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Basic Ubuntu LAMP Server Setup
Thursday, May 14th, 2009
Here is a basic LAMP server setup. The linux distro of choice is Ubuntu. LAMP stands for:
- Linux: (Ubuntu of course!)
- Apache: Free, open-source web server
- MySQL: Database server
- PHP
Wikipedia says that the ‘P’ can stand for one of several scripting languages, including Python or Perl; but for our purposes we’ll work with PHP.
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beginner
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Passwordless SSH Using Key Based Authentication
Friday, May 8th, 2009
SSH (Secure Shell) is a protocol for connecting two computers securely. It provides secure authentication as well as encryption. If you use linux, most distros have ssh installed by default. Just open a terminal and type in:
$ ssh remoteuser@remotehost
The remote computer will prompt for a password, and you will then be working in a terminal for the remotehost.
intermediate
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