Monthly Archives: May 2021
Create Website Server With Linode and Hestia Control Panel
In this tutorial I will be showing you how to use Linode, Ubuntu 20.04 and Hestia Control Panel to create yourself a website server. This is a much better option than using shared website hosting servers where compromised website server incidents can happen due to improper maintained webservers and websites.
Lets Create Your Domain.
- I will be using Godaddy to register my domain which will be websitemsp.com.
- Once your domain is created go to the manage DNS section.
- Within the Advanced features we will be adding hostnames to the ip address given to us after creating a VPS from Linode. Once the server is created and we have the IP address you can create your host addresses for example:
Lets Get Started With Linode.
- Sign up for a Linode Account.
- Click on the blue button [ Create Linode ] to get started.
- Under Choose Distribution please select Ubuntu
My Preferred SSD For Computer Upgrades
I am a Samsung SSD guy all the way if your looking for top performance however I have grown a fondness for the Western Digital WD Blue 3D NAND Internal PC SSD’s product line to be used in businesses. I have been deploying these SSD’s for the past 4 years and not one has yet to fail on me in production.
Some Of The Pros
- Sequential read speeds up to 560MB/s and sequential write speeds up to 530MB/s. | As used for transfer rate or interface, megabyte per second (MB/s) = 1 million bytes per second and gigabit per second (Gb/s) = 1 billion bits per second.
- Free downloadable software to monitor the status of your drive and clone a drive, or backup your data. This is not just any type of free backup software. They are providing you Acronis True Image WD edition.
- This drive is compatible with just
How to reset all Local Group Policy settings using Command Prompt
In this tutorial I will be showing you how to use CMD to reset all Local Group Policy settings. Once a computer is removed from a domain it may have many modified settings, you can quickly reset all the Group Policy Objects to their defaults with Command Prompt.
To reset the Group Policy settings with a command line, use these steps:
- Open Start.
- Search for Command Prompt, right-click the top result, and select the Run as administrator option.
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Type the following command to reset all the Group Policy settings and press Enter:
RD /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicyUsers" && RD /S /Q "%WinDir%\System32\GroupPolicy"
4. Type the following command to update the changes in the Local Group Policy console and press Enter:
gpupdate /force
5. To be on the safe side go ahead and reboot the computer. You should be good to go.
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Install TP-Link Omada SDN Controller on Ubuntu 20.04
In this tutorial I will show you how to Install the latest TP-Link Omada SDN Controller on Ubuntu 20.04. Tp-Link Omada is very similar to the Unifi Controller so the transition between the two wouldn’t be that difficult.
The current version of TP-Link Omada SDN Controller that we will be installing is 4.2.11. Of course new packages will be released and they can be found on there Omada Software Download Page. You can copy the new URL and append the commands with the new installation package URL.
Lets Get Started
Prerequisites
- A physical server / computer or VM with Ubuntu 20.04 Installed.
- Access to the internet.
- Make sure to have Install Ubuntu 20.04 on your physical server or VM.
- Once the server is available, log into your Ubuntu 20.04 server using SSH.
- To SSH into the server we will be using Putty. Download and install Putty.
- Open
How to unsubscribe from the Cortana Daily Briefing
Microsoft Office 365 has deployed an update that utilizes Cortana and your email to work together, which will cause you to receive daily briefing emails from [email protected]. If you do not wish to receive these emails, then you can unsubscribe from the Cortana Daily Briefing.
How to Unsubscribe
- Open Microsoft Outlook
- Find and Open up your daily briefing email that was sent by [email protected]
- Scroll all the way to the bottom of the email, and select Unsubscribe
You may also see something similar you this. you will click on the link right after Unsubscribe.
- You should get the following popup window to bubble in the answer you agree with most and click Submit.
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Install TP-Link Omada SDN Controller on Digital Ocean Ubuntu 20.04
In this tutorial I will show you how to Install the latest TP-Link Omada SDN Controller on Ubuntu 20.04 using a DigitalOcean VPS. Tp-Link Omada is very similar to the Unifi Controller so the transition between the two wouldn’t be that difficult.
The current version of TP-Link Omada SDN Controller that we will be installing is 4.2.11. Of course new packages will be released and they can be found on there Omada Software Download Page. You can copy the new URL and append the commands with the new installation package URL.
Lets Get Started
Prerequisites
- If you want to use a domain create an A record pointing to VPS server’s public IP address
- Create a VPS server on DigitalOcean. The $5 package will be fine for 100 devices. You can even enable the option to create VPS backups witch is ideal.
- Log into your Digital Ocean
How To Install L2TP VPN On Ubuntu 20.04
In this tutorial I will be showing you how to install L2TP VPN On Ubuntu 20.04. I’m sure you have noticed while you were trying to configure L2TP VPN you were scratching your head why you couldn’t and the reason is because Ubuntu 20.04 does not have it installed by default.
With these following commands we will have L2TP VPN software installed in just a few moments.
sudo add-apt-repository ppa:nm-l2tp/network-manager-l2tp sudo apt-get update sudo apt-get install network-manager-l2tp network-manager-l2tp-gnome
I hope this article was helpful, if you have any questions, please feel free to contact me. If you would like to be notified of when I create a new post, you can subscribe to my blog alert.
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How To Use Windows RDC To Remote Access Ubuntu 20.04
In this tutorial I will be showing you how use Windows Remote Desktop Connection to Remote Access Ubuntu 20.04. We will Install remote tools with a simple script.
- This is the first step in the process to enable remote access. Run the following command to install XRDP.
sudo apt install xrdp
2. In this step we are going to enable the XRDP service.
sudo systemctl enable --now xrdp
3. In this last step we are creating a rule to allow incoming traffic on port 3389.
sudo ufw allow from any to any port 3389 proto tcp
4. Now you need to find the IP address of the Ubuntu 20.04 computer. You will use this address to use the Windows Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) to connect into Ubuntu 20.04.
ifconfig
5. On your Windows computer open up Remote Desktop Connection (RDC) also previously known as Remote Desktop Protocol (RDP). We will … Read the rest
How To Backup Ubuntu 18 To Backblaze B2 Storage
In this tutorial I will be showing you how to install Duplicati Backup Software on Ubuntu 18 and then how to configure backups to store data into Backblaze B2 Storage. It is important to have backups of your Ubuntu 18 server because If your server gets hacked or corrupted you will lose everything. So it is best to install a 3rd party backup solution that transfers data to cloud storage.
In this tutorial we will be using the OS Ubuntu 18, Duplicati Backup Software and BackBlaze B2 Cloud Storage.
1. Lets get started with installing Duplicati Backup Software onto Ubuntu 18 by using the following commands one at a time.
wget https://updates.duplicati.com/beta/duplicati_2.0.5.1-1_all.deb sudo apt-get -f install -y sudo dpkg -i duplicati_2.0.5.1-1_all.deb
2. Alright so Duplicati is now installed but there are a few more things we need to do to get it working properly. Lets configure webservice … Read the rest
Complete VestaCP Setup Guide for CentOS 7
In this Complete VestaCP Setup Guide for CentOS 7 I will show you how to install CentOS with all of its updates, Setup VestaCP and configure Name Server and domains. We will also do some security hardening, add SSL’s and update to the latest MariaDB and PHP versions. Finally I will also show you how to configure backups to an external source.
Prerequisites
- Register a Domain to use for your VPS server. I will be using GoDaddy.com as my domain registrar. In my case I have purchased the domain PatricksWebsiteHosting.com for this tutorial.
- Choose and purchase a VPS from a VPS provider. Many factors come into play here but I will be using a2hosting.com they seem to have fair pricing and they provide lots of storage. You could also use your own server at home but it wouldn’t allow mail flow since your ISP’s would block it.
- Download and install
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