Jeff Wilson

An experienced Linux veteran with many years of experience. Helping other Linux admins with frequent Linux and business-related blog posts on the RoseHosting blog. Techie by choice. Loving nature and travel. Happily married and father of two lovely children.

How To Set Up Apache with HTTP/2 on Ubuntu 16.04

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We’ll show you, How To Set Up Apache with HTTP/2. HTTP/2 is the first major HTTP protocol update since 1997. The main goal of HTTP/2 is to decrease latency, reduce total number of TCP connections, thus improve page load speed in web browsers. HTTP/2 is backwards-compatible with HTTP/1.1, all application semantics of HTTP are the same, except the way of transmitting data via TCP connection. HTTP/2 leverages multiplexing and allows asynchronous (parallel) requests and provides data compression of HTTP headers. Also, the server push method in HTTP/2 allows server to send multiple responses for a single request.

HTTP/2 support is not included in Ubuntu 16.04, neither with nginx nor with Apache because this feature is considered as experimental by the Apache httpd upstream project, so it is not possible to enable it on an Ubuntu 14.04 VPS using the a2enmod command:

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How to migrate from ownCloud to Nextcloud

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How to migrate from ownCloud to Nextcloud

We’ll show you, how to migrate from ownCloud to Nextcloud. Nextcloud is a fork of ownCloud which is quickly gaining in popularity and many ownCloud users are migrating from ownCloud to Nextcloud. The migration process is quick and quite simple. In one of our previous articles we wrote about how to Install Nextcloud on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS and today we will show you how to migrate from ownCloud to Nextcloud. The transfer from ownCloud to Nextcloud should be seamless, as the user interface and features of both apps are quite similar. Migrating from ownCloud to Nextcloud is not so complicated task, just follow this tutorial bellow and you should have it done in less then 10 minutes.

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Install ionCube Loader on a CentOS 7

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Install ionCube Loader on a CentOS 7

We’ll show you, how to install ionCube loader on a CentOS 7. ionCube loader is a PHP module that enables PHP to load files, protected with the ionCube Encoder software. It is mostly used by many commercial software vendors to protect their code and stop it from being visible. In this tutorial we will show you how to enable ionCube Loaders on a CentOS 7 VPS. Installing ionCube loader on CentOS 7, is an easy task, just follow our tutorial below and you should install ionCube Loader on CentOS 7 server in few minutes.

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Install Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu 16.04

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Install Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu 16.04

We’ll show you how to Install Ruby on Rails on Ubuntu 16.04. Ruby on Rails is a full stack web application framework which provides default structures for databases, web services and web pages. It is used by many developers since it makes the application development very simple. In this tutorial we will show you how to install Ruby on Rails on a Linux VPS running Ubuntu 16.04 as an operating system.

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100+ self-hosted alternatives to popular services

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Most of us use online services like Gmail, Dropbox, Skype, Evernote etc. on a daily basis without having control over the service. However, now it’s easier than ever to find a self-hosted alternative to your favorite online service and have complete control over it. In this article, we will share a huge list of self-hosted alternatives to popular online services.

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Check if an Email Exists

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Check if Email Exists

check email address validityIn this article, you’ll learn how to use the command line to Check if Email Exists, without sending an email. You don’t have to pay for any software or online services and you don’t have to send out test emails. You can do it all for free through the command line, without any limits on how many times you can do it!

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Install PostgreSQL with phpPgAdmin on Ubuntu 16.04

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Install PostgreSQL with phpPgAdmin on Ubuntu

We’ll show you, how to Install PostgreSQL with phpPgAdmin on Ubuntu 16.04. PostgreSQL is an object-relational database management system (ORDBMS) that is suited for large databases and has many advanced features. Its emphasis is on extensibility and standards-compliance. PostgreSQL can handle workloads ranging from small single-machine applications to large Internet-facing applications with many concurrent users. Installing PostgreSQL with phpPgAdmin on Ubuntu 16.04, is an easy and doesn’t take much time, follow the steps in this tutorial and you will be able to create and manage databases in PostgreSQL on Ubuntu 16.04, in few minutes. PostgreSQL is available for many operating systems few of which are Linux, Solaris, FreeBSD and Microsoft Windows.

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