The last virtual server (vServer) I had had limited storage space and Docker kept filling up my /var/lib/ directory.
A friend suggested to use lvm to partition the disk.
Here is how I accomplished it using the Debian installer.
msmtpFor a long time I struggled with setting up cronjobs properly. It always took a lot of trial and error. Most of the times this was due to an environment problem (or a typo). You could test your cronjob using a script or saving the command output to a file but it is still cumbersome. At the same time, it would also be nice to be notified whenever something goes wrong, such as your backup script failing all of a sudden.
In this post I explain how to set up msmtp so that your system will send you emails.
Here are the steps I use to set up and configure a fresh install of Debian on a server.
In this post I describe how to set up Apache and Subversion on a Debian server. It is assumed that Apache is already installed and running properly on your server. This includes PHP if you want to use WebSVN.