Questions tagged [vps]
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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Why do I need to set a hostname?
I know there's quite a few questions about host names. But even after reading them, I didn't really understand the concept of host names entirely. So here's my question:
I've been following this ...
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How do I set up a basic mail server for the first time? [closed]
I have a site running on a VPS, now I want to be able to receive mails at [email protected]. How do I need to set up the server? And how should I set up the mail client on my PC to receive those mails?...
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Removing Apache from Debian 5
I had Debian 5 installed on my VPS but I found that it came with apache2 already up and running. I tried
apt-get remove apache2
but it said that apache2 wasn't running. I checked top and yep, there ...
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What to put as hostname in VPS setup?
If my domain is example.com, what should I put as hostname in my VPS setup using Debian 8.7 Jessie? Is it www.example.com or example.com or example?
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How should I setup DNS when all I have is a VPS with a static IP? [closed]
I have a VPS with a static IP and a domain pointed to the registrants nameservers, so I can change all of the DNS records.
In past, I've always just set nameservers to my VPS/hosting provider, but I ...
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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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Opening port 5432 on ubuntu
I am trying to open port 5432 on ubuntu using ufw using sudo ufw allow 5432/tcp
I then use nmap to see if port 5432 was opened and i get this:
root@domain:~# sudo nmap -sS -O 127.0.0.1
Starting ...
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How to backup a linode 360 VPS?
I have a php/vbulletin/apache server running a 360 instance of linode.
I am wondering what is the best way to remote backup the server in another location?
I'm guessing I have two options, FTP and ...
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How secure/private is full disk encryption on a VPS? [duplicate]
Security principles say that if someone else has physical access to a machine, then there is no security/privacy. I'm wondering about some examples of this in the case where I want to have a hosted ...
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OpenVPN Client timing out
I recently installed OpenVPN on my Ubuntu VPS. Whenenver I try to connect to it, I can establish a connection just fine.
However, everything I try to connect to times out.
If I try to ping something,...
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How can I tell who/what shutdown my CentOS VPS?
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VPS (running on OpenVZ)
My VPS shut down this morning and I'm not sure why. I contacted my VPS host and they indicated that the server "was off". They powered it back on but I'm confused ...
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Migrate Hosted VPS server to my own server
Is it possible to direct copy an entire VPS host to my own server?
My current VPS is in the US and the response times from/to Denmark are bugging me a lot. I have previously had my own server, ...
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Suggestions for reliable cheap VPS ($10)? [closed]
Does anyone have suggestions on reliable and cheap VPSes (up to around $10 each)? I found this link on a related question and was wondering if anyone had reviews for these services or others:
http://...
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what are the advantages/disadvantages of cloud server versus a VPS?
I was looking around for inexpensive linux/PHP hosting for a project that is still in development. I got some recommendations for slicehost. But then a freind mentioned rackspace cloud servers, and ...
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CentOS7 firewalld no zones
I have installed firewalld on a fresh CentOS 7 minnimal installation on a VPS (weirdly enough, from what I've been searching firewalld should already be installed with system).
I tried opening some ...
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Attempted hack on VPS, how to protect in future, what were they trying to do? [duplicate]
UPDATE: They're still here. Help me stop or trap them!
Hi SF'ers,
I've just had someone hack one of my clients sites. They managed to get to change a file so that the checkout page on the site writes ...
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VPS: How can I update the available hard disk space after upgrade?
I made an upgrade of a VPS hosted on OVH, specifically from VPS CLOUD 1 to VPS CLOUD 2 that have 25gb more of previous solution (50gb total).
On this VPS is installed CentOS 7.2.1511
There is the ...
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Is VPS and VM same thing or is there any difference? [closed]
It appears to me that VPS and VM is the same thing because of the way they both work. But if we dig little deeper, is there any noticeable difference between the two like physical hardware, management ...
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Is a VPS with some resources the same as a Dedicated server with exactly same resources?
Apologize if I shouldn't ask this here.
I want to acquire a VPS or a Dedicated. I read about VPS and Dedicated and the differences but I don't understand something...
Is a VPS with some resources (X ...
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Cannot access javascript folder
I signed up and setup a small ubuntu VPS slice during the week and everything is going great so far, except one small problem.
I have two virtual hosts setup but cannot access the javascript folder ...
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Disable IPv6 on Debian VPS (Virtuozzo!)
Note: This question is still unresolved - the answer was auto-accepted.
I have a Debian Lenny VPS, that's running virtualized by Parallels/Virtuozzo. Currently, the network interface doesn't have an ...
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Prevent hijacking IPs in KVM/libvirt
How can I prevent a VM user/client from accessing IP addresses he doesn't own but are routed over the same bridge on KVM/Libvirt?
IP addresses are routed to a cisco switch vLan consisting of a /24 ...
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Is nginx good for dynamic content?
I want an alternative for apache, lighthttpd has memory leaks problems so i can't go for it, i keep reading that nginx is good for static content but is it good for php-mysql dynamic video sharing ...
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How can I trace the cause of php-fpm terminating?
I have VPS (4 core, 6GB) running centos, nginx and php-fpm, with very little traffic (I have never published the url).
Every few weeks (at different times), php-fpm terminates with only the following ...
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Should I encrypt my VPS' harddrive? [closed]
Is it feasible to remotely encrypt the hard drive of a virtual server (VPS, cloud server like EC2)? This would help to protect the contents of the hard drive from snooping by the host or as a result ...
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How much memory is enough for a Windows 2008 VPS?
From the system requirements for Windows Server 2008 (on wikipedia.org):
Minimum: 512 MB RAM (may limit performance and some features)
Recommended: 2 GB RAM or higher
I'm going to have my website ...
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Distinction between Cloud Servers and VPS
What is the distinction between a Cloud based host and a VPS? I talked to a Rackspace Cloud sales person for around 45 minutes and never came to a real conclusion on this. So, to elaborate on my ...
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VPS hostname, ns1 and ns2 prefix [closed]
Sorry for the stupid question. I'm completely new to servers in general and I want to sign up for a VPS.
On the sign-up page, I have to fill in these fields:
I have no idea what I should write into ...
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What should I know before considering a VPS or dedicated server?
I have a plan for the future for an application and web service. The client will have an application that will send requests to a server-side Java backend that will process requests, and the server ...
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Does Google provide hosting servers means like vps or dedicated servers? [closed]
I want to make it sure does google provide hosting servers like virtual private servers or dedicated besides free hosting that is available from sites.google.com
Does google have something like ...
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Any alternative firewall solutions for debian that aren't based on netfilter / iptables? [closed]
I have a virtual server running Debian. It's host OS is using Linux Vserver and due to its lack of support for network namespaces, using iptables to secure the box is not an option. I did many ...
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How can I migrate a VPS from one provider to another while keeping configurations? Can I just use `rsync / destination:/`?
How can I migrate from one VPS to another, while keeping the configurations?
I saw this question Best way to migrate data between two linux VPS
But that was only to migrate the data.
I have set up ...
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Load balancing / Failover for multiple VPS's set across different datacenters
I know many variants of this question has been asked already, but I still can't find a good answer to my needs.
What I want to do is setup a few (2 at minimum) VPS's to host my web apps on. I'd like ...
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How much memory is required for base lamp setup? [duplicate]
I am planning on renting a VPS.
How much memory is required for a base setup of Debian, Apache, Mysql, PHP?
By base, I mean not considering traffic (which will be below 1k hits a day). No ...
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opendkim fail | bad RSA signature | verification failed unprotected key
I have fully manageable VPS running Ubuntu 14.04 which hosts websites for several domains. Recently I have tried to add DKIM signatures to avoid spam filters. I've followed ubuntu-postfix-dkim ...
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Is there any way to automatically prevent running out of memory?
I am often running out of memory on my VPS ubuntu server. I wish there was a way to simply restart apache2 when it starts running out of memory, as that seems to solve the problem. Or am I just too ...
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Correct way to handle security threats to web server on budget [closed]
During our annual security review I was reminded of an incident earlier this year where we received a threat to our organizations web server. It was over a organization policy and threatened to DDoS ...
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Clear / Flush cached memory [duplicate]
I have a small VPS with 6GB RAM hosting a couple of websites.
Recently I have noticed that my cached memory size is quite high - see below:
Cpu(s): 0.1%us, 0.1%sy, 0.0%ni, 99.1%id, 0.0%wa, ...
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How can I completely delete the contents of my old VPS?
Ubuntu 9.10 | VPS
I'm getting ready to stop using my old VPS host (linode) and am a little concerned about my old data remaining on the VPS. Is there a command I can run from the command-line that ...
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what is better: three small VPS or a bigger one VPS
I'm interested in deploying a django application with its database. So I would like to know what do you think what can be better in terms of performance: Three linodes 540 (720) or one linode 1440 (...
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How to get rid of network broadcasting of port 17500
I get the following in my VPS logs
Aug 11 11:29:22 sv1254 kernel: Firewall: *UDP_IN Blocked* IN=eth0 OUT= MAC=ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:ff:f6:f3:49:7e:0a:54:08:00 SRC=178.162.203.19 DST=255.255.255.255 LEN=131 ...
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Secondary IP (eth0:0) acts like main server IP
I have a CentOS server, configured with 4 consecutive IPs:
eth0 5.x.x.251
eth0:0 5.x.x.252
eth0:1 5.x.x.253
eth0:2 5.x.x.254
The problem is that all traffic goes out to the internet with eth0:0 (...
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Why does 'top' indicate low memory usage, whilst 'free' indicates high memory usage?
Why does 'top' indicate low memory usage, whilst 'free' indicates high memory usage?
Mem: 262144k total, 225708k used, 36436k free, 47948k buffers
Swap: 262136k total, 40k used, ...
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Can't use external IP on Hetzner VPS
I've changed my virtual server model on Hetzner recently. The new one has an external IPv4 address on which it's accessible from the internet (as it should). But I can't use this external IP in ...
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How Hacker Can Access VPS CentOS 6 content? [closed]
Just want to understand. Please, correct mistakes and write advices
Hacker can access to VPS:
1. Through (using) console terminal, for example, using PuTTY.
To access, hacker need to know port ...
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geographic location of VPS
I purchased a VPS, but I have my suspicions the server is not in the location I requested (Amsterdam). Is there a reliable way to determine the physical location of a VPS (using it's IP address, ...
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VPS or dedicated server for a web server?
I currently have a small dedicated server at ThePlanet and I want to do an hardware upgrade.
On this server I am hosting a php web application.
I have done some comparaison between ThePlanet, Amazon ...
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Do virtual private servers yield better uptime than shared hosting?
I'm running some websites on a shared hosting provider for $10/month. I've experienced a few downtimes in recent months. The tech support tell me there's nothing wrong with my site. The server ...
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Digital Ocean: "Failed to open serialization file readonly file system" Issue #Ubuntu
After applying an apt update + upgrade to my Ubuntu VM at Digital Ocean I started seeing the message in the title.
The Wisdom of Internet say's that this problem typically occur when the UUID in /...
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Host keeps asking for password when using SSH Keys with PuTTY for Windows
I'm using PuTTY for Windows to connect to dreamcompute-VPS(dreamhost). At dreamcompute panel, I created a private key and downloaded it, a .pem file. Using PuTTYgen, I converted this file to .ppk as ...
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