I have been running a Linux (Ubuntu) server for almost 3 years now. When I learned the power of SSH, I was thrilled to be able to work on my server remotely. With smartphones came apps to remotely control ubuntu server. Recently, I published a post that described three free … read more
When upgrading from one version of Linux (Ubuntu in my case) to another or while transferring your websites to a clean install it is common to encounter the following warning while starting/restarting apache: This happens when hosts are defined in both /etc/apache2/sites-available/default as well as /etc/apache2/ports.conf. SOLUTION: Comment out the … read more
Your server speed, cpu usage, memory usage, and overall Linux performance depends also on the amount of system resources your desktop environment is using. A lightweight desktop environment or a minimal desktop, will consume less resources and therefore make more resources available for serving purposes. Many system administrators argue that … read more
CouchPotato is a wonderful set and forget python script to automatically download and pass movie torrent files to torrent downloaders (eg. Transmission) or NZB files to NZB downloaders (eg. SABNzbd+). In this post I will explain how to setup CouchPotato Apache reverse proxy. How It works through a feature-full CouchPotato … read more
Transmission bittorrent is probably the most common bittorent client for Linux platforms. Transmission web interface is like a thin client yet feature-rich and aesthetically pleasing. Bittorrent client for Windows and Linux are both available. In this post, I will explain how to setup server running Ubuntu 12.04 with Transmission Apache … read more
Sometimes when you install Ubuntu, the .bashrc file is missing. The problem comes when you want to start using aliases as described in this post. Here is how to fix it. Make sure that your .bashrc file is missing. Check to see if you have a .bashrc file. If you … read more
Working in commandline offers speed and convenience. The downside is you will have to remember all the commands and some of them are long and can affect your productivity. Fortunately, we can create shortcuts to commands that can significantly speedup the work. In Ubuntu, a user can create a “.bash_aliases” … read more
This tutorial shows you how to connect to your Ubuntu server using ssh with keys. The advantage is that you can connect to your server without passwords. However, this is strongly not recommended because anyone with access to your private key can break-in to your server. So here it goes: … read more
In this post, I will show you how I configured dynamic DNS client (ddclient) on Linux (Ubuntu) to simultaneously update DynDns and Zonedit accounts with multiple hosts. I recently switched my routers. My previous router (Linksys WRT-320N) ran DD-WRT but my current one (ASUS RT-N13U) runs its own firmware, which … read more