Java, was developed originally by Sun Microsystems and was acquired by Oracle later. Oracle Java is Java’s proprietary implementation that can be downloaded freely and utilized for commercial purpose, but not to be redistributed, hence it doesn’t find inclusion in a repository that is maintained officially. Multiple reasons are there for…

How To Install and Utilize VirtualMin on a VPS

About Virtualmin A Webmin module, Virtualmin permits comprehensive management of a number of virtual private servers. It enables you to manage Nginx,Apache, DNS, PHP, MySQL, mailboxes, PostgreSQL, FTP, Subversion/Git repositories, SSL, SSH and more. In this guide, the GPL (free) edition of Virtualmin will be deployed on a newly created VPS (droplet). Prerequisites Virtualmin advocates…

How to Set Up HTTP Authentication With Nginx On Ubuntu 12.10

Introduction   Nginx is a free and open-source, high performance web server software popular for its stability, simplicity in configuration and low resource consumption. Being a popular web server, many high traffic sites have been hosted using it. When compared to Apache, its considered to be more resource friendly. In this tutorial, you will learn…

How to Install Nginx on Ubuntu 12.04 LTS

Introduction   Nginx is a free and open-source, high performance web server software popular for its stability, simplicity in configuration and low resource consumption. Being a popular web server, many high traffic sites have been hosted using it. When compared to Apache, its considered to be more resource friendly. This tutorial will guide you to…

How to Use Gmail or Yahoo with PHP mail() Function

Introduction   PHP mail() function is used to create and send emails. The function accepts a number of parameters for assigning the actual values to the various fields of email. The sendmail_path configuration directive has programs which will be used to send emails. Most of the Linux distributions will have sendmail pre-installed. But the set…