How to Configure UFW Firewall on Ubuntu Server
Why UFW Matters for Ubuntu Servers Every server connected to the internet receives unwanted traffic. Port scans, automated exploit probes, spam bots,...
How to Install Free SSL with Let's Encrypt on Ubuntu
Setting Up Free SSL with Let's Encrypt on Ubuntu Browser security warnings stop visitors in their tracks, and modern web APIs simply refuse to work w...
Basic DNS Records Explained: A Records, CNAME, MX & TXT
DNS Records: How the Web Finds Your Server Every time you type a domain name into a browser, a chain of events happens silently in the background. Th...
Hardening Ubuntu Server After Install
Why the First 30 Minutes on a New Server Matter A freshly installed Ubuntu server on a VPS or cloud instance is functional out of the box, but it is ...
Your First SSH Connection to a Linux Server
What SSH Actually Is and Why It Matters SSH stands for Secure Shell. It is a network protocol that lets you connect to a remote computer over an encr...
Why Install PHP 7 on Ubuntu 16.04: Performance Benefits Explained
Why PHP 7 Matters for Ubuntu 16.04 Servers Running PHP 5 on a production server in 2016 was becoming increasingly difficult to justify. PHP 5.6 had r...