Helpful Tips and Tricks for Server Administrators
No matter how big or small your organization might be, it still needs that data collection in a database, to ensure smooth access, retrieval, and business data management.
Let’s have a closer look at the history & origins for the most popular open-source database system worldwide, MySQL.
Linux Create a new folder (for example mkdir /home/username/FXServer/server), this will be used for the server binaries. Download the latest master branch build for Linux from the artifacts server(copy the URL for the latest server version and use wget <url> to download it). Extract the build to the directory that was previously created, using cd /home/username/FXServer/server && tar xf fx.tar.xz (you need to … Read more
ConfigServer Firewall, also known as CSF, is a firewall configuration script created to provide better security for your server while giving you an advanced, easy to use interface for managing firewall settings. ConfigServer Firewall also comes with a service called Login Failure Daemon, or LFD Prerequisites CentOS 8 (CentOS 7 will also work). root privileges to your CentOS Server What we … Read more
Whether you’re running a LAMP stack on Ubuntu or CentOS, it is usually very good practice to back up your MySQL databases to prevent data loss. Here we will teach you how to do this with the help of the mysqldump command. Your Ubuntu Server is now up and running with a LAMP stack in your … Read more
To Change the SSH Port for Your Linux Server Connect to your server via SSH Switch to the root user Run the following command:vi /etc/ssh/sshd_config Locate the following line:# Port 22 Remove # and change 22 to your desired port number. Restart the sshd service by running the following command: service sshd restart
In this post, you will learn how to secure SSH on your Bare Metal Server. Securing SSH on your server is quick and easy, to secure the server , we would disable direct root login. That could be done via sshd_config file. Here Protocol 2 needs to be used which is more secure. Refer the … Read more
In this Tutorial we will explain how you can simply unban any IP address on your Linux Server. Pro Tip: We recommend you make sure the IP Address in question is IN FACT the one that you want to unban. Sometimes IPTables will ban IP addresses that are in fact malicious, however in some cases … Read more