How to install PHP-Nuke on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS

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PHP-Nuke is a web-based automated news publishing and content management system (CMS), based on PHP and MySQL. The Administrator has total control of his web site, registered users, and he will have in the hand a powerful assembly of tools to maintain an active and 100% interactive web site using databases. This guide should work on other Linux VPS systems as well but was tested and written for an Ubuntu 14.04 Cloud VPS.

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Install Kolab Groupware on a CentOS 7 VPS

In this article we will guide you through the installation and setup of Kolab on a CentOS 7 Cloud VPS. Kolab is scalable, secure and reliable groupware suite. It comes with well known components for standard tasks such as email server, directory service, and web service. Kolab is completely free and open source and it comes in two editions: Kolab Community edition and Kolab Enterprise edition.

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Setup Virtual Users in VSFTPD

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By default vsftpd is configured to work with system users. Setup virtual users instead of system users is a good security practice if you are hosting several web sites and you want the webmasters to have access only to their own files. In today’s article we will explain how to create vsftpd virtual users on a CentOS Cloud VPS

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Grep command examples

Grep is one of the most used commands in Unix (or Linux). The name “grep” means “general regular expression parser” The grep command is used to search for text strings or regular expressions within one or more files. It can be very useful in your daily administration work on your Linux Cloud Hosting account.

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Why cloud computing will revolutionize the way we think about computing

Not everyone is convinced about the significance of the burgeoning shift towards cloud computing, but as time goes by and more and more names become associated with cloud computing, it is beginning to dawn on the computing world just how relevant cloud computing is going to be. At the first onset of cloud computing, only the big names like Apple, Google, and Amazon were seen to be paying it some serious attention. And it seems like the pioneers are right when they predicted that cloud computing is the future of computing and that it will revolutionize the way we think about computing.

But how so?

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Is it time for you to move to the cloud? (Pros and Cons)

For some, cloud computing is the answer to many problems posed by traditional hosting. For others, cloud hosting is still an unstable, unreliable technology that still needs work. If you used to belong to the second group, you may be missing out by dismissing the cloud that easily.

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Why You Should Move From An Ordinary VPS To A Cloud VPS?

Sometime back, the entire computing world was caught in a heated debate about which one is better for hosting websites, a dedicated server or a Virtual Private Server. The consensus back then was that a Virtual Private Server was better, since it was cheaper to set up, cheaper to run, and allowed hardware to run at higher utilization ratings. A VPS was also dubbed as the more flexible, more widely customizable choice. But it was also true that Virtual Private Servers also posed a lot of problems, especially pertaining to maintenance and backups.

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