05Jun/17

Php 5.3 on CentOS 7 and on

June 5, 2017Workaroundcentos 7, php 5.3pityu

Running Php 5.3 on CentOS 7 is still a popular subject that I didn’t manage to find many solutions for on the Internet. So, CentOS 6 runs php 5.3 natively, isn’t it?Read More…

31Oct/16

Compile PHP7 on CentOS

October 31, 2016Linux servicesapache, php, php7pityu

This is a short tutorial on how to compile PHP7 from source on Centos 7. First, why not just install from some binary, like Remi? Simply, because some of the features areRead More…

04May/16

Roundcube password plugin with Postfixadmin

May 4, 2016Mail and anstispampassword, postfixadmin, roundcubepityu

If you want to set up the Roundcube password plugin on a mail system that is administered with Postfixadmin, you could be in a small trouble, because it’s not supported by default.Read More…

27Nov/15

Apache with http/2 support on CentOS with TLSv1.3

November 27, 2015Linux servicesapache, centos, h2, http/2pityu

HTTP/2 is finally officially adopted, and it brings significant improvements regarding server<-> client communication, making worth to try be amongst the first to have the service up. This is a relatively newRead More…

18Aug/15

Determining Linux CPU load

August 18, 2015Linux services, Workaroundpityu

In many cases, it’s inportant to determine the average load of the server, so one can decide if an expansion of resources is needed. The easyest way to determine CPU load inRead More…

14Aug/15

phpList – Database error 1366 while doing query Incorrect integer

August 14, 2015Mail and anstispampityu

If you upgrade phplist or import an old database, it will most probably show an error message similar or exact to the one in the picture below. The issue is that thereRead More…

16Apr/15

Postscreen

April 16, 2015Mail and anstispampostfix, postscreenpityu

Postscreen is a handy feature of Postfix 2.9 and on, if you want to prevent degrading the performance of your server box with frequent external invalid requests. It actually implements a setRead More…

13Feb/15

Enabling compression in Nginx

February 13, 2015Linux servicescompression, gzip, nginxpityu

Compression in web servers is used to improve website loading performance, and is often measured and evaluated by search engines. Enabling gzip compression in Nginx is quite easy, since it’s already thereRead More…

12Feb/15

Enable compression in Apache

February 12, 2015Linux servicesapache, centos, gzippityu

This is a short article mostly optimized for use with WordPress. First, very simply insert this into your virtual host config file (probably in /etc/httpd/conf.d or in /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf if you’re using theRead More…

11Dec/14

Postfix 3 on Centos 6 and 7

December 11, 2014Mail and anstispamcentos, postfix, upgradepityu

One problem that can comes up with the fantastic Centos Linux distro is that it sticks to the proven but also old packages. I needed some newer features several times. One ofRead More…