by Alexander Sharp | Sep 5, 2023
This is a fairly straightforward way to get SSL certificates on FreeBSD using CertBot. You might notice in a previous how-to I described how to get a Cloudfare origin server installed on Apache. Why not just use that? Cloudflare origin servers certificates are great...
by Alexander Sharp | Aug 11, 2023
If you’re like me (or followed my guide), you still run PHP on Apache using the old mod_php module. It’s easy, it works, and used to be the preferred way to run PHP and Apache. But times have changed and Apache now recommends using FastCGI (php-fpm). They...
by Alexander Sharp | Aug 7, 2023
NextCloud is a software suite designed to run on a server as a competitor to Office 365 and Google Workspace. Unlike those services, NextCloud is open source and can be run for free by anyone with an interest in maintaining their own server. You can also pay NextCloud...
by Alexander Sharp | Jan 2, 2023
WordPress is the most common content management system (CMS) and most guides will show you how to install it on a Linux server (LAMP). Installing WordPress on a FreeBSD server (FAMP) is 95% the same process, but if you’re not familiar with FreeBSD those little...
