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With Virtualmin, you can easily enable two-factor authentication with a few simple clicks. This article will go over how you can enable two-factor authentication to secure your Virtualmin login further. This article implies that you have already installed Virtualmin onto...
How to enable Apache mod_rewrite The Apache web server is a prevalent web server among various Linux distributions. This popularity is partly due to its modular design that allows you to customize the webserver to fit your needs by enabling or disabling modules. One of those...
With Virtualmin, you can use the Edit Config Files module to edit your server's FTP-related configuration files. This guide will show you how to accomplish this using Virtualmin. Please note that you'll first need to have Virtualmin installed and be logged into Virtualmin...
You may find that you're asked to or need to edit your host's file in some instances. At this point, you may be wondering what a host file is. A host file is a plain text file that links hostnames to IP addresses. This article will cover how to locate and edit your host 's...
Apache is a very widely used web server developed and continually maintained by the Apache Software Foundation. It is an open-source web server that allows you to customize its functionality through the editing of configuration files or conf files for short. Typically this...
When installing software on an Ubuntu-based server, you'd typically do this using the Linux shell or terminal (command line). It may seem a bit daunting at first. However, the focus of this guide is to help walk you through downloading and installing software on a Linux...
Typically, when you think of downloading or installing software on a computer, doing so using an installation wizard with a GUI probably comes to mind. However, on a Linux-based server installing software through the command line is the preferred way. It may seem a bit...
This guide will show you how to edit SSH config files in Virtualmin using the built-in editor. To fully take advantage of this article, you'll need to have done a few things first. You'll need to have Virtualmin installed and be logged in to your Virtualmin installation with...
Adding a new user is a simple but essential part of managing a Linux-based server, such as Ubuntu, which we previously covered in the article: How to create a new user (Ubuntu). But what about removing a user that you no longer need? You could leave the account there....
You may find that at some point, you have a user account that is no longer needed and needs to be removed from your server. Perhaps a contractor that you have hired has completed their work, or it is simply a test account that has served its purpose. Regardless of the...
The Security section in cPanel allows you to keep your site protected and secure from a wide variety of potential threats. In this article, we will briefly cover each option that is available via this interface. IP Blocker: You can use this interface to block access to your...
The Files section in cPanel houses a collection of options that all deal with your website's files. This article will briefly review the options that are available in the cPanel Files section. A web-based File Manager. This interface will allow you to manage images that are...
The Email section in cPanel allows you to manage the email-related functionality for your domains associated with your account. In this article, we will briefly cover each option and its corresponding icon. Email Icons in cPanel Email Accounts: Here, you can manage and set...
The Domains section lets you set or modify things from Subdomains to Redirects and anything in between. In this article, we'll provide a brief description of each icon found within this section. This interface allows you to create a website from a list of available templates...
cPanel's File Manager provides you with an easy way to edit, upload, copy, remove and manage your web hosting files from your browser. This article will give a fundamental rundown of the methods that you can use to traverse through the file manager. Before continuing with...
RegEx, short for regular expression, is typically defined as a specific string of text used to describe a search pattern. Essentially regular expressions can be thought of as really powerful wildcards. Whether you know it or not, regular expressions or RegExes are used...