Kopano is an open source communication and sharing solution. It includes everything you need (and want) for your daily professional life. Its open source nature allows you to keep complete control of your data and your infrastructure. You can see what is happening to your data anytime and anywhere: on-premises or in the (hybrid) cloud…. Read More
If you are hosting a WordPress installation on your Linux server, than you may find it useful to automate the update using a bash script. While WordPress is capable of doing a web based update, we strongly believe in the principle of least privilege. Using this principle ensures tight security, however this comes at the… Read More
If you are hosting a Piwik Web Analytics installation on your Linux server, than you may find it useful to automate the update using a bash script. While Piwik is capable of doing a web based update, we strongly believe in the principle of least privilege. Using this principle ensures tight security, however this comes… Read More
If you have ever used Ubuntu Server then you should be familiar with the dynamic MOTD. This is what is presented to the user in terminal when a log on occurs. This feature is very nice as it will give you a quick look at useful information. Unfortunately, Devuan Server does not include the dynamic… Read More
I like to call the method below “The Easy Devuan Server Firewall”. You may ask why I call it easy. The answer is simple, it uses standard IPTable’s and has a start and stop script to quickly disable it in the event that debugging is required. Installing the firewall is a simple two stage process…. Read More
If you read our previous article Easy Ubuntu Server Firewall, then you may have noted that on Ubuntu 16.04 the described method no longer works. This is due to systemd. In the article below we will walk through creating a persistent IPTables based firewall on Ubuntu 16.04 LTS. First we need to install some required… Read More
If you have ever used Ubuntu Server prior to its newest release of 16.04, then you should be familiar with the dynamic MOTD. Previously, this is what is presented to the user in terminal when a log on occurs. This feature is very nice as it will give you a quick look at useful information…. Read More
In this article we are going to show you how to create a Debian Server Virtual Machine Template based on the work of Thomas Liske over at Templating Debian GNU/Linux. While our process is primarily based on Thomas’s work, we have opted to go the bash scripting route instead of installing the ovfdep tool. It… Read More
Over the past few months while testing some new servers running Ubuntu 16.04 LTS, we noticed that the Dynamic MOTD system seems to be outdated or completely broken when logging in via ssh. While this is a minor annoyance, it needed to be fixed. Initially we referenced our previous article Ubuntu 14.04 Outdated MOTD as… Read More
You may be asking yourself, what the hell is Devuan. If that is the case please see our article Devuan Server. To briefly summarize, Devuan is a fork of the Debian Linux distribution. Its stated first goal is to provide a distribution without the controversial Systemd installed by default. Whether you are a fan of… Read More