OPNSense is a popular BSD-based routing and security appliance loved by many for its ease of use and vast feature set. Originally a fork of PFSense, OPNSense took the deliberate move to rearchitect certain components in the interests of pushing new features faster. OPNSense works incredibly well in a virtual environment, and indeed is a popular choice as the bedrock upon which a home lab can be… [read more →]
Internet Information Services (IIS) is a flexible, general-purpose web server from Microsoft that runs on Windows systems to serve requested HTML pages or files. An IIS web server accepts requests from remote client computers and returns the appropriate response. This guide will show you how easily you can secure your server/website(s) hosted on the IIS 7 Web Server from Microsoft. Step 1:… [read more →]
Internet Information Services (IIS) is a flexible, general-purpose web server from Microsoft that runs on Windows systems to serve requested HTML pages or files. An IIS web server accepts requests from remote client computers and returns the appropriate response. This guide will show you how easily you can secure your server/website(s) hosted on the IIS 8 Web Server from Microsoft. Step 1:… [read more →]
Internet Information Services (IIS) is a flexible, general-purpose web server from Microsoft that runs on Windows systems to serve requested HTML pages or files. An IIS web server accepts requests from remote client computers and returns the appropriate response. This guide will show you how easily you can secure your server/website(s) hosted on the IIS 10 Web Server from Microsoft. Step 1:… [read more →]
Apache is the most widely used web server in the world, powering more than 60% of all active websites on ther internet. It is an open-source software available for free which anybody can use to serve static or dynamic sites to userts. Debian, also known as Debian GNU/Linux, is a Linux distribution composed of free and open-source software. It is one of the oldest linux distro's and is widely used… [read more →]
Apache is the most widely used web server in the world, powering more than 60% of all active websites on ther internet. It is an open-source software available for free which anybody can use to serve static or dynamic sites to userts. Ubuntu is an Operating System based on Linux and is widely used worldwide by Developers, Students, Researchers and Engineers worldwide. It is preferred for its… [read more →]
A2 Hosting, an industry leader is known for providing affordable, fast and reliable web hosting services to its customers all over the world. Whether you're an IT Pro or Average Joe, it does not matter, this guide will go through how almost anyone can easily configure and install an SSL Certificate on your website and check its installation on your server. Step 1: Generating a CSR and Private… [read more →]
Crazy domains is a well-known provider of Web Hosting and IT services in Australia, India and the Middle East. Crazydomains has disabled the cPanel SSL module, for no other reason than to try to force you to buy their overpriced SSL Certificates. This guide will go through how you can easily install an SSL certificate on your website through the Crazydomains hosting manager while at the same… [read more →]
HomeAssistant is an extremely popular self-hosted platform for integrating with an impressively large selection of smart home devices. HomeAssistant allows users to create rules called “Automations” that trigger on various conditions and execute actions. HomeAssistant consists of two components, “SupervisorD” (which is typically run in a docker container) and the web interface itself. For those looking… [read more →]
Vesta Control Panel or Vesta CP- powered by Softaculous is an open source hosting control panel, which can be used to manage multiple websites, create and manage email accounts, FTP accounts, and MySQL databases, manage DNS records and much more. This guide will go through how almost anyone can configure and install an SSL certificate on VestaCP within minutes. Step 1: Generating a CSR and… [read more →]
