Also known as the cloud Definition A Virtual Private Server (VPS) is a virtual server which acts as a dedicated or private server even though it is hosted using virtualization on a physical server which runs several operating systems. It is perceived as private/dedicated because the user has exclusive access and it can run its own operating system instance. Function To better understand the...
The essential tool You got to a point where the Linux vps server is ready to serve your content to the world but fail to see how to upload your work from your pc. Don’t worry, the solution is simple. WinSCP is one of the many graphical SSH clients capable of transferring files from a Windows platform to a Linux one. It works over SSH using SFTP on port 22 of the remote machine therefore...
In this tutorial, we will demonstrate using various scenarios, how to change the Administrator password, which is the main administrative account, on Windows 10 and Windows Server 2016, the enterprise version of Windows 10. Microsoft Windows 10 Method 1. You know the current Administrator password If you already know the password, it is pretty easy to change the Administrator password. -Open the...
This tutorial will help users that want to install drivers for their NVIDIA GPU on Ubuntu 18.04 LTS OS. Step 1 – Clean the system of other Nvidia drivers Before we start installing the correct driver, we need to clean the system of any previously installed driver that might create software issues. We can do that by using the following command: sudo apt-get purge nvidia* Step 2 – Check...
Secure Copy over SSH As the name implies, SCP stands for SecureCopy and is a Linux command for copying files to and from different hosts. It does this by using the SSH protocol ensuring encryption on both filenames and the password. Unlike other protocols like FTP , the filenames or the password is not visible in case someone is snooping the network making SCP a very secure and powerful tool. By...
Easier than it sounds You may come across a situation where you must change the linux password of a user be it root or any other. Luckily , the process is rather simple and easy to do. First step is to connect to the VPS or Linux machine with the root account via your desired SSH client and run the following command: passwd user After pressing enter, you will be prompted to insert the new...
Fail2ban Fail2ban is a very good tool for hardening linux against brute-force attacks. It works by checking logs and creating iptable rules once the rules are triggered. The following guide is for Ubuntu/Debian who’s repos already provide the required pacakges. For CentOS/RHEL, epel-release repo must be installed first. Update the packages and install fail2ban: apt update && apt -y...
Why the fuss about security? Linux is secure by default but the multitude of options at your disposal are plenty and rather loose or very customizable. Some basic options do not work out of the box but there is nothing preventing you to enable them. Public key authentication It is the most basic and simple way to login via SSH but it’s not uncrackable. The best way by far is using Public...
What is Teamspeak? Teamspeak is a VoIP software mostly used by videogame players to communicate to each other by talking instead of typing. Using a VoIP (Voice over IP) app is crucial when playing multiplayer games with your friends without having to type in order to talk. Prerequisites You will need the following tools in order to create your own Teamspeak server: An SSH client –...
Areca CLI In order to monitor, configure or get a report from an Areca RAID controller, the best tool to use is the Areca command line interface names cli32 or cli64 (for 64 bit systems). Commands are mostly the same for both 32-bit and 64-bit versions therefore the following examples will be using cli32. Some basic examples: Show a list of possible commands: cli32 main Show the current RAID set...