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MariaDB is a drop-in replacement for MySQL. It is easy to install, offers many speed and performance improvements, and is easily integrated into most MySQL deployments. MariaDB offers more storage engines than MySQL, including Cassandra (NoSQL), XtraDB (drop-in replacement for InnoDB), and OQGRAPH.

Docker is a container-based software framework, commonly used for automating deployment of applications. Containers are encapsulated, lightweight, and portable application modules.

Docker is a container-based software framework commonly used for automating deployment of applications. Containers are encapsulated, lightweight, and portable application modules.

As a matter of following security best practices, you should protect your server with a firewall. Fedora 23 and CentOS 7 come with firewalld, an alternative to iptables.

For security best practices, do not disable firewalld without enabling another firewall solution. Disabling firewalld without enabling an alternative will leave every port on your server open and completely unprotected.

In cPanel/WHM versions up to 11.52, users were able to choose between two mail servers: Courier and Dovecot. Courier was selected by default, and most cPanel users never had reason to switch. However, beginning with cPanel/WHM version 54 (the preceding “11” was dropped), Courier has been deprecated. cPanel will no longer support Courier in future releases, and will automatically convert the mail server to Dovecot if it has not been done manually within 30 days of updating to cPanel/WHM version 54.

Several cases have been reported where a broken symlink results in a permissions error when viewing or attempting to modify user cron jobs. Restoring the link resolves the issue.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is the most common method of uploading files to a server. A wide array of FTP servers, such as vsftpd, and clients exist for every platform.

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is the most common method of uploading files to a server. A number of FTP servers, such as ProFTPD, and FTP clients exist for every platform.

The Apache web server is one of the most popular and powerful web servers in the world due in part to its ease of administration and flexibility. This flexibility is a result of Apache’s modular design, which allows for such features as URL rewriting for native SSL encryption natively. Administrators can modify Apache to meet their needs by adding or removing modules as needed.