Running a WordPress on a Virtual private Server or dedicated server is not an easy as running a WordPress on shared hosting server. There are a few things need to install and configure. Basically you will need web server(Apache, Nginx or Lighttpd) and database server(MySQL). The most popular database for WordPress platform is MySQL. Installation […]
WordPress is free web blogging software and open source content management system (CMS) which based on PHP and MySQL platform. You can run and install WorPress on shared Web hosting service, on virtual private server (VPS) or if you need high performance WordPress blog which can serve many concurrent users at a time, you can […]
MySQL Database server is one of the most popular used database in the internet especially for content management and blogging site. It’s can stores and retrieves data for the blog, websites and applications. This post will describes how you can install and securing MySQL on CentOS 6.4 virtual private server (VPS) or dedicated MySQL database […]
We’re rolling out a new Lish SSH gateway that simplifies Lish by introducing a single place to access Lish for all of your Linodes, regardless of their host or datacenter. It eliminates the need for per-Linode Lish passwords and SSH keys. Instead, the Lish gateway uses your existing Linode Manager credentials for authentication. You will […]
This is the third and final post in a series about Linode: NextGen. The first post in the series focused on network upgrades and the second post focused on host hardware. This post announces yet another upgrade, and discusses the upgrade procedure and availability. We’re doubling the RAM on all of our plans. This upgrade […]
Assumed that you already buy two Virtual Private Server (VPS) but you dont want to point your nameservers on your hosting provider. To look more professional and stylish, you can run and have two private nameservers such as ns1.ehowstuff.local and ns2.ehowstuff.local. This post will show you the steps on how to setup and run your […]
By default, the linux operating system manages 65536 ports. If you run Virtual private Server (VPS) on linux platform, it is better to turn off any services or ports that you don’t actually need. This is to ensure your VPS server will not become avenues of attack for any security threats. Simply run these commands […]
Several important factors to consider before buying a Virtual Private Server (VPS) are Internet connection speed, I/O speed, CPU performance and the server or network uptime. Actually, you can get a complete comparison about the VPS performance at serverbear.com websites, but if you want a second opinion on how fast is your connection speed VPS, […]
There are several ways on how to check the memory usage on linux virtual Private Server (VPS). This steps has been tested on linux CentOS 6.2 server and may workings on other linux server as well. 1. Check memory usage using “/proc/meminfo” command: [root@centos62 ~]# cat /proc/meminfo Output : MemTotal: 1030888 kB MemFree: 710372 kB […]
Virtual Private Server (VPS) is a term used by internet hosting services which offers a good balance between total control (root access privilege) and a tight budget. Having a VPS account is just like operating a dedicated server. VPS is cost effective way to manage multiple sites and ideal for mission critical applications and websites. […]