Update Postgres Major Version in Debian Jessie
Postgresql update is not a trivial task. According to PostgreSQL Versioning policy: A major release is numbered by increasing either the first or second part of the version number, e.g.…
Upgrade Debian 7 Wheezy to 8 Jessie
One of the advantages of Debian operating system is the ability to live update a production server from current to next release. Under normal circumstances you do not have to…
Debian 8 Jessie Dedicated Web Server Setup Step by Step
Debian 8.0 Jessie was initially released on April 26th, 2015. Jessie is powered by Linux kernel 3.16. Jessie ships with a new default init system, systemd. The sysvinit init system…
Securing web applications with modsecurity on Debian Wheezy
Mod-security is a (third party) module of Apache (recently Microsoft IIS and NGINX) offering intrusion detection and (some kind of) prevention for web applications, acting as a web application firewall.…
How to setup a workstation computer with Debian Wheezy and XFCE4
Debian is an ideal solution for servers. Stability is the main advantage of Debian. At the same time the stable Debian version doesn't contain the most recent packages. So, Debian…