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Connecting to the Cloud: A Strategic Approach for Businesses
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Connecting to the Cloud: A Strategic Approach for Businesses

In the digital age, businesses increasingly migrate towards cloud-based solutions to enhance their operational efficiency, scalability, and flexibility. This move necessitates a strategic approach to connecting to cloud services, ensuring security, reliability, and optimal performance. This article explores the essentials of crafting an effective cloud connectivity strategy, highlighting key considerations and solutions like Google Cloud Interconnect, to empower businesses in their cloud journe

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Best Linux Backup Software For Desktops And Servers [2024]
System Administration 9 min read

Best Linux Backup Software For Desktops And Servers [2024]

Cloud services have saved us time and effort. We can back up essential files online and access them whenever we want. However, backing up the full operating system is typically not possible with cloud services such as Gdrive, OneDrive, etc. Furthermore, an operating system with a large number of apps can be larger than 100GB in size. How about a Linux server? A production server regularly stores, updates, moves and deletes files. When administering a server, the administrator must b

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10 Steps To Secure Linux Server + {Bonus Tips}
System Administration 9 min read

10 Steps To Secure Linux Server + {Bonus Tips}

Linux servers are already extremely secure by default; that’s why 100% of supercomputers, most of the top 1 million servers, and top 25% of websites on the internet run on Linux. Besides having security tools in place, users should follow a few steps to further secure Linux servers. Are Linux servers more secure? The short answer is Yes but… As we all know, nothing is perfect. Things can go wrong if proper precautions are not taken. Once in a while, Linux tools encounter serious vu

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What Is Headless Server
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What Is Headless Server

You may have heard of the headless server. A headless server is simply an operating system installed on a computer without a monitor, mouse, keyboard, and other peripherals. One can make a server a headless server by connecting it to a network and removing the monitor, mouse, keyboard, and peripherals. The only way to access a headless server is to use networking tools such as ssh and vnc server. You may ask why somebody needs to create a headless server. It must be not easy to perform s

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What Is Bulletproof Hosting
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What Is Bulletproof Hosting

The Internet is one of the most wonderful things that ever happened. Today around 53% of the World’s population consumes content from the Internet, whether it be sharing information on social media or chatting with friends on their favorite IM app. Every second, a huge amount of data is uploaded on the internet. With this huge amount of data being stored on servers, web hosting companies have a big responsibility to scan, verify and secure their users’ data. Most companies that host

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Debian Vs. Ubuntu
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Debian Vs. Ubuntu

Debian vs. Ubuntu — Debian and Ubuntu are the two names that Linux users hear from day one. Both of these are popular Linux distributions with a huge user base. One should know the differences and similarities before choosing these operating systems for personal or commercial purposes. If you have just arrived in the Linux world, you may have heard of Debian and Ubuntu. Debian and Ubuntu are the most popular Linux distributions. It is important to know what these two distributions stand

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Set up Email Server With Virtualmin For Unlimited Emails & Storage
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Set up Email Server With Virtualmin For Unlimited Emails & Storage

In the Linux cPanel series, I reviewed Virtualmin, one of the best open-source cPanels for websites and email servers. Virtualmin is built on top of Webmin, another great, free & open source website control panel. What’s great about Virtualmin is that it lets users straightforwardly create virtual servers. It lets managing multiple websites on one server and keeping all the websites separate from each other. So if one website is using PHP 7, the other could use any other version, or diff

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ORC - Anonymous Cloud Storage Helps Protect Investigative Journalism
System Administration 6 min read

ORC - Anonymous Cloud Storage Helps Protect Investigative Journalism

ORC stands for Onion Routed Cloud, which is an anonymous cloud storage network. It is a free and open-source project. ORC allows anonymous file-sharing online without the risk of leaking them to the Internet. Why Is Anonymous Cloud Storage Important? When governments around the world are peeking into everyone’s life, Journalists and activists around the globe are finding it difficult to communicate safely on the Internet. Journalists around the globe are being murdered, facing

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Cloud firewalls for WordPress
cloud firewalls 6 min read

Cloud firewalls for WordPress

If you use WordPress, WordPress itself takes care of many security issues and keeps resolving new ones in every update. Recent update WordPress 5.5 provides features to auto-update themes and plugins to improve site security. This article will talk about some of the widespread security threats for websites and how to secure our websites using cloud-based firewalls for WordPress. WordPress threats Plugins or themes vulnerabilities Not just WordPress but every other conten

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Vesta Control Panel - Simple Yet Powerful Control Panel For Linux
Linux cPanels 5 min read

Vesta Control Panel - Simple Yet Powerful Control Panel For Linux

cPanel web hosting is easier to set up and manage. Users unfamiliar with Linux servers can easily maintain servers using cPanel, a GUI control panel for web servers. Buying shared hosting or managed web hosting can provide users a control panel. But both types of hostings have their own advantages and disadvantages. Read this article to know things to remember before buying web hosting. In this Linux cPanel series, I am discussing the best open source alternatives of cPanel. Most of

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aaPanel - An Open Source Alternative For cPanel
Linux cPanels 6 min read

aaPanel - An Open Source Alternative For cPanel

cPanel is the control panel for web hosting built by cPanel LTD. In the last article of the Linux cPanel series, I reviewed Virtualmin, a popular, free, and open-source control panel. aaPanel is also a free and open-source control panel for Linux. It’s easy to install & all the web hosting options are well-categorized for easily managing websites and databases. cPanel is a trendy control panel for web hosting. Most web hosting companies, including Hostgator, Bluehost, and GoDaddy, provid

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How To Change SSH Port In Linux
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How To Change SSH Port In Linux

We wrote a detailed article on what SSH is and how to use SSH to connect to a remote server. In this article, you will learn why and how to change the default SSH port. Why change the default SSH port? If your Linux distro does not have SSH pre-installed, it’s easy to install. Use the package manager to install SSH or read this article. When trying to connect to the remote server, the basic command requires the username and the IP of the remote server. ssh username@ip_add

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