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In Linux servers, the shell is the primary component used in operating the server and allows you to connect to your server remotely. When you log in via SSH, it is displayed to you, analyzes the commands passed to it and spawns processes to execute those commands. However,...
There comes a time for most Windows servers that you need to add IPs to your server. Following this simple guide will show you how to add your new IP address to your Windows VPS 2008, 2012, and 2016. The easiest way to add the IPs to your server is through the Network and...
Whether you want a server to act as a relay for you to be able to stream to multiple services at once, re-encode your video stream into different formats, resolutions, or bitrates, or to stream from pre-recorded videos, a good method to do so is with a server running Nginx...
In Windows, you can enable 'Audit Policies' for certain events that the operating system detects. One such audit policy is to audit any login/logoff events that occur on your server. This can be a good way to log what accounts are logging into your server, when, and from...
With any portal where you can log in from anywhere, it is advisable to enable Two Factor Authentication to increase security for the account. This way, even if someone could guess your password correctly, they will still need to obtain your 2 Factor Authentication method to...
Nginx is a powerful tool. It allows you to serve multiple apps, websites, load-balanced applications, and much more. This flexibility is all powered by a relatively simple configuration system that uses nearly-human-readable configuration files. This guide will demonstrate...
Make sure your server is up-to-date . The LAMP stack is a development stack that is common for PHP-based websites and web applications. LAMP stands for Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. Install Apache You will want to run the following command to install Apache: Running this...
Suppose you speed through the Joomla! Installation through Softaculous, you may miss where it asks for the administrator username. By default, this will be admin. Typically it is recommended to use something other than the default to help protect against a brute force or...
If you have made changes to your PHP.ini to increase your upload maximum, increase memory usage, or change how specific parts of the PHP service function, you would need to restart your PHP-FPM service. This guide goes into detail on how to perform this. How To Restart...
With having multiple accounts on your WHM Server, you may want to keep track of the bandwidth usage of each of the cPanel accounts in case you see that a large amount is originating from your server. This can easily be checked within WHM's View Bandwidth Usage tool. Where To...
In WHM, you can set a disk size quota for each cPanel account. This is useful to help against one particular user from using too much disk space and make sure there is enough room for other users. If you want to view the cPanel accounts that have reached or gone over their...
If you are changing the SSH port to a different one from the default, it would be advisable to restart the SSH Server service to update the config's listening settings. One way to change the SSH port is through the command line . How To Restart SSH Server (OpenSSH) Through...
If you are applying an update to the software or a rolling restart of the server, restarting the SQL service may be required to interrupt any occurring processes safely. This guide will walk you through how to perform this in WHM. Before proceeding, we suggest making sure...
It is highly recommended to change your passwords every few months to keep your account secure. This may increase the chances of having forgotten your password. While this can cause some worry, it is actually a simple and straightforward process to reset the password, as...
The Fedora options in your Hostwinds VPS(s) don't come with any graphical user interface by default. There are many options for the look-and-feel of a GUI in Linux, but for lightweight (low resource usage) window management, this guide will use Xfce. These instructions have...
If you have suspended a cPanel account through WHM or are looking for an easy way to find all of the accounts on your WHM server that have been suspended, WHM offers an easy way to do this. From WHM's List Suspended Accounts page, you can easily unsuspend or even Terminate...