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Raspberry Pi 5 8GB - Unboxing and commissioning

botond published 2024. 10. 28., h - 19:13 time
Raspberry Pi 5 is the latest member of the legendary small computer family, which was released in October 2023. The Raspberry Pi Foundation released this model after several years of development and anticipation, which represents a significant improvement in both performance and functionality compared to previous generations. The new Raspberry Pi 5 aims to provide even more freedom and flexibility to those looking for an affordable yet powerful device. The other day I was lucky enough to get a model with 8 GB of RAM, so in this write-up we will go through the first unpacking and assembly of the Raspberry Pi 5, as well as the initial settings.

How to manually change the PHP version of a website or web application running in a PHP-FPM pool?

botond published 2024/02/17, Sat - 01:33 time
Using PHP-FPM (FastCGI Process Manager) to run web pages and web applications has many advantages, especially when compared to older techniques such as PHP running as an Apache module. One of the most important benefits is that PHP-FPM significantly improves performance and scalability by allowing finer-grained management and optimization of PHP processes. In this way, we can use the server's resources more efficiently, reduce the response time, and our system can remain stable even in the event of heavy traffic. However, over time, the PHP versions of our web applications may become outdated, which the various control panels do not update. In this description, we will see in a few steps how we can easily modify our manual settings so that our websites and web applications also work with the correct PHP version.

How to defend against attacks resulting in large volumes of 404 or other 4xx HTTP error codes with Fail2Ban

botond published 2023/03/14, k - 00:38 time
Our websites are constantly under attack from the outside world. The vast majority of these are done by robots, which try to discover the weak points of the websites running on the server. Some of the robots with this purpose try to do this by making various seemingly random HTTP requests to our websites, most of which are directed to non-existent URL addresses. As a result, our server responds with a 404 HTTP response code. In this description, we will look at how to ban the large number of attempts resulting in 404 and other 4xx HTTP response codes using Fail2Ban.

How to build and arming our ISPConfig3 server and how to secure our control panel, main services and websites with Let's Encrypt SSL (page 2)

botond published 2023/01/20, p - 23:16 time
With the help of the ISPConfig control panel, we can easily manage the websites on our server, as well as other web services. In this description, we will review how to build and provision our ISPConfig3 server, as well as how to set up free SSL certificates issued by Let's Encrypt for the control panel, main services and our websites. On this page, we create the primary web account and email account, then we use an external, free service to use secondary name servers, and finally we redirect the domain name to our server, making it accessible from the outside.

How To Fix "This PC can't run Windows 11" Error When You Install Windows 11 On VirtualBox

botond published March 2022, 03, Thu - 24:21 time
VirtualBox can be installed on a variety of operating systems, including all versions of Windows. However, there are still issues with Windows 11. The current version of Virtualbox (6.1) theoretically supports Windows 11, but there are problems during installation. This troubleshooter resolves this issue so that you can install the current latest version of Windows, 11, without any problems.

How to install PHP 8 on your Debian or Ubuntu server

botond published 2021/02/06, Sat - 15:49 time
PHP is one of the most common server-side scripting languages ​​for building dynamic web pages, making it an essential part of our web server. The latest major version of this, PHP 2020, was released on November 26, 8. In this tutorial, we will look at how to install PHP 8 on an Ubuntu 20.04 (Focal Fossa) LAMP server and a Debian 10 (Stretch) perfect server, and how to you can configure it to work in both systems in the Apache environment.

Convenient use of terminal windows with Asbrú Connection Manager (page 2)

botond published 2020. 11. 16., h - 23:18 time
If you use the command line frequently and have to work in several windows at once, it is essential to have a multi-tab terminal application that is comfortable to use and has the right knowledge. In this small user tutorial, you will learn about the Asbrú Connection Manager Linux application and its basic functions. On this page, we review how to manage, set up, and use SSH connections.

Convenient use of terminal windows with Asbrú Connection Manager

botond published 2020. 11. 16., h - 23:17 time
If you use the command line frequently and have to work in several windows at once, it is essential to have a multi-tab terminal application that is comfortable to use and has the right knowledge. In this small user tutorial, you will learn about the Asbrú Connection Manager Linux application and its basic functions. On this page, we will install the program and review the global settings.