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Install PHP5.2, PHP5.6 and PHP7.0 as Apache + FCGI on AlmaLinux8 / Centos8

Posted on August 2, 2023

This might sound very strange in 2023, but here are HOW-TO instructions on how to install Apache with FCGI and various number of old PHP […]

apache, Linux, PHP

Benchmark Ryzen5 3600, Ryzen9 5950, Ryzen7 7700, Ryzen9 7950X3D, Intel i9 13900

Posted on July 10, 2023

Helping customer to choose new server. Doing some benchmarks with sysbench tool and WordPress plugin (wpbenchmark.io). Customer asked me to benchmark servers, that are available […]

Benchmark, Linux, Wordpress

Extending XFS root partition on KVM VPS on Centos

Posted on November 4, 2021

Practical steps for resizing root partition for KVM VPS. Our host runs Centos 8, but VPS itself has Centos 7 (with cPanel, but that does […]

Linux, Security

How to scan for new disks on VPS without reboot

Posted on April 22, 2018

VPS has become a new standard in Hosting world. They have become stable, fast and scalable. Here is a small tip for those, who would […]

Linux, Security

Force linux server reset commands, when reboot does not work

Posted on April 13, 2018

Rare, but happens, that servers hang. And even more rare that they don’t respond on reboot commands. And what if you are out hiking with […]

Security

How to mount remote directory over SSH

Posted on May 6, 2016

SSH is great, secure and stable protocol, that is used for remote access to *nix servers and file transfer. Now it is possible to mount […]

Linux

How to generate SSL key and certificate request (CSR)

Posted on October 27, 2015

May control panels offer this function (e.g. cPanel), but sometimes you might want to do it the old way – that is – manually. Here […]

Linux, Security

How to find biggest subfolder

Posted on October 27, 2015

This little command will give you list of folders, sorted by their size: du -sk * | sort -nr | more

Linux

How to flush RAM on Linux / Centos

Posted on October 27, 2015

I personally suggest using first option, other are more and more “hardcore”. Also I would not suggest doing this under high CPU load or high […]

Linux

Set folder to readonly mode in Linux

Posted on October 27, 2015

Very often, when website is hacked – we do clean it for customer, because we do not want to have hacked content on our servers. […]

Linux, Security