PHP is one of the most used server side programming language. Mostly PHP becomes the reason for a website to become slow, for that reason PHP is a modular language and all the PHP modules/extensions are not installed by default so that it can be as light weight as possible. Now different kind of applications have their own customized needs…
How to move Website + Database from cPanel to vestaCP!
In our previous article, we explained how to use vestaCP and explored some of its features. If you haven’t already read the article you can go and read at cPanel Alternative: VestCP. But if you already have an idea on how to use vestCP than its fine to continue with this article. In this article, we will see how to…
How to install ModSecurity (mod_security) in apache web server on Ubuntu!
ModSecurity is one of the best web application level firewall, it can stop most of the common web attacks before even they reach your web application. If your website is vulnerable to an XSS attack, and ModSecurity is installed in your server than it can easily prevent that attack from reaching your web application, that does not means you should…
How to hack WordPress through plugins!
Word press is one of the most used blogging platforms, and word press core (word press without plugins) is pretty much secure already. As word press is a blogging platform we need additional plugins to extend its functionalities, there are many plugins available to even completely change your word press installation to an e-commerce site. But even the word press…
How to use sqlmap to hack a website through SQL Injection!
Disclaimer: This article is only for educational purposes, please only perform this penetration test on the site you are authorized to pen test. I know this method has been discussed alot many times already on many blogs and sites, but still I would want to explain it a little differently. Tools or softwares that you need to perform this tests…
How to install Nginx, PHP, PHP-FPM and MYSQL from source to run a wordpress site on Ubuntu 16.04
Many Linux package managers have built in packages for nginx, php and mysql, they are good if you have less experience with Linux, but installing from source will give you more control our installation locations, settings and much more. So today we will see how we can install Nginx and PHP-FPM (from source) and mysql from the package manager and…
cPanel Alternative: VestCP! Complete guide on how to install and use vesta cp
Recently I’ve stumbled upon a very beautiful control panel while installing it for a client, by beautifull, I mean its actually is really beautifully designed and very easy to use as well. Control panel name is VestCP its a grest alternative to cPanel (cPanel costs $15/month for a VPS), since most of the VestCP features are free to use, you…
Host a website on a VPS without any technical knowledge!
One of the major issue these days is how to manage a VPS to host a website (run apache, mysql and other necessary modules required to run a website). How ever if you have very less or no technical knowledge, you can still rent a vps and run multiple sites. Prerequisites You need a VPS, you can buy from 9xhost…
How to setup cloudflare for your domain!
Most of the people know cloudflare is a tool to speed up their site and protect them from DDOS attacks, its true. How ever we can easily manage our DNS through cloudflare as well. Let see how to setup cloudflare for your domain. Step 1: Register on their site Note : If you already have an account, please jump to…
5 Steps to secure newly installed web server
Linux is most popular operating system to be used as web server. Because it servers the purpose very well because it is light weight, secure and can serve a lot of user requests easily. But still their is a room for improvement in case of security since web server is a public service and their is a chance of getting…