Ubuntu 16.04

Introduction> Introduction # One of the easiest way of increasing the responsiveness of your server and guarding against out-of-memory errors in applications is to add some swap space. In this guide, we will cover how to add a swap file to an Ubuntu 16.

Laravel is one of the most popular open-source web application frameworks written in PHP. It aims to help developers build both simple and complex applications by making frequently-used application tasks (like caching and authentication) easier.

Introduction> Introduction # The Apache web server is the most popular way of serving web content on the internet. It accounts for more than half of all active websites on the internet and is extremely powerful and flexible.

Introduction> Introduction # TLS, or transport layer security, and its predecessor SSL, which stands for secure sockets layer, are web protocols used to wrap normal traffic in a protected, encrypted wrapper.

Introduction> Introduction # Redis is an in-memory key-value store known for its flexibility, performance, and wide language support. In this guide, we will demonstrate how to install and configure Redis on an Ubuntu 16.

Introduction> Introduction # RAID arrays provide increased performance and redundancy by combining individual disks into virtual storage devices in specific configurations. In Linux, the mdadm utility makes it easy to create and manage software RAID arrays.

Introduction> Introduction # When you first create a new Ubuntu 16.04 server, there are a few configuration steps that you should take early on as part of the basic setup. This will increase the security and usability of your server and will give you a solid foundation for subsequent actions.

Introduction> Introduction # This tutorial will get you up and running with a local Python 3 programming environment in Ubuntu 16.04. Python is a versatile programming language that can be used for many different programming projects.

Introduction> Introduction # Anaconda is an open-source package manager, environment manager, and distribution of the Python and R programming languages. It is commonly used for large-scale data processing, scientific computing, and predictive analytics, serving data scientists, developers, business analysts, and those working in DevOps.

Introduction> Introduction # Let’s Encrypt is a Certificate Authority (CA) that provides an easy way to obtain and install free TLS/SSL certificates, thereby enabling encrypted HTTPS on web servers. It simplifies the process by providing a software client, Certbot, that attempts to automate most (if not all) of the required steps.

Introduction> Introduction # Django is a free and open-source web framework written in Python that adheres to the model template view (MTV) software architectural pattern. The MTV pattern is Django’s take on the model–view–controller (MVC) pattern.

Introduction> Introduction # NGINX is a fast and reliable open-source web server. It gained its popularity due to its low memory footprint, high scalability, ease of configuration, and support for the vast majority of different protocols.

Introduction> Introduction # Docker is a great tool for automating the deployment of Linux applications inside software containers, but to take full advantage of its potential each component of an application should run in its own individual container.

Introduction> Introduction # GitLab Community Edition is a self-hosted Git repository provider with additional features to help with project management and software development. One of the most valuable features that GitLab offers is the builtin continuous integration and delivery tool called GitLab CI.

Introduction> Introduction # Docker can be an efficient way to run web applications in production, but you may want to run multiple applications on the same Docker host. In this situation, you’ll need to set up a reverse proxy since you only want to expose ports 80 and 443 to the rest of the world.

Introduction> Introduction # Composer is a popular dependency management tool for PHP, created mainly to facilitate installation and updates for project dependencies. It will check which other packages a specific project depends on and install them for you, using the appropriate versions according to the project requirements.

The author selected the Open Internet/Free Speech to receive a donation as part of the Write for DOnations program. Introduction> Introduction # Kubernetes is an open source container orchestration system. It allows you to create, update, and scale containers without worrying about downtime.

Introduction> Introduction # NFS, or Network File System, is a distributed file system protocol that allows you to mount remote directories on your server. This lets you manage storage space in a different location and write to that space from multiple clients.

The author selected the Tech Education Fund to receive a donation as part of the Write for DOnations program. Introduction> Introduction # Samba is an open-source implementation of the SMB/CIFS networking protocol used in Windows environments for shared services such as file and printer access and Active Directory.

Introduction> Introduction # Webmin is a web front-end that allows you to manage your server remotely through a browser. Virtualmin is a plugin for Webmin that simplifies the management of multiple virtual hosts through a single interface, similar to cPanel or Plesk.