The main user / administrator of a Linux server is root. Here is how you can create a new user […]
How to update CentOS 6.4 To 6.5
The current stable version of CentOS Linux OS is 6.5 If you want to upgrade your VPS / dedicated server […]
Step by Step Tutorial – How To Install Nginx on CentOS 6
In this tutorial, I will explain how to install Nginx on a CentOS server / VPS. This is very easy […]
How to Open Port 80 and 443 for Incoming Traffic on a Linux Server
I was recently installing and configuring a new server. After installing CentOS I installed Apache. But server IP was not […]
Server Security – How to Protect Server from XMAS Attacks
You can protect your server from XMAS Attacks and drop incoming malformed XMAS packets by applying following rule in IPTable. […]
Server Security – How To Protect Server from syn-flood attack
Syn-flood attacks are common these days. Syn-flood attack means that the attackers open a new connection to the server, but […]
Server Security – How to block Null Packets on a Linux Server
For security reason, you should block all incoming null packets requests to your server. All TCP requests with flag NONE […]
Step By Step Tutorial – How to Install cPanel On a CentOS VPS
In this tutorial, I will explain how to install cPanel on a new Linux server with CentOS installed on server. […]
How to search some text in a file via SSH
Let’s say we want to search for text lophost in file /var/log/messages We can do this using command grep. Login […]
How to rename a file via SSH
On a Linux server you can rename a file using mv command. Let say you want to rename file-one.txt to […]