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Pierre-Yves Landuré

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Install Shaarli link sharing service on Debian

Shaarli is a single user link sharing service. It stores its data on filesystem and does not need a database server. It is a very light solution of a single user working alone outside of a group. This howto is tested on: Debian 10.0 Buster This howto is tested with Read more…

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 2 yearsApril 27, 2021 ago
Software

Install biapy-downloader on Debian

biapy-downloader is a script created to automate the downloading of software’s latest versions. It find the URL of the latest version of the software, download its content and, if needed, extract it. This guide describe its installation on Debian. This howto is tested on: Debian 10.0 Buster This howto is Read more…

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 2 yearsApril 22, 2021 ago
MariaDB // MySQL

Ease MySQL / MariaDB server administration with mysql-tools

mysql-tools is a shell script automating database and user management from command-line for MySQL and MariaDB. This post describe how to install it and give some usage examples.

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 2 yearsMarch 31, 2021 ago
MariaDB // MySQL

Enable MariaDB (MySQL) binary log on Debian

This howto is tested on: Debian 10.0 Buster Requirements This howto requires: a MySQL or MariaDB server, as described by Install MariaDB (MySQL) on Debian. This howto recommends: Adjusting the filesystem mount options, as described by Adjust filesystem options for MariaDB (MySQL). Environment setup Configuration Enable MySQL binary log to Read more…

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 2 yearsMarch 31, 2021 ago
MariaDB // MySQL

Adjust filesystem options for MariaDB (MySQL)

The filesystem where MariaDB (MySQL) datadir is stored (“/var/lib/mysql” by default) should be mounted with theses options: noatime : disable the update of files access time. Limit I/O load generated by MySQL disk accesses. nodiratime : disable the update of folders access time. barrier=1 : Reduce risks of data loss Read more…

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 2 yearsMarch 31, 2021 ago
MariaDB // MySQL

Install Tuning Primer on Debian

Tuning Primer is a tool helping to tune the performances of a MariaDB (MySQL) server. This howto is tested on: Debian 10.0 Buster Requirements This howto requires: a MySQL or MariaDB server, as described by Install MariaDB (MySQL) on Debian. Installation Install the software’s requirements: Install the software: Usage Wait Read more…

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 2 yearsMarch 31, 2021 ago
MariaDB // MySQL

Install MySQLTuner on Debian

This howto is tested on: Debian 10.0 Buster Requirements This howto requires: a MySQL or MariaDB server, as described by Install MariaDB (MySQL) on Debian. the MariaDB sys schema, as described by Install the MariaDB sys schema on Debian. Environment setup Installation Install the software: Performance schema Enable the database Read more…

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 2 yearsMarch 31, 2021 ago
MariaDB // MySQL

Install the MariaDB sys schema on Debian

The MariaDB sys schema is a collection of views, functions and procedures to help MariaDB administrators get insight in to MariaDB Database usage. This howto is tested on: Debian 10.0 Buster This howto is tested with these versions of MariaDB: 10.3.28 Requirements This howto requires: a MySQL or MariaDB server, Read more…

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 2 yearsMarch 31, 2021 ago
Backups

Backup MariaDB (MySQL) databases with Backup Manager on Debian

This howto is tested on: Debian 10.0 Buster Requirements This howto requires: a MariaDB (MySQL) server, as described by Install MariaDB (MySQL) on Debian. Backup Manager, as described by Install Backup Manager on Debian. Settings Initialize the settings associative array: Set the name of the MySQL account to be created Read more…

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 2 yearsMarch 31, 2021 ago
MariaDB // MySQL

Install MariaDB (MySQL) on Debian

MariaDB is a lightweight (compared to Oracle or PostgreSQL) database management system. It is designed to manage simple databases with a big number of records. MariaDB is mainly used to store websites Content Management Systems data. MariaDB is a free software fork of MySQL.

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 2 yearsMarch 31, 2021 ago
Archives
Backups

Export Backup Manager archives via SFTP

Backup Manager store its backups archives on the local disk. To prevent data loss in case of hardware failure, it is recommended to create a backup copy of the archives on a remote host. This post describe how to setup Backup Manager to copy its archives to a remote host Read more…

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 2 yearsMarch 30, 2021 ago
Security

Setup a SFTP server on Debian

SFTP is a protocol allowing for secure file transfers over SSH. This guide describe how to setup SFTP only accounts on a SSH server.

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 2 yearsMarch 30, 2021 ago
Backup & Restore
Backups

Manage backups with bu-tools

bu-tools is a shell script easing the management of backup software such as Backup Manager. It offer a standardized method to manage the list of backed-up paths. This howto is tested on: Debian 10.0 Buster Requirements This howto recommends: biapy-updater, for automatic software updates. This howto recommends one of these Read more…

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 2 yearsMarch 28, 2021 ago
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Backups

Install Backup Manager on Debian

Backup Manager is a comprehensive backup tool providing a host of data backup methods. While too simple to manage a server farm, it is perfectly able to backup a lone server. This howto is tested on: Debian 10.0 Buster Settings Initialize the settings associative array: Set the group owning the Read more…

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 2 yearsMarch 28, 2021 ago
MariaDB // MySQL

Optimize MariaDB / MySQL on Debian

The performances of a database server are greatly dependent of its hosting hardware. Disk latency, available memory and processor computing power are the main parameters of the equation. This howto help you adjust a MariaDB (or MySQL) server settings to its hosting hardware. This howto is tested on: Debian 10.0 Read more…

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 2 yearsMarch 19, 2021 ago
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Software

Install MusicBrainz Picard on Ubuntu

MusicBrainz is an open music encyclopedia that collects music metadata and makes it available to the public. Picard is a music tagger developed by MusicBrainz that greatly ease managing a music library. This howto is tested on: Ubuntu 20.10 Groovy Gorilla This howto is tested with these versions of the Read more…

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 2 yearsDecember 17, 2020 ago
Security

Install Rootkit Hunter (rkhunter) on Debian

Rootkit Hunter is, as its name describe, a rootkits detection tool. It can detect if a system has been compromised. It is a required tool for checking a system health. This guide describe how to configure rkhunter on Debian.

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 3 yearsApril 6, 2020 ago
Security

Block DFind vulnerability scanner using IPtables

DFind is the vulnerability scanner generating the “w00tw00t.at.ISC.SANS.DFind” HTTP requests found in Web servers logs. This guide setup some iptables rules blocking these requests. A better method is to use fail2ban to block the sources of these requests.

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 3 yearsApril 4, 2020 ago
Security

Set access restrictions on a network port with iptables on Debian

This post describe a simple way to block all access to a network port on Debian, except for specified IP addresses.

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 3 yearsApril 4, 2020 ago
Security

Install PeerGuardian Peer to Peer firewall on Debian

PeerGuardian is a firewall for Peer to Peer software (i.e. BitTorrent) blocking bad peers.

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 3 yearsApril 4, 2020 ago
Security

Secure /tmp folder on Debian

The /tmp folder can be used to compromise the system security. A simple way to prevent this issue is to prevent the execution of scripts stored in this path. This guide describe how to do this.

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 3 yearsApril 4, 2020 ago
HTTP

Ease NGINX server administration with nginx-tools

nginx-tools is a command-line tool easing and automating the daily administration of a NGINX server on Debian. This howto describe its installation and usage.

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 3 yearsApril 3, 2020 ago
HTTP

Install NGINX on Debian

NGINX is a high performance HTTP server allowing for load balancing. It allow to serve a great number of visitors while using less CPU and RAM than Apache2.

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 3 yearsApril 3, 2020 ago
Software

Install sf-downloader on Debian

sf-downloader is a script created to ease the download of software’s latest versions (from sourceforge.net initially). It find the correct download link for the software, and then download it and, if needed, extract it. This guide describe its installation on Debian.

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 3 yearsApril 1, 2020 ago
Software

Install biapy-updater on Debian

biapy-updater is a Bash script designed to automate keep up-to-date tools provided by this site. It is a wrapper around wget to only replace the checked tool if a newest version is available. This guide describe how to install it on Debian.

By Pierre-Yves Landuré, 3 yearsApril 1, 2020 ago

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