today's howtos
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How to Setup HAProxy SSL Termination on Ubuntu 22.04
In our previous guide, we demonstrated how to install and configure HAProxy as a load balancer on Ubuntu 22.04. This guide is a continuation of that guide and, we will go a step further and demonstrate how to setup HAPrpxy SSL termination on Ubuntu 22.04 step by step.
HA Proxy is a widely used and opensource HTTP load balancer and proxying solution for Linux, Solaris, and FreeBSD environments. It’s used to enhance the performance and reliability of web servers by distributing the workload across multiple servers. By so doing, it provides high availability of services and applications.
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How to create a custom error 404 page on Nginx
If you want to display a custom message to your visitors when they try to navigate to an url path that doesn't exist on your website, you need to create a custom error page that will be displayed only when the result is not found.
In this tutorial you will learn how to create a custom error page on Nginx, we are creating a custom error page for 404 errors.
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How to Install NVIDIA Drivers on Linux Mint 21 LTS
If you use a Linux system for graphical design or gaming, you may want to install the official Nvidia drivers. While most modern Linux Desktop systems come with the Nouveau open-source graphics device driver for Nvidia video cards, this driver is not as fully featured as the official Nvidia driver. The official Nvidia driver provides better performance and more features, making it the better choice for demanding applications. Installing the driver is not difficult, but it does require a few steps. First, you will need to identify your graphic card model and find the appropriate driver on the Nvidia website. Once you have downloaded the driver, you must uncompress it and run the installer. After following these steps, you should be able to enjoy better performance from your Nvidia card.
In the following tutorial, you will learn how to install NVIDIA Graphic Drivers on Linux Mint 21 LTS release series using two methods that should suit most user requirements.
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How to install Tesla Motors Simulator Beta on a Chromebook
Today we are looking at how to install Tesla Motors Simulator Beta on a Chromebook. Please follow the video/audio guide as a tutorial where we explain the process step by step and use the commands below.
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How To: Uninstall VMware Player in Linux Mint or Ubuntu
I’ve been a happy user of Virtual Box for most of my desktop needs over the past years. But now and then I like trying other options, like VMware Workstation.
Because I’ve been trying to run some VMware VM image not so long ago, I must have downloaded and installed VMware Player.
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Adam Young: Functional Fixedness
Today I was reminded how easy it is to get fixed in your thinking.
The short lessons learned: if the Hostname fails (due to SSL) try the IP address.
Longer story:
I have to reprovision a system. It was currently running Ubuntu 22.04, but the software we needed to run on it only worked with Ubuntu 20.04. While this should not have been the case, it was not my problem to solve…My problem was to figure out how to run our development stack.
And I got stuck. Why…because sometimes you miss the obvious things, and sometimes you miss the less than obvious things.