L1aravel 5.5 installation on VestaCP domain Date posted: 31-10-2017 Assumptions:- We assume you have the following server setup VestaCP Ubuntu 16.04 Nginx PHP >= 7.0.0 PHP modules OpenSSL, xml, PDO, Tokenizer and mbstring Installing Laravel Install composer apt-get install composer Download the Laravel installer using Composer: composer global require “laravel/installer”… Continue Reading Laravel installation on VestaCP account

PDFlib support for PHP7.0 on Ubuntu 16.04 Date posted: 16-10-2017 Task: Enable PDF for PHP7.0 Based on your server architecture download PDFlib software from PDFlib site. cd /usr/local/src wget https://www.pdflib.com/binaries/PDFlib/911/PDFlib-9.1.1p3-Linux-x86_64-php.tar.gz tar -xvf PDFlib-9.1.1p3-Linux-x86_64-php.tar.gz cd PDFlib-9.1.1p3-Linux-x86_64-php/ Find PHP extension_dir # php -ini | grep extension_dir extension_dir => /usr/lib/php/20151012 => /usr/lib/php/20151012 copy… Continue Reading PDFlib support for PHP7.0 on Ubuntu 16.04

Error debconf: unable to initialize frontend: Dialog Date Posted: 06-10-2017 Issue:- When got this error while installing mysql via bash script. Its because debconf is trying to control dialog prompt in background. But it doesn’t exist on your server. Fix:- So install dialog and apt-utils apt-get install dialog apt-utils  

Add webmail alias in VestaCP panel – ubuntu 16.04 Date Posted: 05-10-2017 Assumptions:- We assume you have the following server setup VestaCP Ubuntu 16.04 Apache2 Solution:- Add this line at the bottom of /home/admin/conf/web/apache2.conf file <VirtualHost xx.xx.xx.xx:8080> ServerName webmail ServerAlias webmail.* DocumentRoot /usr/share/roundcube <Directory /usr/share/roundcube> AllowOverride All </Directory> </VirtualHost> Verify… Continue Reading Add webmail alias in VestaCP panel – ubuntu 16.04

zone example.com/IN: loading from master file /home/admin/conf/dns/example.com.db failed: permission denied Date Posted: 05-10-2017 Assumptions:- We assume that you have the following setup VestaCP Ubuntu 16.04 Bind9 Error:- Bind might refuse to reload due to below errors zone example.com/IN: loading from master file /home/admin/conf/dns/example.com.db failed: permission denied   Fix:- Check permission… Continue Reading VestaCP – bind – loading from master file failed: permission denied

Start vncserver at boot – ubuntu 14.04 Date Posted: 05-10-2017 Write a sample script startvnc.sh and update the code mentioned below. vi /root/startvnc.sh #! /bin/bash USER=root HOME=/root export USER HOME cd /root /usr/bin/vncserver :1 Make this script executable chmod +x /root/startvnc.sh Update rc.local file with this script vi /etc/rc.localĀ  Find… Continue Reading start vncserver at boot – ubuntu 14.04

SSH setup in a newly installed Ubuntu 16.04.2 server Secure Shell(SSH) is a protocol used to login securely from a remote host to other over a unsecured network. The password will be Encrypted when trying to login to a remote host. Prerequisites: We have a newly installed Ubuntu Server 16.04.2… Continue Reading SSH setup in a newly installed Ubuntu 16.04.2 server

Enable Root login in newly installed Ubuntu Server 16.04.2: This post is to guide you on how to enable root user or root login in a newly installed Ubuntu Server 16.04.2 . Prerequisites: Installed a new Ubuntu Server 16.04.2 Already a local user name created without admin rights. Implementation: Consider… Continue Reading Enable Root login in newly installed Ubuntu Server 16.04.2

How to disable PING or ICMP replies from a Ubuntu Server 16.04.2: A server admin or an user can disable ping or icmp replies from a server for the following reasons, Security reason. Avoid network congestion. Avoid network flood using ping hostname -f Prerequisites: Ubuntu Server 16.04.2 Implementation: Follow the… Continue Reading How to disable PING or ICMP replies from a Ubuntu Server 16.04.2

How to disable PING or ICMP replies from a Ubuntu Server 16.04.2 Temporarily: A server admin or an user can disable ping or icmp replies from a server for the following reasons, Security. Avoid network congestion. Avoid network flood using ping hostname -f Prerequisites: Ubuntu Server 16.04.2 Implementation: Follow the… Continue Reading How to disable PING or ICMP replies from a Ubuntu Server 16.04.2 Temporarily