What is this? This started out as a learning adventure to see whether it’s possible to turn an old laptop into a Nextcloud container using Podman (instead of Docker) on Ubuntu. Spoiler alert: It is! However, this particular post I have decided to remove the Nextcloud part and just focus on the server setup part. More details about Nextcloud in…
Tag: server
A ROOKIE UBUNTU ADMIN’S JOURNEY THROUGH A WORDPRESS MIGRATION
What is this? This is a post for those who have to move a Word Press installation (Specifically) from one ubuntu server to another, including: 1) DNS records2) files3) mysql database4) Let’s Encrypt bonus item All of these cute little moving cogwheels in the system can muck you up royally and so instead of piece-mealing it together I thought I’d…
HOW TO RESTORE A MYSQL DATABASE TO UBUNTU SERVER
Why this post? As always I post something when I find that something simple isn’t so simple. Here is the case again. I had done lots of MSQL dumps (for backups) but realized I never had to actually manually recreate one. So then I started and as always, mysql is a bit scary and sometimes counter intuitive. So that’s why…
How to Set up your Ubuntu Server with a new or updated SSH key
Overcoming the ssh ‘permission denied’ message (and fears)…
How to install Mautic on an Ubuntu Server at Digital Ocean
The server installation guide in the docs for Mautic is ‘pretty good’ but still expects that you’re already a system admin kind of person and now how to do stuff. I’ll walk you through the install in the usual way I do in hopes that it helps some of the steps. This link shows the server requirements users install apache2:…
How to install WordPress on Ubuntu Server
This won’t be my usual detailed blog because there are a lot of blogs out there on the topic. All in all, this blog got me most of the way there. However, it didn’t really go into the details related to the apache conf files so I’ll embellish his blog a bit… ok, the more I look at it, my…
How to make a Virtual Machine (VM) Visible on the LAN with Virtualbox and Ubuntu
Why this post? Some new owners took over a company. The previous owner had delivered a crm system to the new owners which ‘ran on a server upstairs’. The buyers asked for all admin passwords to the server which the Sellers provided. However, these were just user passwords and not actual root passwords or system passwords to the actual box.…
How to Setup FTP to Specific Ubuntu Server Directory
First, I want to give full credits to this blog because this is the brains behind this tutorial. However, because I’m not as smart as the author, I got stuck a few times so this blog is a ‘dumbed down’ version of the same tutorial but with my notes added for the ‘less smart’ 🙂 Please note that if you…
HOW TO MAKE A VIRTUAL MACHINE VISIBLE ON THE LAN WITH VIRTUALBOX AND UBUNTU
Why this post? Some new owners took over a company. The previous owner had delivered a crm system to the new owners which ‘ran on a server upstairs’. The buyers asked for all admin passwords to the server which the Sellers provided. However, these were just user passwords and not actual root passwords or system passwords to the actual box.…
SETTING UP EMAIL WITH YUNOHOST AND CLOUDFLARE
In a previous blog post I set up a Yunohost (“YH” moving forward) box with a script so that it would report it’s location back to Cloudflare (“CF” moving forward) automatically using a cron job entry on the box and a cool piece of free software called ddns-cloudflare. That blog was to make sure the website stuff (ie. WordPress blog,…