VPS

A new guide walks through deploying Funkwhale, a self-hosted, federated audio platform for streaming and sharing music and podcasts, on a Debian virtual private server. The tutorial covers the basics of what Funkwhale is and how administrators can set it up on their own infrastructure, using ActivityPub for federation. Interest centres on self-hosting alternatives for audio streaming.

A new tutorial walks through deploying Evergreen, the open-source Integrated Library System used by libraries and consortia, on a Debian virtual private server. The guide covers what Evergreen ILS is and the steps needed to get the library platform running on a self-hosted Debian environment, drawing interest from administrators looking for open-source alternatives to proprietary library software.

A new tutorial explains how to install Osquery, an open-source agent that lets administrators query a Linux system with SQL as if it were a database, on an Ubuntu virtual private server. The guide covers what Osquery does, such as listing running processes and checking open ports, and takes readers through the installation steps on Ubuntu. It is aimed at server administrators looking to monitor system state using SQL queries.

A new tutorial walks through deploying Apache JMeter, the open-source load testing tool, on an Ubuntu virtual private server. The guide covers setting up the tool to test the performance and scalability of web applications and APIs. It is aimed at developers and testers who want to run performance checks from their own server infrastructure rather than a local machine.