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What is the MEAN Stack? The MEAN stack has been quickly rising in popularity as a robust Javascript-based development stack. The name MEAN refers to its components; MongoDB, ExpressJS, AngularJS, and NodeJS. Step 1: Install MEAN For this installation, we will be using Ubuntu...
ISPmanager is a control panel that allows you to manage your web hosting server(s) and is available for Hostwinds clients with Cloud VPS or Dedicated Servers. Definition of ISPmanager Lite functions Accounts Administrators – A list of all the administrator-level accounts....
Installing File Transfer Protocol (FTP) on Ubuntu is a common task that allows you to use FTP for moving files between computers. FTP works on the client-server model. The server component is the FTP Daemon, which always listens for FTP requests on the assigned port (port 21...
CyberPanel is a control panel you can install on a VPS or dedicated server and utilizes LiteSpeed as its underlying webserver. CyberPanel has two editions available for download: CyberPanel and CyberPanel Ent. CyberPanel is their completely free edition, which utilizes the...
CyberPanel is a relatively newer control panel available for you to download and help turn your VPS or dedicated server into an easily manageable web server. What helps set CyberPanel apart from others is that it defaults to using a version of LiteSpeed as the underlying web...
There are two main types of redirects, temporary and permanent. We will focus on another type of redirect called URL Masking in this guide and review how to accomplish URL Masking by Editing a .htaccess file. Let's get started. What is URL Masking? URL masking would be when...
This guide will go over how to install and configure Postfix and s-nail to send and receive mail on your Ubuntu 18.04 server. You will need to connect to your server using SSH as root or a superuser for this guide. To continue, a Hostwinds Cloud, VPS, or Dedicated Server...
Out of the many control panels available today, Plesk is one of the more popular ones used (up there with cPanel / WHM and Virtualmin). A big advantage of Plesk is that it was built to work on both Windows Operating Systems and Linux Operating Systems, without sacrificing...
Within Plesk, you will have the option to add multiple domains to your account for Hosting, as well as various other features included with Plesk. However, unlike some other control panels, with Plesk you are restricted on the number of domains you can add, depending on the...
Wget and cURL are two popular command-line utilities commonly used in web hosting for downloading files, making HTTP requests, and automating tasks. They allow you to interact with remote servers and offer a variety of features for different use cases. This guide will...
Python is a popular language for some web developers. It has frameworks such as Flask and Django that can speed up backend web development. This guide will go over how to get the Django framework up and running on a Hostwinds VPS server to be served over the internet. You...
Scrapebox is a fairly popular tool for analyzing and adjusting your site's Search Engine Optimization (SEO). It can help you make your site rank higher in search results from Google, Yahoo!, Bing, etc. In utilizing this tool, a somewhat common practice is to run Scrapbox...
If you're running a web hosting company, monitoring server resources and processes is crucial to ensure your servers are running efficiently and to diagnose any performance issues. htop can be a valuable tool for this purpose. What is htop Command? The htop command is a...
HTTP Stands for Hypertext transfer protocol. Most web servers on the internet used to use this protocol. It's somewhat simple, and any newly installed web server on a Hostwinds VPS or dedicated server will support this protocol out of the box. Unfortunately, it is also...
If your Windows Server seems like it is having issues with gaining access via RDP and is not showing as connected to a network, here is a quick troubleshooting step you can do to see if your Server has set up DNS in Windows Server 2016 correctly. Furthermore, Hostwinds can...
One thing you can do with your Windows VPS or dedicated server is map one of its folders as a network drive on your local PC. This is great if you have data on your server that you need quick access to or have data on your local PC that you would like to push to the server....