Creating PHP cron jobs on Ubuntu
Running cron jobs on your Ubuntu server to call PHP scripts in a timely manner. The first step would be creating a PHP file that when called will leave proof…
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Installing PHP 7.4 Beta4 on Ubuntu 18.04
Installing the new PHP 7.4 Beta 4 on an Ubuntu 18.04 server, 7.4 Beta4 was released on the 22nd of August 2019. Start by updating package lists and information sudo…
How to do a ping test on Ubuntu
Thankfully pinging from an Ubuntu server is very similar to how its done on Windows systems. To ping a website or ip address 4 times use ping -c 4 hostname…
Creating SSH key access to your Linux VPS
Typical SSH connection is with username and a password, without adding extra security that leaves the server open to brute force or access from anyone who can read your printed…
Vultr; Old vs new instances
Benchmarking and putting the older SSD Vultr series of cloud against the new high frequency NVMe based servers. It is known that the high frequency CPU is at 3.8Ghz and…
Basic Linux commands Part 2: Storage and disk information
Part 2 in the Basic Linux commands; How to view storage space details and information such as free space on Linux, Part 1 was Navigation, folders and files. Viewing disk…
Basic Linux commands Part 1: Navigation, folders and files
No GUI just text, Starting out with terminal can be confusing and daunting. Looking past the black console commands are actually fairly simple. Here are the basics in navigation and…
Zip and Unzip files in Ubuntu
Zipping is the act of compressing a folder or files into one file (.zip) which can then be unpacked to return to the many files again. This is done for…
Full install and setup of Apache, PHP, MySQL, SSL and FTP Ubuntu 18.10
How to install a full web server setup on Ubuntu 18.10 x64. This will also work on other versions of Ubuntu such as 18.04 and 16.04 x64. Installing Apache with…