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How to install phpMyAdmin on Debian

Posted on November 28, 2013June 15, 2020 by Eunus Hosen

What is phpMyAdmin?

phpMyAdmin is a free and open source tool written in PHP used for administration of MySQL with the use of a web browser. You can perform various tasks such as creating, modifying or deleting databases, tables, fields or rows; executing SQL statements; or managing users and permissions with it.

We’ll install phpMyAdmin with nginx on Debian.

Prerequisites for phpMyAdmin Installation:

As we’ll install phpMyAdmin with nginx on Debian, you’ll need a Debian based webserver running with nginx, PHP & MySql installed in it.

Install phpMyAdmin

To install phpMyAdmin on Debian type the following command on terminal:

sudo apt-get install phpmyadmin

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How to Setup HTTP Authentication with nginx on Debian

Posted on November 25, 2013June 15, 2020 by Eunus Hosen

Sometimes you may want to lock specific directory on your nginx server with a password to improve security. For example, you may want to lock the wp-admin directory of your WordPress installation with a password.

Prerequisites

To enable HTTP Authentication with nginx on Debian, you’ll need to have a VPS with root access and nginx server installed in it.

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How to install WordPress with nginx on Debian Wheezy

Posted on November 24, 2013June 15, 2020 by Eunus Hosen

WordPress is the most popular Content Management System (CMS) on the planet. Over 20% of websites, is powered by WordPress. It is free and open-source. WordPress is built with PHP as a server-side language and MySql as a database.

Prerequisites for WordPress Installation

To get started with installing WordPress you’ll need to make sure that your server is ready for it.
You’ll need a Debian based server with root privileges and make sure you’ve Nginx, PHP and MySql installed. If you don’t have these things installed, learn how to install nginx, PHP & MySql.

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How to install nginx with PHP & MySQL (LEMP) on Debian

Posted on November 19, 2013June 15, 2020 by Eunus Hosen

What is Nginx?

nginx [engine x] is a free and open-source HTTP and reverse proxy server. It is also a mail proxy server.

This website ehosen.com is running on a Debian based VPS (Virtual Private Server). The HTTP server behind this website is Nginx.

In this article, you’ll learn how to install Nginx, PHP and MySQL on Debian Wheezy.

So let’s get started:

Installing nginx:

To install nginx, open up your terminal and type the following command:

apt-get install nginx

After getting this installed, we’ll need to start Nginx. To start Nginx, type the following command:

service nginx start

Type your server’s IP address on a browser. If everything is right, you should get a welcome message from Nginx.

The default root for nginx on debian wheezy is usr/share/nginx/www

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