How to Install Etherpad on Debian 9

In this article, we will show you how to install Etherpad on a managed Debian 9 server.

Etherpad is a real-time editor that is web-based and comes as an open-source package. This application allows users to simultaneously edit documents in real time and to see the differences through the use of colored text. Etherpad also has a chat box that allows users to easily communicate between one another, further improving productivity. This won’t take very long to install, so let’s get startedz

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How to Install CiviCRM on Ubuntu 18.04

In this article we will show you how to install WordPress, as well as deploy CiviCRM on an Ubuntu 18.04 VPS.

CiviCRM is an open source constituent relationship management (CRM) specifically designed for the needs of non-profit, non-governmental, and advocacy groups. It is developed and maintained by a growing community of contributors and is designed to manage information about an organization’s members, event registrants, donors, subscribers, grant application seekers, funders, and case contacts. CiviCRM can be deployed in conjunction with either WordPress, Drupal or Joomla to track contacts and their relationships to projects and initiatives.

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How to Install pip on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install pip on an Ubuntu 18.04 VPS.

Pip is a package management system which can be used to install and manage packages written in Python. Python is a programming language that allows you to perform web development, software development, system administration, scientific and numeric data analysis, and much more. The Python Package Index (PyPI) hosts thousands of third-party modules for Python and you can install any of these modules using the pip package manager. Installing Pip on Ubuntu 18.04 is a very easy task, and if you follow our instructions carefully, you will have pip installed on your Ubuntu 18.04 VPS in just a few minutes. Let’s get started with the installation.

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How to Install Apache CouchDB on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and set up Apache CouchDB on a VPS running Ubuntu 18.04.

Apache CouchDB is a free and open-source NoSQL database solution. Apache CouchDB has a document-oriented NoSQL database architecture and is implemented in the concurrency-oriented language Erlang; Apache CouchDB uses JSON to store data with documents, it uses JavaScript as its query language using MapReduce, and it uses RESTful HTTP for its API. CouchDB works smoothly with all latest modern web and mobile applications. All of this makes for a pretty seamless database experience. Let’s get started with installing CouchDB.

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How to Install Mastodon on Ubuntu 18.04

In this article, we will install Mastodon on an Ubuntu 18.04 VPS.

Mastodon is a free and open-source network platform that is very similar to the famous social media platform known as Twitter. However, unlike Twitter, there is no single central authority and there is no advertising. Mastodon is written in Ruby and JavaScript and its open-source nature makes sure that it remains open for anyone to use privately and securely. Anyone can create a Mastodon server and build their own communities with friends. Additionally, Mastodon is supported by and available through multiple apps for iOS, Android, and other platforms, which will allow you to keep in touch with your friends anywhere you go. Let’s start with installing Mastodon.

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How to Install Zabbix On Debian 9

In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to install Zabbix on a Debian 9 VPS.

Zabbix is a highly integrated open-source system monitoring solution. It is a software that provides monitoring of numerous parameters and metrics such as CPU, network, disk, and many others. All of the reports and statistics are accessible using a web-based front-end interface which ensures that the status of your network and the health of your servers can be easily viewed, from any location, at any time. Let’s begin with installing Zabbix.

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How to Install Icinga 2 on Debian 9

In this tutorial, we’ll show you how to install Icinga 2, Icinga Web 2 and all the required components on a Debian 9 VPS.

Icinga 2 is a modern open-source network monitoring application which can be used to monitor the network infrastructure and check the health of servers and their services. Icinga 2 is a branch of Nagios rewritten from scratch in C++. It is backwards-compatible with all existing Nagios plugins, add-ons, and the Nagios user interface. Icinga 2 has a user-friendly web interface, but it also comes with a command line interface that can be used to monitor networks, servers and services with specific commands.

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How to Install Apache Cassandra on CentOS 7

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install and set up Apache Cassandra on a CentOS 7 VPS.

Apache Cassandra is a free and open-source, high performance, highly scalable distributed NoSQL database management system designed to handle a high volume of structured data across many commodity servers, providing high availability with no single point of failure. Cassandra is an excellent choice when downtime or data loss is unacceptable, where redundancy is key. Let’s begin with the installation.

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