Protected: Bash scripts to backup all databases in a MySQL server with the option to exclude some databases.

What is a WHOIS Database? The WHOIS database contains the listing of all registered domains on the internet. You can do a WHOIS lookup to access various details related to a domain like registration date, expiry date, domain ID, name of registrar, contact information, server name and more. The WHOIS database is available to the…

AWS doesn’t grant root access by default to EC2 instances. This is an important security best practise. Users are supposed to open a ssh connection using the secure key/pair to login as ec2-user. Users are supposed to use the sudo command as ec2-user to obtain elevated privileges. Problems arise with a number of software packages…

Find and replace text within a file using sed command The procedure to change the text in files under Linux/Unix using sed: Use Stream EDitor (sed) as follows: sed -i ‘s/old-text/new-text/g’ input.txt It tells sed to find all occurrences of ‘old-text‘ and replace with ‘new-text‘ in a file named input.txt The s is the substitute…

I want to set up an FTP server and FTP user on my Lightsail instance running Amazon Linux 2, CentOS, Ubuntu or Debian. How can I do this? Resolution Note: FTP transmits all data and passwords as plain text. SFTP is a more secure way to connect to your instance and transmit data. For information on…

ionCube is a commercial software suite consisting of a PHP encoder, package foundry, bundler, a real time site intrusion detection and error reporting application as well as a loader. PHP encoder is an application for PHP software protection: used to secure, encrypt and license PHP source code. ionCube loader is an extension used to load…