How to Install nginx on Ubuntu 12.10

How to Install nginx on Ubuntu 12.10

Introduction

Nginx is a free, Open Source Web server. It is much more lightweight than Apache and it can be used as the main web server software or be set up as a reverse proxy for Apache.

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How to install phpMyAdmin on your Cloud App

How to install phpMyAdmin on your Cloud App

NOTE - The LAMPd and MySQLd Cloud Apps already have PhpMyAdmin installed.

PHPMyAdmin is a Web based MySQL Administration tool. You might find it handy on a Cloud App that uses MySQL (Drupal, Joomla, MediaWiki, PunBB, vTiger, SugarCRM, and WordPress). It doesn't come installed on a Cloud App by default, but installing it is not too ...

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Simple guide to install GNOME Desktop Environment on CentOS 6

Simple guide to install GNOME Desktop Environment on CentOS 6

Need to install a GUI on your Cloud Server?

Here's a simple guide to install GNOME Desktop Environment on a CentOS 6 VPS  server.

Lets start!

Run the following commands to install the GNOME elements, tools and fonts:

yum groupinstall -y 'X Window System'
yum groupinstall -y 'Desktop'
yum groupinstall -y fonts

Wait until it ...

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Need to change your hostname on CentOS 6? Here’s how!

 Need to change your hostname on CentOS 6? Here’s how!

So, sometimes when you are creating your system you may enter the hostname wrong, or perhaps you want to change a system’s hostname temporarily. Either way, the way to do this is rather simple.

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CentOS 6 VMware Tools Install the Easy Way

CentOS 6 VMware Tools Install the Easy Way

Initiate the VMware tools install on your CentOS 6.2 VM.

Open a SSH session to your VM and copy/paste this:

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