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How to install Redis for WordPress on FreeBSD

November 2, 2024 By Albert Valbuena

Monitoring Systems (One)

January 8, 2018 By Albert Valbuena

Monitoring systems or how to get lost in fierce madness. There are many solutions to monitor systems and most of them have some kind of web interface to operate. Choosing the right tool for any job is a tedious task and for a newbie like me it is a bit harder, specially for a sensitive […]

How to synchronize system and network time in FreeBSD

April 26, 2017 By Albert Valbuena

For several applications it is necessary to synchronize your server to the network time. The protocol is called Network Time Protocol (NTP) and is basically giving the correct time to the world nowadays. Reading the Wikipedia entry is very interesting. FreeBSD comes with the ntp client. To set this up you will just add the […]

How to patch OpenSSH in FreeBSD 12.2

January 16, 2021 By Albert Valbuena

The default version of OpenSSH in FreeBSD 12.2 today, and it’s been this for quite some time, is not the most recent published by the OpenBSD guys, which by the way are the ones developing OpenSSH. Not only is not the latest but it has a few vulnerabilities affecting it, medium risk ones but nevertheless […]

How to set CentOS 7 repositories

February 24, 2020 By Albert Valbuena

CentOS is the free open source replica of the well known Red Hat Enterprise Linux (RHEL). With a very good reputation because of its stability and performance RHEL is nowadays the dominating GNU/Linux distribution in the enterprise environment. As a gift, in a similar fashion to Microsoft’s Windows trial versions (without limits to the use), […]

How to upgrade FreeBSD from version 11.2 up to 12.0

January 14, 2019 By Albert Valbuena

Although the upgrade process is very well described on the FreeBSD handbook you may be looking for a more detailed hands on how to upgrade FreeBSD from version 11.2 up to 12.0 article. We’re going work here on this process, step by step detailing not only how to upgrade but to do it safely. First […]

How to work with Nessus scan results

May 18, 2020 By Albert Valbuena

Working with Nessus scan results is easy. How do I know that? Because I’ve worked with this tool for some time and although I do not know every corner of the things I’ve been doing some scans and solving quite a few deffects on systems that were labeled as ‘production ready’ when they clearly weren’t. […]

How to setup a simple firewall in FreeBSD using IPFW

April 24, 2017 By Albert Valbuena

Setting the firewall up is a mandatory task on any computer facing the internet. This is a simple, straightforward how to article on how to setup a box with an easy firewall configuration on FreeBSD. If you find the articles in Adminbyaccident.com useful to you, please consider making a donation. Use this link to get […]

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April 19, 2017 By Albert Valbuena

I am a busy guy. Answering comments takes precious time from my daily life so don’t get mad if I don’t reply you back quickly or if I just don’t do. Plus, think twice before posting. If you really have something interesting to say, just go ahead. If that is something you really think I’d […]

How to configure the PF firewall on FreeBSD

August 15, 2019 By Albert Valbuena

There are three firewall options on FreeBSD. The in-house built IPFW, the ‘old’ IPF (known as IP Filter) and PF ported from OpenBSD. PF is a very popular piece of software which was originally sparked from an issue on the IPF license that prevented making changes publicly available, which the OpenBSD did all the time. […]

How to install Redis for WordPress on FreeBSD

November 2, 2024 By Albert Valbuena

I happen to self-host a few WordPress sites on FreeBSD. And as much as one can configure OP-Cache to improve PHP’s performance, object cache is a must for many WordPress sites. This how to install Redis for WordPress on FreeBSD will explain how to install an object cache (Redis) for WordPress (via plugin) on this […]

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