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Set up a private git server

In this post we are going to install a private git server, that can be used for small to medium size personal projects. The described process works on any Red Hat based distribution, e.g. CentOS or Fedora, but it should be easy to implement it on other distributions as well.

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Secure SSH access with certificate based authentication and firewall rules

When I set up a new Linux server, I usually take couple of steps to secure the way I connect to the box using SSH. In this post I will walk you through the process to secure SSH access using firewall rules, changing the SSH port and enabling certificate based authentication. In this example I used a CentOS 7 box.

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Use Linux screen command to start multiple sessions on a remote terminal

In this post I will provide you a quick overview of the screen command. Screen can be used to open multiple interactive shell sessions within one remote ssh or local terminal session. This comes quite handy when you have to execute long running tasks on a remote Linux server, need multipe shell session or in an unstable network environment.

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