How to Install Lighttpd on Ubuntu Linux

How to Install Lighttpd on Ubuntu Linux

Welcome to our comprehensive guide on installing Lighttpd on Ubuntu Linux. Lighttpd is a lightweight web server designed for high-performance environments, delivering speed, flexibility, and security. Its low memory footprint and small CPU load make it ideal for servers with high traffic volumes, yet it remains simple and efficient for personal projects. By following this tutorial, you will learn how to set up Lighttpd on your Ubuntu system and understand some basic configurations to get your web server running smoothly.

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10 Essential Methods to Reboot Your Ubuntu Server

10 Essential Methods to Reboot Your Ubuntu Server

Rebooting an Ubuntu server is a routine task for administrators, ensuring the system runs smoothly after updates, changes, or when troubleshooting issues. It’s crucial to understand various methods to reboot your server, each suited for different scenarios. This guide covers 10 methods to reboot your Ubuntu server, ensuring you’re equipped for any situation.

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Raspberry Pi as Music Streamer

Raspberry Pi as Music Streamer

Thanks to its small size and simple requirements, the Raspberry Pi can be transformed into a variety of different specialized devices. One such role that it can fill is that of a dedicated music streamer, or jukebox. Whether you have your own music files (MP3, FLAC, etc) already downloaded and want to stream them to speakers around the house, or you rely on streaming services like Spotify or Pandora, utilizing the Raspberry Pi as a music streamer is a great way to enjoy some tunes. In this tutorial, we will go over the step by step instructions to help you turn your Raspberry Pi into the ideal music streaming device.

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StartOS Linux In-Depth Review: A Comprehensive Look at Performance, User Experience, and Compatibility

StartOS Linux In-Depth Review: A Comprehensive Look at Performance, User Experience, and Compatibility

StartOS (formerly known as EmbassyOS) is a graphical, browser based Linux distribution for servers by Start9. It offers users the ability to install and host a variety of services with a single click. On traditional servers, hosting services usually requires some level of specialized knowledge, tinkering on the command line, and spending time with perusing documentation. StartOS aims to simplify this process by providing an intuitive menu with which you can manage every aspect of your server, as well as anything you have decided to host from it.

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Raspberry Pi as Minecraft Server

Raspberry Pi as Minecraft Server

A Raspberry Pi, especially the newer models, possesses all the necessary hardware power for running a dedicated Minecraft gaming server. While it is easy enough to host the game off your desktop computer while simultaneously playing, having a dedicated server allows you to host an uninterrupted Minecraft session that can stay up and running for longer periods of time. Rather than buying a robust rig to host your server, or paying a third party company to do the hosting for you, utilizing the Raspberry Pi becomes a cheap alternative. On top of that, you still have the ability to customize the server configuration to produce your ideal gaming environment.

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Enabling SSH on Ubuntu 24.04

Quick Guide to Enabling SSH on Ubuntu 24.04

Secure Shell (SSH) is an essential protocol for securely accessing networked machines remotely. SSH offers a secure channel over an unsecured network, providing strong authentication and encrypted data communications between two computers connecting over an open network such as the internet. Ubuntu 24.04, like its predecessors, supports SSH for remote administration, file transfer, and more. This guide will walk you through the process of enabling SSH on your Ubuntu 24.04 system, ensuring secure and remote management capabilities.

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introduction to lvm thin provisioning

Introduction to LVM thin provisioning

LVM (Logical Volume Manager) is a technology which allow us to create a layer of abstraction over physical storage devices, and implement flexible partitioning schemes where logical volumes are easier to shrink, enlarge or remove than classical “bare” partitions. While LVM “thick” provisioning requires the allocation of a fixed amount of storage space to a LVM logical volume at creation time, by using “thin” provisioning, storage is allocated only when needed.

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Introduction to proxmox backup server web interface

Introduction to the Proxmox backup server: the web interface

Proxmox backup server is an enterprise-level solution to backup containers, virtual machines and physical hosts. In the first part of this series, we learned how to download and install the distribution. Although the system can be managed from the command line, just like any other Linux distribution, it comes also with a user-friendly, integrated web interface.

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Configuring NTP on Ubuntu 24.04

Maintaining accurate system time is crucial for various network operations and synchronization tasks. In Ubuntu 24.04, setting up the Network Time Protocol (NTP) ensures your system clock remains synchronized with internet time servers. This guide provides a detailed walkthrough on configuring NTP on Ubuntu 24.04, ensuring your system’s timekeeping is precise and reliable.

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Personalizing Keyboard Layouts in Linux

Personalizing Keyboard Layouts in Linux

A keyboard has to be the most essential peripheral of any computer system. In order to make sure it works as intended, the correct keyboard layout must be loaded on the Linux operating system, so that the keys on your keyboard will correspond to the letters or symbols that are being typed on screen. This is why it is so important to personalize the keyboard layout of your system to work with your keyboard model. In addition, we can configure custom keyboard settings which makes life a little easier.

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introduction to proxmox backup server

Introduction to Proxmox backup server

Proxmox backup server is a free and open source, enterprise-level backup solution. It is implemented as a dedicated Linux distribution based on Debian, and supports essential features like deduplication and encryption. We can use it as a solution to back up and restore virtual machines, containers and physical hosts.

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