Optimizing Nginx Config for Your Website

In this guide I will present my Nginx optimization tips for your website or blog. Nginx is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server and reverse proxy…

Get Two Public IPs on an Amazon EC2 Instance for Free

In this quick tutorial I would like to share a method to get two public IP addresses on a single Amazon EC2 instance for FREE…

Securing Your Server using IPSet and Dynamic Blocklists

As a dedicated server or virtual private server (VPS) owner, one important task is to defend against online attacks. IPTables allows a sysadmin to filter traffic…

IPTables GeoIP, Port Knocking and Port Scan Detection

Here's a quick tutorial on how to enable extra IPTables functionality such as "GeoIP", "Port Knocking" and "Port Scan Detection"…

Check Your Server for Malware from SSH Attacks

Defending against SSH brute force attacks is an important task for any dedicated server or virtual private server (VPS) owner…

Using SSHFS to Share Folders between Your Servers

In this tutorial I will guide you through the steps to set up SSHFS for sharing folder(s) among your servers…

IPsec VPN Server Auto Setup with Libreswan

In this guide I will present you with my scripts for setting up an IPsec VPN server, with both IPsec/L2TP and Cisco IPsec on Ubuntu, Debian and CentOS…

Ghost Blog Auto Setup with Nginx and Naxsi

Ghost is a simple, modern WordPress alternative which puts the excitement back into blogging. It is beautifully designed, easy to use, completely open source…