VPS is the acronym for `Virtual Private Server`. Hosting companies provide customers the ability to rent computing resources, which are used to create and run virtual machines that are controlled by the customer, but run on the hosting company's hardware. Such a VM is known as a VPS.
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SSL Certificate error with Custom Domain in Openshift Wordpress
I'm trying to deploy a wordpress installation to Openshift but I can't refer my custom domain without a ssl certificate error when in the backend. I read a article and it says that it is expected, but ...
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Some good practices for backing up VPS? [duplicate]
I'm new to running a VPS (just setup LAMP) and I'm doing it for fun/learning. To be honest, if everything on it was nuked it really wouldn't matter much but I want to get into the habit of backing up ...
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DB Server location in relation to main Web Server
Ive recently taken the plunge and started renting a VPS for my web projects. As the demands on the system get higher so do the costs. MY VPS is US based due to costs, but Im based in Germany.
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Configuring Bind dns with webmin
I am new to VPS. I have recently bought a new VPS and trying to set up Bind DNS server on it using webmin.
My VPS provider has provided me with three IPS.
Main IP: 50.*.*.10
Additional IP 1: ...
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Ram issues with NGINX, PHP-FPM+APC and Varnish
I'm running a 512MB and i have lot of ram issues. I think is due to my configuration.
root@s1:~# free -m
total used free shared buffers cached
Mem: 1024 ...
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Unable to Connect to a Remote SQL Server
I can connect to a remote sql server at home but not in the office. The server where the SQL Server is hosted is a VPS (Arvixe). How can I check if a firewall is making me not able to connect on that ...
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Mongodb production server too slow compared to staging
We have two sets of db and app servers running on Rackspace VPS.
Production and Staging. The app is on Rails and db is MongoDB.
While staging(with as many documents as prod, 55k) works just fine,
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leaseweb default plesk login [closed]
I have just registered a VPS on LeaseWeb. How do i login to my Plesk panel ? I have tried https://my.server.ip:8443 but i don't know what is the default username.
According to their knowledge base, ...
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recipient rejected in a SMTP connection from a OpenVz container [closed]
I'm facing a strange problem. I'm getting a recipient rejected on a SMTP server only from inside an OpenVZ container, while from the physical server everything works fine.
Here's an example of a ...
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How safe is it to run Windows Server 2008 R2 datacenter without SP1? [closed]
I manage a Windows VPS on hosteurope.de. I've been trying to update it to SP1 - it says Windows Update are disable by group policy, and workarounds found online don't seem to work - same thing for ...
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Can't get PHP files to work “File not found”
I have nginx installed on my VPS which is running CentOS 6.3 and I can't seem to get any PHP files to work.
Here is my nginx.conf file:-
user nginx;
worker_processes 2;
error_log ...
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VPS security considerations when only accessing from one IP [duplicate]
I'm running an VPS where I have deployed some projects. As I am the only person who accesses the server and I furthermore have a fixed IP i decided to configure iptables so that server access is only ...
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Name Servers not resolving
I just got myself an unmanaged Dedicated VPS from OVH and I don't have a prior experience of setting up servers or DNS servers but I followed a couple of tuts and installed webmin and created NS Zones ...
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VPS setup for hosting more than one app (via VMs?)
First of all, I’m not an admin, so excuse me if my questions are kinda obvious/lame – I’m just a ruby programmer, which would like to host few apps on his server;)
Lets say, that I’ve got 3 ...
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VPs with share ip? like share hosting? [duplicate]
I want to make a vps center to provide vps for users.I want to assign ip to vps BUT I wonder is it possible for vps centres to assign share ip to all vps? like share hosting
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OpenVZ Host Node and IPTables
Can you use IPTables on the host node or does that effect all the containers on the node?
I am unsure as to if using iptables will effect all the containers below or not.
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short Apache outages (VPS, ModSecurity)
I have a problem with my site recently hosted at Liquidweb, none of their techs seems to be able to solve this issue even after days. Was hoping I could get some help here.
Occasionally, my site's ...
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Dedicated server vs VPS: advice on scaling site
We could use advice on a scaling/ops issue.
We have a simple mobile app that runs on Rails 3.2.12 and uses MongoMapper instead of ActiveRecord. There is one database call that sporadically performs ...
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is it possible to make some vps with a single share ip using linux? [closed]
I want to make a vps center to provide vps for users.I want to assign ip to vps BUT I wonder is it possible for vps centres to assign share ip to all vps? like share hosting
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How to point MX record to my VPS
I own a domain and I host a website on github pages. My A record points to github. I'd like to host mail on a VPS (which only has an IP address), but apparently, I cannot use an IP address as an MX ...
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Vps to laptop ssh tunnel
I have a laptop that I use mostly as a desktop but occasionally it moves networks. I have a vps with a static address and I want to forward ports from the vps to the laptop so that I can get to the ...
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My iptables does not allow apt-get update to work properly, what rule has broken it?
I thought my iptables' rules were working great, until I did an apt-get update, for which I get Temporary failure resolving error messages for all sites in sources.list. However, when I disable ...
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Comparable hosting scenarios [closed]
I understand I'm asking a subjective question, but I'm hoping to temper it with looking to real world examples rather than just asking about what hosting requirements I need.
Question: Can you give ...
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How to setup DNS using zpanel
I am trying to use the DNS features of zpanel and the documentation seems sparse. I had some DNS entries setup on my VPS using WHM / cPanel before my server crashed and now I'm trying to move ...
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Can't establish connection between my VPS and itself
I have a VPS with two IP addresses: 74.117.158.92 and 74.117.159.204. If you ping them, you'll find they are both responding. I can also ping google.com etc. from either of them.
But I cannot ping ...
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Is it typical to get brute force attack attempts on a brand new server?
I recently migrated to a new host, a VPS solution. From day one, I started getting WHM/cPanel notifications of brute force attack attempts via root on the main account, 3-4 times per day. I know this ...
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Find ddos attack on OpenVZ container
How do you figure out which OpenVZ contain is under attack from a dDoS?
I know it is an attack because the b/w and incoming traffic shot WAY up.
Can this be done with netstat? Are some attacks not ...
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How to add subdomain on Windows Server 2008 Standard?
I have two public IP. One is mapped to www.ezampal.com by a technician. I want to map subdomain.ezampal.com or www.subdomain.ezampal.com to another public IP. I'm using Windows VPS.
How to do that?
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Correctly configure nameservers with cPanel
I just bought a VPS with cPanel/WHM. My hosting provider gave me 3 dedicated IP addresses with my plan. I read on the internet that I should use 2 IPs for my nameservers and the other one as the main ...
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Firewall blocking ssh out from a openVz container
I'm using a firewall on the HN to open/close the ports of the containers directly from the HN. I'm using the iptables script from the openvz wiki.
Everything works fine but I cannot ssh out from the ...
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How to limit the amount each user can use on a CentOS VPS? [duplicate]
I use CentOS 6.4 on VPS. I want to limit the amount which each user can use.
/home directory is a part of the main partition which mounted on root directory (/), so I cannot use quota on /home ...
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1 GB VPS not enough for 60 WP sites [closed]
I use 1 GB VPS to host around 60 WP sites and after some time system crash form out of memory, i use optimized configuration for MySQL & Apache(threads, buffer sizes) but still have high time for ...
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Creating custom nameservers when registering a VPS?
I have been trying to setup custom nameservers. We have a domain, lets call it “example.com” and I would like “ns1.example.com” and “ns2.example.com” to act as nameservers.
Here are the steps I have ...
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How would I allow access to a VPS based MySQL database only from AWS East based IPs?
I have a MySQL database on my VPS that I only want to be accessible by my local IP (no problem in doing that) and an IroneWorker Ruby app, which may use any of these AWS East IPs.
So far, the only ...
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Is this THE MOST comprehensive commands to completely reset your iptables?
I'm running a VPS, and would like to reset the iptables' rules to its fresh-out-of-the-box
default state. These are the commands I've come up with:
#!/bin/sh
echo "Resetting all iptables rules..."
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Sent messages copied to inbox too
I have a server with postfix, courier-imap and spamassassin installed.
All the messages are well received and sent.
But i have an issue about sent messages are copied to
"sent" folder and to ...
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I'm looking for a Debian VPS service. I'm unfamiliar with Debian - what questions should I ask?
I'm looking to find a VPS service, providing me with a low cost, hosted, Debian package.
I'm unfamiliar with the OS, and, after looking at several offerings, I'm not entirely sure how I can best ...
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Error in moodle “max_allowed_packet”
I am getting error
"Serious session error detected.
Please notify administrator, this problem is most probably caused by small value in max_allowed_packet MySQL setting. "
This error generally ...
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Moving from Xen based VPS to Hyper-V based [closed]
I'm trying to decide whether I should move my VPS from a Xen based solution to a Hyper-V based one. The Hyper-V solution offered a better price. My site is built with WordPress and a couple of plugin ...
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SolusVM + OpenVZ + Second level quotas — how to enable?
I have a lot of CPanel clients and I've seen some host automatically enable secondary level quotas on signup. I was wondering how do I do that?
Do I need to run a script on signup?
Do I need to edit ...
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Courier-Imap on Apache CentOS VPS with Kloxo is not working
I am having a big problem with my email service... the courier-imap seems to be not working. Whenever i enable it via Kloxo panel .. it seems to stop itself.
I tried restart via SSH but no luck...
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Setting up VPN on a VPS
I want set up a VPN in my Xen VPS with one static IP. What I should set in /etc/pptpd.conf as localip and remoteip.
I followed this tutorial: ...
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How to set up a multi-user shared hosting environment?
Bear with me, this is going to be tough to word clearly.
Let's say I have a VPS account and I want to resell, and host a bunch of people on my server, giving them their own separate domains. Each ...
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dd test indicated that it took 51 second to transfer 1 kilobyte, VPS hosting provider claimed not responsible, how? [closed]
I did a dd test on my VPSs, for your information, I am purchasing a VPS with 5 node from tmdhosting. My result:
Last login: Wed Apr 10 22:04:46 2013 from 115.85.128.54
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Server Memory Usage [duplicate]
So I appear to be having some problems with VPS memory and wondered if someone could point me in the right direction.
If I go in to Server Status, it constantly shows me as using 85% memory.
Current ...
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Does our VPS have its kmemsize limit set too low?
Short Version:
Are there any official guidelines on what the kmemsize
barrier and limit should be set to for a container in
Virtuozzo/OpenVZ intended to be used as a Web server? We've found
posts ...
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High Load Average, low CPU and Memory Usage and minimum wait time for IO Operation (5%)
I have a VPS with the OS centos 5.7, and it is behaving very weirdly. My VPS is located on a 2-core machine.
For a 2-core machine, the load average I can see is very high, as evident when I use the ...
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BIND works with a domain name exception
I have finally migrated from Dnsmasq to Bind, but I have an uncommon problem. I have 3 domains working very good, but one is not working.
The only difference that I find is that the domain name ...
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The mysterious //tmp/cbmew.php [duplicate]
I have a VPS, on which I install a few web applications. All of them are open source application. Recently my VPS load is very high, so I check my daily process log and one thing stands out at me.
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Check the usage of IO by my VPS
I have a VPS with a hosting provider. Recently, I discover that my load average is just extremely high. I have a 2 core VPS, and the load average can go up to 9 or 10, as shown below!
I initially ...
