October 15, 2018

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…

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September 28, 2018

How 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…

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September 10, 2018

Six 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…

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August 31, 2018

Some 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…

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August 23, 2018

How 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…

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July 26, 2018

Install 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​…

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July 13, 2018

Nginx 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…

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June 20, 2018

How 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…

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June 6, 2018

Setting 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…

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May 25, 2018

How 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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