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Speed test for server

Many server providers promise connections of 1GBit or more. But effectively, it is usually less. The following tool can be used to quickly and easily test how fast a Linux server is connected. wget -O speedtest-cli https://raw.githubusercontent.com/sivel/speedtest-cli/master/speedtest.py [... ]

debian

Install MySQL 5.7 on Debian via APT

MySQL is still one of the most popular database systems. To be able to install the latest server version from the official archives under Debian, you only need a few commands: Add official MySQL archive echo 'deb http://repo.mysql.com/apt/debian/ jessie [...]

debian

Fix nextcloud PHP warning

Nextcloud displays the following message in the admin interface after a standard installation. Fixing this is quite easy. PHP does not seem to be set up correctly to query system environment variables. The test with getenv ("PATH") only returns a [...]

debian

Fix nextcloud warnings under nginx

nextcloud requires very precisely defined server settings. If these are not set correctly, the following messages are displayed in the admin interface: The "X-XSS-Protection" HTTP header is not configured to match "1; mode=block". This is a potential security risk and it [...]