Linux 3.13-rc1 is out

Linus Torvalds has announced on Friday, November 22, 2013, that the first Release Candidate of the upcoming Linux kernel 3.13 is now available for download and testing. In numbers, Linux kernel 3.13 RC1 is comprised of mostly updated or new...

Setting up an SSL secured Webserver with CentOS

This guide will explain how to set up a site over https. The tutorial uses a self signed key so will work well for a personal website or testing purposes. This is provided as is so proceed at your own...

How to encrypt a partition with Cryptoloop

=== 1. Introduction This article will describe how to encrypt entire partition with a Cryptoloop. Cryptoloop is a disk encryption module for Linux. It was first introduced in the 2.5.x kernel series. Cryptoloop has an ability to create an encrypted file...

WebDAV server setup on Ubuntu Linux

1. Introduction This article will deal with installation and configuration of WebDAV server on Ubuntu Linux. WebDAV stands for Web Distributed Authoring and Versioning and allows connected users the edit and share data online via the HTTP protocol. This makes WebDAV...

Create a YUM Package Repository on Redhat/Centos

1. Introduction If your Redhat server is not connected to the official RHN repositories, you will need to configure your own private repository which you can later use to install packages. The procedure of creating a Redhat repository is quite simple...