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- Setup the Debian Backports apt repository — by Pierre-Yves Landuré — last modified Oct 01, 2013 11:06
- The Debian Backports repositories provide recent versions of fast release software. Maintained by the Debian community, they allow to install recent software without newer dependencies.
- Ease PostgreSQL server administration with pgsql-tools — by Pierre-Yves Landuré — last modified Jun 04, 2014 03:07
- pgsql-tools is a script I wrote with the goal to ease and automate the regular administration tasks of a PostgreSQL server. This howto describe howto to install and use it.
- Setup of a OVH dedicated server — by Pierre-Yves Landuré — last modified Jan 31, 2014 06:40
- This howto present various enhancements to apply immediately after the activation / installation of a OVH dedicated server.
- Install ProjectSend professional file sharing tool on Debian — by Pierre-Yves Landuré — last modified Nov 26, 2016 09:55
- ProjectSend (previously cFTP, for client oriented FTP) is a web file sharing tool for professionals. It solve the issue of sharing files between a company and its clients. Its main drawback is to be available only in english.
- Install FileZ file sharing tool on Debian — by Pierre-Yves Landuré — last modified Nov 02, 2012 05:36
- FileZ is a PHP software design to publish files on the Web for a limited time. It is well designed, and its main drawback is the impossibility to publish files for a unlimited time.
- Manage PHP ini options from command line on Debian — by Pierre-Yves Landuré — last modified Nov 15, 2017 06:43
- Memory limit, upload limit, quote management, ... are PHP configuration options which change is asked by various Web applications. This howto setup a command line script to ease the management of PHP configuration changes.
- Ease MySQL server administration with mysql-tools — by Pierre-Yves Landuré — last modified Jul 24, 2016 10:40
- mysql-tools is a script written with the intent to ease and automate the daily administration tasks of a MySQL server. This howto describe howto to install and use it.
- Setup the contrib and non-free Debian repositories — by Pierre-Yves Landuré — last modified Nov 26, 2016 09:52
- The default Debian installation only provide software from the "main" repository. In order to have access to all Debian softwares, contrib and non-free repositories must be configured. This howto describe an automated process to enable the contrib and non-free repositories in Apt.
- Setup the Debian-Updates repositories (ex volatile) — by Pierre-Yves Landuré — last modified Nov 29, 2017 05:29
- The Debian-Updates repositories contains fresher versions of softwares present in mainstream Debian (ClamAV for example). This howto describe an automated process to enable these repositories in Apt.
- Apache 2 — by Pierre-Yves Landuré — last modified May 25, 2012 10:26
- Apache 2 installation and configuration howtos for Debian
- Enhance PHP 5 initial setup on Debian — by Pierre-Yves Landuré — last modified Aug 16, 2018 12:57
- The initial PHP 5 setup provided by Debian is just fine. This howto provide adjustments enhancing it.
- Harden the security of Apache 2 on Debian — by Pierre-Yves Landuré — last modified Oct 29, 2017 04:03
- Apache 2 is a robust HTTP server with numerous functionalities. This howto harden the security of Apache 2 by apply basic rules.
- Setup a regular analyze and optimization / defragmentation of MySQL tables — by Pierre-Yves Landuré — last modified Nov 14, 2017 01:39
- With the flow of inserts and deletes, the MySQL tables performances can drop. Regularly optimize and analyze MySQL tables allow to rebuild the indexes and limit the disk space used by MySQL on the server.
- Syslog — by Pierre-Yves Landuré — last modified May 28, 2012 06:56
- Howtos to setup Rsyslog and Syslog-NG system events logs management softwares.
- Store PHP sessions in Memcached and MySQL — by Pierre-Yves Landuré — last modified Nov 11, 2017 09:37
- Using Memcached and MySQL to manage PHP sessions is the key to create high-availability hosting. This setup allow to share session data between several PHP servers hosted behind a load-balancer. In a simpler environment, it allow to prevent storing sessions data on file system. This howto describe the installation of a custom PHP sessions manager using a hybrid Memcached / MySQL storage.
- Store PHP sessions in Memcached — by Pierre-Yves Landuré — last modified Nov 11, 2017 09:31
- By default, PHP sessions are stored on file system (in /var/lib/php5, or in /tmp). If the hosted PHP sites have an intensive use of sessions, this can add a additional delay to PHP requests run. It is possible to optimize PHP performances by storing sessions in memory with the help of Memcached. This guide describe how to set this up.
- Install Memcached on Debian — by Pierre-Yves Landuré — last modified Aug 09, 2013 07:28
- Memcached is a key/value database server easing the cache of objects in memory. It is largely used by some PHP CMS (Wordpress, Drupal, Prestashop, ...) for it bring a visible performance boost on server with available RAM. This howto ease the installation of Memcached on Debian
- Monitoring — by Pierre-Yves Landuré — last modified Feb 07, 2014 12:36
- Tools for monitoring servers state.
- Setup a status page on a Apache 2 server — by Pierre-Yves Landuré — last modified Nov 11, 2017 09:29
- Apache 2, PHP-FPM, APC, and other tools have usage statistics in Web pages. The data provided by these statistics are critical. It is important to secure the access to them. This howto setup a secure sub-domain dedicated to the display of HTTP server statuses.
- Install PHP-FPM on Debian — by Pierre-Yves Landuré — last modified Nov 11, 2017 09:40
- PHP-FPM is an greatly enhanced FastCGI mecanism for PHP. Its use allow to greatly raise the performances of hosted sites. It is a recommended software to optimize the hosting of sites with heavy traffic. This howto help you to setup this software on Debian, by using the packages provided by dotdeb.org.