Jeff Wilson, Author at RoseHosting

How to Install NextCloud 14 on Ubuntu 16.04

December 9, 2022October 8, 2018 by Jeff Wilson

We’ll show you how to install NextCloud 14 on an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS. NextCloud is an open-source software suite that allows users to store their data such as files, contacts, calendars, a news feed, TODO lists, and much more on their personal servers. It is a popular alternative to another widely used file hosting application called ownCloud. However, unlike ownCloud, NextCloud is fully open-source. Installing Nextcloud 14 on your Ubuntu 16.04 server is a fairly easy task, follow the steps below and you should have Nextcloud 14 installed on Ubuntu 16.04 in less than 10 minutes. Let’s get started with the tutorial!

We have an updated version of this tutorial on How to Install Nextcloud on Ubuntu 20.04

Disable or Enable SSH Root Login and Secure SSH Access in CentOS 7

December 8, 2022October 4, 2018 by Jeff Wilson

We all know that CentOS comes with root access disabled for the outside world by default. This means that you can not directly log in as a root user via SSH, but you can still go ahead and utilize root privileges by using the ‘sudo’ command instead.

However, sometimes it is more convenient to log in directly as the root user. That’s why in this article, we will talk about how to enable, disable and secure the SSH login to your server when attempting to log in as root.

How to install Moodle on CentOS 7

December 9, 2022October 2, 2018 by Jeff Wilson

Moodle is a popular open-source learning management system (LMS) written in PHP. It was built to help educators easily create quality online courses. In this article, we will show you how to install Moodle on a CentOS 7.

How to install Mastodon on CentOS 7

December 9, 2022October 1, 2018 by Jeff Wilson

Mastodon is an open-source free social network based on open web protocol. It used Ruby on Rails for the back-end and React.js and Redux for the front-end. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Mastodon on a CentOS 7 server.

How to Install PHP 7.2 on CentOS 7

December 12, 2022September 28, 2018 by Jeff Wilson

We will show you how to install PHP 7.2 on CentOS 7 as an operating system. PHP is a server-side scripting language commonly used for Web development, but it is also used as a general-purpose programming language. PHP powers WordPress, the most popular content management system used for blogging and building websites as well as may other e-commerce websites, customer relationship management software, enterprise resource planning software and much more. Installing PHP 7.2 on CentOS 7 is a pretty easy task and it should be completed in less than 10 minutes.

How to Deal with Huge (and Growing) Log Files in Linux

April 5, 2023September 27, 2018 by Jeff Wilson

If you’ve managed a Linux server for any length of time, you’re familiar with the problem of log files. They can sometimes be difficult enough to even find in the first place, and then you’re sometimes confronted with a file that’s hundreds of MB in size (or even GB). Searching through it is a pain, and they can eventually even start eating up your storage space.

How to Install WildFly 14 on CentOS 7

December 13, 2022September 26, 2018 by Jeff Wilson

WildFly is a state-of-the-art Java web application server designed around speed and being lightweight. Formerly known as JBoss, WildFly is open-source and aims to provide the fastest Java runtime environment possible. With features such as subsystem blocks made to be easily added and removed, centralized configurations between environments, support for the latest Java enterprise standards, and much more, WildFly is an excellent choice for an application server.

Linux Grep Guide for Advanced Users

April 5, 2023September 25, 2018 by Jeff Wilson

Anyone who’s administered a Linux server for a certain amount of time is familiar with the “grep” command. With Linux’s philosophy of “Everything is a file”, grep becomes crucial to traversing log files, configuration files, checking for certain errors in output files, and getting the number of matches. In this tutorial, I’ll show you a few advanced uses of grep that can still be pretty useful. These are not hard to find in the man pages, but they’re just an extension of grep’s default functionality.