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Red Hat Enterprise Linux / CentOS Linux Enable EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) Repository

Question: How do I enable EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) repo and install the packages under RHEL / CentOS Linux? Answer: EPEL (Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux) is a volunteer-based community effort from the Fedora project to create a repository of high-quality add-on packages that ...

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Using vnstat for simple traffic accounting

vnStat is a network traffic monitor for Linux that keeps a log of daily network traffic for the selected interface(s). vnStat isn't a packet sniffer. The traffic information is analyzed from the /proc -filesystem, so vnStat can be used without root permissions. However at least a 2.2.x kernel is req...

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Generate Apache SSL certificates

To use https for web traffic, you will need to obtain a valid Apache SSL certificate. When generating an Apache (mod_ssl) SSL certificate, you have two options: Purchase a SSL certificate from a certificate authority (CA). Searching the Web for "certificate authority" will present several choices...

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google advertising cookie and privacy

AdSense is an advertisement application run by Google. Website owners can enroll in this program to enable text, image, and more recently, video advertisements on their websites. These advertisements are administered by Google and generate revenue on either a per-click or per-impression basis. Googl...

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