A virtual private server is where a single physical host server is partitioned off to create many virtual servers. Each of these can run its own full-fledged operating system and can be independently rebooted. In the world of commercial web hosting, VPS exists between shared and dedicated hosting. ...
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Is there tool that will monitor or log speed of web server responses
I have GNU/linux Box (linode VPS running Debian) with PHP, Apache, MySQL and Varnish (and app/site that use those) is there a tool that will save or monitor load times of web server responses?
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Apache shows .html, .php files as .txt
I have files in public_html (index.html). When I go to the main page it gives me "Apache Test Page". When I try to add link to them manually (domain_name/index.html or index2.php) it gives me only ...
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tomcat wont start on ubuntu server
Original post
Updated on 31/05/2012
I have a VPS and running a Tomcat server over a year without a problem. However, Tomcat just shutdowns right after VPS maintain and can not start again a week ...
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Check VPS resource consumption of a website
I've got a website (I'd say poorly optimized as it's my own code and I've never optimized a website before) and now that it's getting more visits the server load increases to up to 4-5 when there are ...
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Backing up VPS with cPanel/WHM
I am backing up my VPS with duplicity, the directories that are being backed up are /home and /var/backup (mysql dump)
Inside the home folder there are a few cpanel related folders should I back ...
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Duplicity --exclude /home/virtfs/ doesn't work
I am backing up my VPS's /home with duplicity to Amazon S3.
I have excluded /home/virtfs as it produced errors the first time I ran the script.
The second time I ran the script I excluded ...
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How many visitors can handle linode 4096 [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
How do you do Load Testing and Capacity Planning for Web Sites
I have a site on linode 4096 VPS (4096MB Ram) https://www.linode.com and I want to know how many visitors ...
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new IP for ubuntu VPS can't ping outside the box / ssh hangs
my VPS provider just changed my VPS' IP, everything is working (like the webserver) but I have two problems
when I login via SSH after I type the user the console hangs for
about 10 seconds before ...
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What are some cloud hosting solutions that give me VPS flexibility? [closed]
I've currently got a VPS solution that I'm paying about $60/month for that gives the flexibility of installing my own Windows services, has SQL Server 2008R2 and allows me to host apps. I also have ...
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Two website accounts on linux VPS sharing common files/directories via symlinks
I have two eCommerce sites currently on two different shared hosting platforms. The sites sell music digital downloads. They both sell the same music. I would like to move them to a VPS, and I would ...
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How many users do shared hosters stuff on a server? [closed]
I heard that typically it's around 800 - 1000. Is it true?
What about VPS? How many users usually share a VPS?
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Linux server's disk full
I use WinSCP to upload my website's pages to a remote Ubuntu Linux server (VPS xen hosting).
When I copy a file, it is written in the server with size=0.
When I checked the free disk space:
df -h
I ...
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How do I copy my current website to VPS linux?
I have my current website on shared hosting. But recently we are shifting to VPS hosting. I am quiet new to this term and when I talked with their sales team about what is VPS and can I remotely ...
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Java hangin and crashing on centos 6
I'm having problems with running java programs on my VPS.
symptoms:
Starts and runs for a bit and then just hangs there without any cpu
use. Usually has different amounts of memory allocated.
Shows ...
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2 x Intel XEON E5504 CPU VS 1 x Intel XEON E5620 CPU ? for servery will carry about 20 to 30vps [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Can you help me with my capacity planning?
i will buy a server to hold number of medium vps between 20 - 30 vps , but i don't know what's the best processor to include :
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With Xen, when is Swap used?
I have a 512MB Xen VPS with 1024MB Swap.
When I SSH into it and type "free -m", it shows I have around 50MB free memory.
I had recently downgraded from a 1024MB plan because I didn't need the ...
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Linux - Counter Measure against Stress Tools
I have a VPS running Ngix and currently hosting a few websites. As you know VPS have low resource and the security measures should be done by client.
I just noticed many stress tools are out there ...
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How to auto chown/chgrp files after FTP upload?
I have a new VPS setup with Debian + LEMP stack. Wondering how to automatically chown/chgrp new files uploaded via FTP to /srv/www/siteroot to www-data:www-data?
I am under the assumption this can ...
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Can't SSH to VPS (timeout)
I was able to SSH into my VPS earlier today, and made no major changes. However now when I attempt to SSH into my VPS it doesn't even ask me for my password it just times out.
If I open the serial ...
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Heavy disk write on a Debian VPS gives “ata1: lost interrupt (Status 0x50)”
I have a new Debian VPS that appears to fail almost every time I run a heavy disk write test on ext4 filesystem. The filesystem goes to read-only mode and "ata1: lost interrupt (Status 0x50)" is ...
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Method for comparing VPS node qualities [closed]
I have 2 VPS's from the same company and both of the VPS's are on different nodes.
Are there any kind of test or utility I can preform to see which one has better connection, load, etc?
Is it ...
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Changed SSHD port in VPS can't login
I altered the SSHD port on my unmanaged CentOS VPS to 0062, now I am unable to SSH in and get the error: Network error: connection refused.
Does anyone know how to get in and fix this? And why ...
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How to use the 2nd default IP address on Burst.net VPS?
I just bought a VPS from Burstnet. The VPS comes with two static IPs but I dont know how to use the second IP.
When I check the IP address, it always shows the first IP. How can I let it show the ...
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Will my setup be sufficient for the load I am expecting? [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Can you help me with my capacity planning?
I received an email the other day from one of the websites in the global top 100 saying they are going to link to me on their ...
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Whois Lookup For WebApp? [closed]
I am buliding A Web App, that needs following info of Visitor.
ISP
Organisation.
Do Hostgator Shared hosting allows, Whois Lookup? Or i need Amazon AWS for this.
On Amzon Aws, there are many ...
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setup postfix or equiv to only forward to new address
Is there a dead easy way to set up an MTA to only redirect incoming mail
user@mydomain.com -> myCheapGmailAccount@gmail.com
Yes, I've tried various postfix guides but I'm lost in configuration.
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Download Server [closed]
Possible Duplicate:
Can you help me with my capacity planning?
A few months ago I started a online store to download digital goods and it has became quite popular since then and I'm needing ...
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1answer
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Are vCPU the same as 1 Socket, or a single Core?
Currently I have a Hyper-v VPS with 2 (vCPU) processor. I would like to install SQL Server Express 2012 that has a limitation of 1 Socket or 4 Cores, whichever the lesser.
My Question: Are vCPU's ...
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Configuring nginx and PHP5-FPM
I have a VPS with 1 CPU Core, when I was searching around for some nice documentation on configuring nginx and php5-fpm I constantly came across stuff like "I have a dual core CPU so I will limit this ...
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increase download speed for users via nginx
Is there a setting with nginx that could be restricting or limiting the download speed of my users? My users are getting around 300kb/s If I use a download accelerator and download a file ...
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Bootstrap Linux Server for URL Redirection
I am setting up a nginx/php-fpm only server that will just redirect requests in a very simple way.
I am planing to do this like this:
the request should be as simples as for example ...
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How to create my own proxy server? [closed]
I have a VPS that is located in the US. As I am currently in Europe, I would like to be able to watch Netflix (and bypass other regional restrictions as well). I googled "Create own proxy server", but ...
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light web server to run on vps
Has anyone tried to build a really light server that uses the least amount of space and memory, while giving high performance?
I would assume that linux kernel can be configured to keep only ...
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How to make a registred domain name point to an IP address?
I bought a domain name with A Small Orange.
Next, I bought a VPS with SoftsysHosting.
The VPS is running Windows Server 2008 R2 and I would like to know, how to make people who visit my domain, go ...
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Apache2 on linux - how to track down performance trouble
I am stuck on this topic for a while now: How can I get more details on where response time burns.
My Problem is the extreme variance in response times. Sometimes it takes the server 5 or 10 seconds ...
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is it possible to change mac address of Network card inside a vps (keeping internet connection)
i want to change the mac address of Network card inside my own vps (virtual private network - windows server 2008 in Switzerland).
is it possible to do this job without losing remote and internet ...
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linode server bandwidth
I am ready to deploy my startup on the web so i would like to start small and get a VPS from linode as i see many good reviews and see how its going...
the thing is that on their website they state:
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Is it possible to run Virtual Machines using another Virtual machine
This might sound like a stupid question but i haven't had the correct answer yet.
If i have a high configuration vps from say Rackspace or any big company, then can i use Xen or any other ...
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WordPress not working on Varnish + Nginx based Ubuntu VPS
I set up a Ubuntu based Linode VPS with Nginx and Varnish on it. However i am not able to access anything on the IP or site address.
IP: 176.58.98.79
Site: http://www.articledexter.info
When i try ...
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What I can do to achieve this kind of smtp proxy
I'm providing VPS services and I don't want my IP addresses spoiled by spammers. What I want to achieve here is to route all the outbound traffic to some sort of smtp proxy server which will just let ...
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Lots of requests for same URL at new IP address
Just got a new VPS with two IPs. I'm getting a tonne of requests from multiple different client IPs for a single path on one of the IPs, almost one per second. The path is "/lzb/gz.php". Any ideas ...
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1answer
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Munin graphs picking different data from munin-nodes
I am using Munin graphs with multiple VPSes at the moment and most of them are running Ubuntu version 10.04 LTS or greater.
The issue is, im installing munin-node from the the default repo BUT some ...
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Dnsmasq Configuration for OpenVPN
I'm trying to configure an OpenVZ VPS running Debian 6 to run OpenVPN. I've got OpenVPN running, and I can connect to it, but my traffic isn't passing through yet. I get an error when dnsmasq start, ...
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named gets killed
Every once in a while, my server will kill named. This gets logged:
Apr 16 17:00:08 li127-203 kernel: Out of memory: Kill process 15723 (named) score 38 or sacrifice child
Apr 16 17:00:08 li127-203 ...
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Xen Swap File/Memory
Does anyone know if swap memory from a Xen container uses actual RAM from the node, or does it use disk space on the node?
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LAMP - i686 or x64 on 512 MB CentOS 6.2 VPS [closed]
I'm setting up a new CentOS LAMP VPS that has 512MB of RAM.
I can choose between CentOS 6.2 64bit or i686 and was wondering what version I should choose?
Thanks for the help...
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OpenVPN Setup - Service Won't Start
I'm in the process of setting up OpenVPN on a VPS running Debian 6. I've walked step-by-step through this guide twice now, and I can't get the service to start. When I start the service, the error ...
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nginx + php-fastcgi + mysql on CentOS 502 Bad Gateway in all files with mysql connection
I am trying to install an nginx server with php and mysql on my vps (CentOS)
I followed this tutorial to install all the sofware.
http://library.linode.com/web-servers/nginx/php-fastcgi/centos-5
...
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Setup VPN on VPS
I tried your tutorial here:
http://wiki.debian.org/HowTo/iPhoneVPNServer
But I can't get it to work. I have slightly different setup then the one you wrote the tutorial for. Maybe I just made ...
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“Too many open files in system” on VPS with LSOF far from MAXFILES
Good day.
Lately my VPS server (CentOS on it) started crushing with "Too many open files in system" error. I read many on the error and know that the limit is set by my hosting provider. I received a ...
