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How  To Install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP (LAMP) stack on Ubuntu v   LAMP STACK  GETTING STARTED  APACHE   MYSQL  PHP  UBUNTU Introduction A "LAMP" stack is a group of open source software that is typically installed together to enable a server to host dynamic websites and web apps. This term is actually an acronym which represents the  L inux operating system, with the  A pache web server. The site data is stored in a  M ySQL database, and dynamic content is processed by  P HP. In this guide, we'll get a LAMP stack installed on an Ubuntu 14.04 Droplet. Ubuntu will fulfill our first requirement: a Linux operating system. Note:  The LAMP stack can be installed automatically on your Droplet by adding  this script  to its User Data when launching it. Check out  this tutorial  to learn more about Droplet User Data. Prerequisites Before you begin with this guide, you should have a separate, non-root user account set up on your server. You can learn how to do

If you are like me and are struggling to understand Aleppo/Mosul/IS/etc and figure out who or what to root for ... I found this excellent. Sorry I could not find original author. "In case you don't know what's happening in the middle east. President Assad ( who is bad ) is a nasty guy who got so nasty his people rebelled and the Rebels ( who are good ) started winning ( Hurrah!). But then some of the rebels turned a bit nasty and are now called Islamic State ( who are definitely bad!) and some continued to support democracy ( who are still good.) So the Americans ( who are questionably good ) started bombing Islamic State ( who are bad ) and giving arms to the Syrian Rebels ( who are good ) so they could fight Assad ( who is still bad ) which was good. By the way, there is a breakaway state in the north run by the Kurds who want to fight IS ( which is a good thing ) but the Turkish authorities think they are bad, so we have to say they are bad whilst secretly thin

The best way to think of the free tier to Amazon Web Services is as a stepping-stone. It's a way to get your feet wet with the basic mechanisms of AWS and EC2; to understand Amazon's way of handling virtual machine instances, storage, data, and networking; and to create something that can eventually be hosted on a full-blown, for-pay AWS instance. It's also a way to learn how to manage and constrain AWS usage -- if you're not careful you may end up paying for your "free" AWS usage after all. In this article, we'll look at what the free tier offers you and on what terms, then take a closer peek at what's possible or practical within those constraints. In the long run, any serious AWS user will want to take fuller advantage of what the Amazon cloud has to offer -- but why not make the most of the free resources in the meantime? The free tier is a great way to find one's legs with AWS, start some projects, and maybe even build a functional applica

WHAT IS PLEX? Plex is a free media server and player software that you can use to organize, stream, and share your videos, photos, and music. Think of it as your own personal Netflix service for your media. You set up a Plex server and can then use the Plex client apps on your web browser, phone, TV, and more to access your media. See the official Plex video  here  for more details.  This guide will walk you through installing Plex, setting up remote access...I will be using an Ubuntu 16 server-minimal installation for this guide, but Plex is available for a very wide variety of devices and systems. The installation steps may vary some, but the management and access will be very similar across all options. REQUIREMENTS The requirements here are pretty simple as most of this will be using the Plex web GUI. You do need a few things to get started: A server to install Plex on (If your server does not have a GUI) A computer to configure Plex from the Web interface  A basic

INTRODUCTION This guide is meant as an introduction to iptables and covers basic packet filtering using this tool on Centos 7. The goal is to learn to work with some basic options so you can adapt them to your particular needs. For this reason we will not cover any iptables extensions in this guide. GETTING STARTED The term iptables is used to define the Linux kernel firewall, part of the Netfilter project and the user space tool used to configure this firewall. The Netfilter framework provides a set of facilities that are used by iptables to hook functions that are designed to perform operations on packets. The Netfilter project defines it as  "a generic table structure for the definition of rulsets" . The structure of iptables is based on tables, chains and rules.    INSTALLATION To install iptables in Centos 7 is very simple. Just run: yum install iptables iptables-services STARTING AND STOPPING THE SERVICE To start or stop the iptables service t