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Enable brute force protection for nginx reverse proxy on Linux to prevent hacking or unauthorized access to your services. Brute force protection is a technique hackers user to try many usernames and passwords hoping to get the right combination for access.
A simple way to prevent these reverse proxy brute … I'm curious
Configure a Plex Media Server reverse proxy with nginx on Linux for convenient remote access. The best way to use a reverse proxy for people with dynamic IP addresses is to use a free dynamic DNS service like AfraidDNS (guide for automating), DuckDNS or No-IP. When you … I'm curious
Install php7, nginx, MariaDB and WordPress on Debian Jessie for a lean LEMP stack to serve your web site. I am migrating my Digital Ocean VPS from the smallest droplet to the 1 GB droplet. I currently run Apache, PHP, MySQL 5.5 and Varnish 3.x on this VPS droplet. … I'm curious
Linux systems make solid home media servers. Like all servers, services can stop or crash for one reason or another. If you use Monit to monitor your Linux Home Media Server you can have these services restarted automatically when there is a small kink in your system. You can get … I'm curious
Monitoring Linux systems securely is important for home media server management. Use Monit to monitor your media server services and send email alerts if things have gone wrong. I personally use secure Monit on my web servers and media servers with https so nobody can sniff my password. Monit has … I'm curious
NTFS-3G allows you to read NTFS formatted hard drives on Linux systems. This is a huge convenience for users who wish to use their hard drives on both Windows and Linux systems. There are ext4 wrappers for Windows that allow you to read hard drives formatted with ext4. There is … I'm curious
Jackett lets you use additional torrent providers to Sonarr and CouchPotato. Jackets transforms your home media server into a Torznab API server. This Torznab API server interfaces with Sonarr to enable additional torrent providers on this list. This tutorial will walk you through installing and autostarting Jackett with … I'm curious