Manually updating traffic and disk usage for all clients in Plesk
Linux General,Plesk,This blog post will guide you through the process of manually updating the traffic and disk usage for all the clients in Plesk. The Plesk statistics is a report in Plesk that calculates disk space, Mail Space, Database usage and traffic usage on a per domain and hosting account. Plesk recalculates all usage statistics once…
Read moreHow to Limit Bandwidth Using mod_bandwidth Module
Linux General,Apache does not have any rate limiting or bandwidth limitations by default. In fact, only external modules provide this functionality, so you’d have had to make a special effort to enable it. In this post we will see how you can limit bandwidth using mod_bandwidth module and limit the users to 1Mbps per domain. By…
Read moreSix Basic Options You Will Need To Configure Apache Server Tokens
Linux General,In this post, you will learn about the six basic options you will need to configure Apache Server Tokens. These options are quite different from each other and the security of the server depends on how you set this up. Apache token is generally found in the Apache main configuration file “httpd.conf”. If you don’t…
Read moreSome Simple Tweaks to Optimize Apache in cPanel
Cpanel,Linux General,The default Apache settings on cPanel are something that can be improved on. Here are some simple tweaks to optimize cPanel server. All the important configuration options are stored by Apache in a config file called httpd.conf that is located at /usr/local/apache/conf/httpd.conf. We will start by opening this file in your favorite text editor. For…
Read moreHow to fix a corrupt Joomla session table “jos_session”
Content management system,What is Joomla session table and why do we need it? As the name implies, jos_session table stores temporary data of Joomla users and it is used to manage user sessions. A loaded session table can have a serious impact on your Joomla site and often cause slow down. Joomla updates the session table on…
Read moreInstall and Configure GitLab on Ubuntu 14.04 with existing Apache
Linux General,In this guide, we will see how to install and configure GitLab on Ubuntu 14.04 server. At a high level, here are the list of steps you would go through to complete the process: 1. Install and configure the necessary dependencies 2. Add the GitLab package repository and install the package 3. Adjusting the Firewall…
Read moreNginx on cPanel – Quick set up guide of Engintron
Cpanel,Linux General,Here is a quick setup guide for installing Engintron on cPanel/WHM which deploys Nginx web server as a reverse proxy on the server. cPanel doesn’t have the Nginx support as an alternative to the Apache also Nginx proxied to the Apache. However, we can make use of the third-party plugins for our requirement. There are…
Read moreHow to setup SSL for Elastic Load Balancer in AWS
AWS,So here is a step-by-step setup guide to setup SSL for Elastic Load Balancer (ELB) in AWS. With the increasing popularity as well as the need for the SEO, SSL certificates are now becoming a prerequisite for any website that considers the security of the visitors as serious thing. But just purchasing an SSL certificate…
Read moreSetting up Reverse DNS Without The Help Of Data Center
Linux General,In most cases, the rDNS setup will done by the Data Center (DC) technicians. But in case if the DC delegates it to a support team like us, you have 2 choices – to leave it in the hands of server management expert like us or to do it on your own and in which…
Read moreHow to Install and Configure ProFTPD on Linux Server
Linux General,In a web hosting environment, running an FTP server is an essential function and it gives the client access to file servers. In this blog post, let’s look at how to install and configure ProFTPD on a Linux server.The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol used for the transfer of files between…
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