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Even though a web page can seem fast, the default Nginx configuration will cause Google's PageSpeed Insights tool to flag inefficiencies in your site and grade it poorly. In this…

GoCD is an open source continuous delivery service that helps organizations increase productivity and deliver high quality through automation. It is a flexible tool that can help teams deliver well-tested…

Keeping an eye on your server's performance is important, and DigitalOcean provides Droplet graphs with up-to-the-minute visualizations of how your server is performing over time. In this guide, we will…

The spotlight has fallen on the likes of Bitcoin and blockchain in recent weeks. But how can insurers benefit from cryptocurrency and the platform that carries it? At its most…

Bridged networking is very handy in virtual environments as it allows guests to receive IPs in the same address range as the host. I.e if the host as an IP…

The following template can be used to install an Ubuntu 16.04 server with 4GB RAM, 2 virtual CPUs, 60GB hard drive, and bridged network interface. sudo virt-install –name YOUR-VM-NAME –ram…

Django is a free and open-source web framework written in Python that adheres to the model template view (MTV) software architectural pattern. The MTV pattern is Django’s take on the…

Fail2ban is an awesome piece of software which protects against brute force and DDOS attacks. To install fail2ban: sudo apt-get install fail2ban The next step is to create a local…

It's simple enough to install a headless (without display) distro using KVM, but when it comes to installing a guest with a user interface, this needs to be done over…

It wasn’t long ago that finding an Internet connection in Sub-Saharan Africa was next to impossible. Today, the scene couldn’t be more different: millions of young Africans are as connected…