Password Protect Using Htaccess
The easiest way to protect a web directory is to use a .htaccess file. A .htaccess file is a directory level configuration file used by several web servers including the highly popular Apache. The...
View ArticleInstall LAMP on Ubuntu Desktop
My development server is old. You’ll get a chuckle when you see the specs. It runs on a 400Mhz Pentium II CPU with a 128MB RAM and a 40GB drive. This old relic still manages to run Apache, MySQL, PHP...
View ArticleRemove Apache, Install Lighttpd
I was asked in my previous post as to why I installed the popular Apache web server instead of lighttpd, a fast and highly optimized web server with a small footprint. If you need enough convincing,...
View ArticleMaintenance Page Using .htaccess
If you own a website, there are times you need to bring your site down for maintenance or repair. Instead of the ugly 404 page not found, a nicely crafted maintenance page is ideal for your users to...
View ArticlePrevent Others From Hotlinking
You can stop others from hotlinking on your site with the use of the .htaccess file in Apache. Hotlinking is when others are directly linking to an image or a file on your server. It’s bad because,...
View ArticleWordPress and Password Protected Directories
I think I just solved an issue with WordPress Permalinks and password protected directories that use Apache’s .htaccess. Here’s the problem in detail. I have WordPress installed on the root of my...
View ArticleInstall Subversion Repository on Ubuntu Desktop
This is a tutorial how to install a Subversion on your desktop. Subversion is an open-source revision control system. A repository is usually installed on servers so developers and programmers can have...
View ArticleFully Qualified Server Name
If you are trying to restart an Apache server running on Ubuntu, Linux Mint or any other Ubuntu derived distro, you will get an warning message that your Apache server does not contain a fully...
View ArticleRun Multiple Applications in CodeIgniter
You’ve installed CodeIgniter and you’ve written a couple of applications. Now, you want to run two of your applications under one install of CodeIgniter. The following article discusses how to run...
View ArticleThe Perfect Server Based On Ubuntu 10.04
There is no such thing as a perfect server, but this particular one is as close as you can get to being perfect. This tutorial will walk you through how to install the Ubuntu 10.04 LTS Server with all...
View ArticleApache Error: Fully Qualified Domain Name
I recently installed Ubuntu and the Apache web server on another desktop computer. If you like to know how to install Apache, please read my previous post about installing LAMP. In this instance,...
View ArticleMount Bind
The mount command in Linux is used to attach a file system to a certain device. One of the least used features within mount is called bind. With bind, you can mount a certain directory to another...
View ArticleApache mod_spdy
Are you looking for ways to increase the speed of your website? Apache has a new module called mod_spdy which is a new networking protocol spawned by Google. Howtoforge has the install tutorial. It...
View ArticlePermissions To Webroot
I was wondering about the best way to implement and give permissions to webroot, also known as the root directory of your web server. I’m familiar with Ubuntu’s structure, so I’ll use Ubuntu’s default...
View ArticleSimple Invoices 500 Internal Server Error
Simple Invoices is a free, open source, web based invoicing system that you can install on your server, desktop, or at a service provider. I installed Simple Invoices on a webhost company I rather not...
View ArticleDefault Virtual Host in Apache
If you have multiple domains installed in a virtual host configuration with one IP address in Apache, the IP address may not resolve to the domain you prefer. Let me explain. For example, you have the...
View ArticleCheck Apache Version
If you want to know what version of Apache you’re running, do this command: apache2 -v
View ArticleInstall Laravel 4.2 on Ubuntu Server 14.04 LTS
I was having a little trouble getting Laravel installed on a newly installed Ubuntu 14.04 LTS server. I’ve decided to document the whole process in hopes that I’ll use the documentation to good use...
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