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Installing NGINX, PHP and MYSQL on Linux Mint 9

For Development purposes, I try to install NGINX, PHP and MYSQL on My Linux Mint 9. Following instruction on HowToForge Site , bellow are all steps I made to install NGINX, PHP and MYSQL: (All commands, need root privilege, and run from terminal) 1.  run "apt-get install mysql-server mysql-client" to install MySql server and client. And you will be asked to provide root password, at the end of this process. 2. run "apt-get install nginx" to install Nginx 3. run "/etc/init.d/nginx start" to start Nginx 4. go to your browser and open http://localhost, then you will see "Welcome to nginx!" page. It means that nginx is running successfully. 5. run "update-rc.d nginx defaults" to make nginx start at boot time. 6. run "apt-get install php5-cgi php5-mysql php5-curl php5-gd php5-idn php-pear php5-imagick php5-imap php5-mcrypt php5-memcache php5-mhash php5-ming php5-pspell php5-recode php5-snmp php5-sqlite php5-tidy php5-xmlrpc php5

Installing IPFire Firewall to Protecting Your Business

IPFire is one of Linux Distro that specialized to be a router/firewall. Installing IPFire is very easy, just follow the instruction at wiki.ipfire.org/en/installation/start. The very simple type of installation is Green - Red type. Green means your internal network and Red means your external network. You have to use private IP for Green, such as 192.168.0.x and you can assign the Green network Card as 192.168.0.1 and use DHCP server enable for Green network. For the IP Address of Red Network Card, you have to ask your Internet Service Provider. And the informations you must know are  Default Gateway, DNS server if your internet connection use static IP Address. After successful installation, you can connect to IPFire router machine through other computer that connected to Green network card. Then launch internet browser and go to https://192.168.0.1:444/cgi-bin/proxy.cgi. After successful login to web-based administration panel of your IPFire router, you will see many featur