How to set up 2 factor authentication in Ubuntu Server 18.04

In this tutorial we will learn how to enable Multi-factor authentication in Ubuntu Server 18.04, this will increase security by confirming your identity using at least two different ways of authentication instead of the regular single password, thus removing any chance of a dictionary or brute force attack to your server. After completing this tutorial we will be able to log in to the …

How to install and configure GrayLog Log Management in Ubuntu 18.04

GrayLog is a leading open source log management platform, it allows you to collect, index, and analyze logs from just about any source in a centralized location. In this guide, we will be installing all of the requirements (Graylog, Elasticsearch, MongoDB)  on the same server, but for larger production environment this may not be ideal. Requirements Graylog requires that you have the following packages …

How To download Youtube videos in Ubuntu

Today we will learn how to download YouTube videos as video or Mp3, using youtube-dl, as well as how to download full YouTube playlists. Install Step 1 Connect to your server as the admin user via SSH or open a command prompt. ssh [email protected] Step 2 We will download the latest youtube-dl to make sure we have the latest one Note: If in the …

How to set up Windows File Shares in Ubuntu 18.04 with Samba

In this article we will set up some samba file shares in Ubuntu 18.04, and secure them with username/password authentication, this is useful if you are setting up a NAS or Storage server that can later be accessed by most operating systems. Samba is a free implementation of the SMB/CIFS networking protocol, this will provide file and print services that are compatible with normal …

How to monitor your Ubuntu 16.04 server with pyDash and Apache with mod_wsgi

PyDash is a simple web based monitoring tool that can be installed on most Linux distributions. PyDash is written in Python and Django and it uses Chart.js to generate nice looking graphs to get an insight on your servers performance. PyDash has been tested in the following Linux distributions: CentOS, Fedora, Ubuntu, Debian, Arch Linux, Raspbian and Pidora. PyDash can be used to monitor …

How to install Laravel 5.2 in Ubuntu with Nginx

Laravel Framework is one of the best frameworks to build any kind of web app with PHP. It has a great community, and a really good documentation website laravel.com and also some of the best video tutorials on sites like laracasts.com Some of the key point feature of Laravel : Restful routing. Inherent Database Version control Blade Templating Engine Composer – Makes adding third-party …

Installing OSSEC host intrusion detection system in Ubuntu 16.04

In this tutorial we will be installing OSSEC Host Intrusion detection. OSSEC is a free, open-source host intrusion detection system. The client is compatible with almost all of the mayor operating systems, including Linux, OpenBSD, FreeBSD, OS X, Solaris and Windows. In this tutorial we will be installing the OSSEC centralized management server and i will show you how to add a Windows 10 …