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Setup Squid proxy with caching on CentOS

Squid Proxy setup with caching on CentOS is our next short tutorial where we will learn how to install Squid in just a few easy steps, with caching enabled on a CentOS VM. Squid is still one of the best software for setting up a proxy that comes packed with many great features like caching, authentication and many others despite the fact that it has a very small footprint in terms of resources compared to many other solutions available on the market. By using Squid’s caching feature we can save a lot of bandwidth and we can even reduce the […]

Category: General | Published: 26/08/2019 | Updated: 13/09/2019

AWS S3 Read-Write IAM Policy for specific User

In this AWS S3 Read-Write IAM Policy tutorial we will talk about how to create and manage AWS IAM Policies for specific AWS S3 Buckets, policies that can be easily applied to any user or user group within IAM having Read and Write permissions only. We all know that AWS S3 is a really great storage service but used in conjunction with IAM this can become a very powerful tool giving us the freedom and the also the ability to fine tune all necessary permissions in such a way to only allow specific user or user group to only read […]

Category: AWS | Published: 09/08/2019 | Updated: 12/08/2019

AWS S3 Read-Only IAM Policy for specific User

In this short tutorial called AWS S3 Read-Only IAM Policy for specific User or User Group we will be guiding you how to create and manage AWS IAM Policies for specific AWS S3 Buckets, these policies can be later applied to any IAM Users or IAM User Groups having just Read-Only permissions. AWS S3 is a great storage service but managed in conjunction with AWS IAM can become a very powerful tool giving us the freedom and the amazing ability to tweak all needed permissions in such a way to only allow specific users or user groups to only read […]

Category: AWS | Published: 23/07/2019 | Updated: 10/08/2019

NGiNX Traffic Split

NGiNX traffic split or traffic distribution can be very handy in various user cases, for example this can be used to improve security for our websites or web applications. In this particular tutorial we will show you how to make use of this great feature that comes with NGiNX by implementing a simple solution for traffic distribution in order to protect our backend web applications or maybe a websites by simply using two individual backend upstreams. Same traffic management principle using NGiNX, explained below, can be used for various other backend services and solutions within various stacks. Table of contents […]

Category: Security | Published: 03/07/2019 | Updated: 12/08/2019

Secure NGiNX with Let’s Encrypt SSL on CentOS 7

Just another tutorial from Tufora where we will be showing you how to secure NGiNX with Let’s Encrypt SSL on CentOS 7. As you are well aware NGiNX is a very powerful software that can be used for various applications and workloads being as HTTP server, reverse proxy, load balancer and nowadays even as router for containers, pretty good portfolio we would say. On this tutorial we will be focusing on securing a NGiNX deployment with a SSL certificate issued by Let’s Encrypt (letsencrypt) using certbot utility on a CentOS 7 server. Table of contents Package instalation Generate Diffie–Hellman Exchange […]

Category: Security | Published: 31/05/2019 | Updated: 19/07/2019

Install PHP 7 on CentOS 7 using REMI repo

Install PHP 7 on CentOS 7 using REMI repository is our next short tutorial where we will show you briefly how to install PHP 7 (php-fpm) on CentOS 7. It is true that by using container technologies like Docker for this particular task would be indeed more easy and handy for most of us but maybe from time to time we have to install PHP manually, maybe for a specific project on one of our servers or maybe just for fun. No worries we will be covering PHP 7 (php-fpm) setup on Docker in another tutorial shortly but for now […]

Category: General | Published: 14/05/2019 | Updated: 07/08/2019