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  How To Install and Use Docker on Ubuntu 16.04

Introduction Docker is an application that makes it simple and easy to run application processes...

 Activate Let's Encrypt on ISP Manager

Let's Encrypt is a widely used free SSL certificate provider that can be integrated with most of...

 Adding Server Credentials from Client Area

The exchange of passwords in plain text format is not at all a safer way nowadays.  In case if we...

 Adding bulk amount of additional IP's in CentOS

If we have a dedicated server with Centos 6 or Centos 7 and we need to add a full /24 range of...

 Adding file manager in VestaCP

The Vesta CP is a commonly used web hosting control panel in Linux OS. There is no file manager...

 Backup and Restore cPanel Accounts via SSH

a. How to create a backup of a cPanel Account via SSH?   1. Log-in to the SSH as the Root user....

 Basic Security Steps on a Linux Server

It is very important to keep the server secure from hacking and all kind of unauthorized access....

 Change Main IP of the server :: Vesta Panel

If we are changing the main IP of a server installed with Vesta panel, we can use the following...

 Change language on Windows Servers

If you want to change the display language the following guide will help you to perform this on...

 Change permissions using find command

On a Linux server, if you are in need of changing the permissions of a bulk amount of files or...

 Change the time of your vps/dedi

It's very easy, you first need to remove the current time file rm /etc/localtime and replace it...

 Check Server hack and exim spamming

I am hereby providing some commands to have a basic checking on a server hack issue.  This will...

 Checking if an IP is blocked in IPTABLES

How to check if IP is blocked from Iptables     Check if IP is blocked:    iptables -L -n...

 Connecting to Windows Server for the first time

After purchasing a Windows VPS, the Remote Desktop Connection(RDP) facility won't be available by...

 Connection slowness from China

We are getting some complaints from the users from China about some slowness issues when...

 Create and Manage FTP Accounts in VestaCP

In this tutorial, we can discuss about how to create and manage FTP accounts in VestaCP. Follow...

 DDoS protection

We are providing DDoS protection packages up to 20 Gbps in both Romania and Netherlands...

 Domainkey installer in cPanel

You can use the following cPanel script to install domainkey for an account...

 Edit rDNS record for dedicated server

1. Log in to the server control panel using the username and password sent with the Server...

 Edit rDNS record on VPS

Go to SolusVM panel1. Log in using username and password sent on the mail of VPS activation :2....

 Email issues :: Common Troubleshooting Steps

Here I will discuss some common errors and their solution: We are using a mail relay setup for...

 Enable AutoSSL In CentOS Web Panel

Enable AutoSSL In CentOS Web Panel SSL Encryption Certificates are a very common method of...

 Enabling TCP BBR Congestion Control

The TCP BBR(Bottleneck Bandwidth and Round-trip propagation time) is a newly developed congestion...

 Enabling TUN/TAP

You can enable TUN/TAP from the SolusVM control panel. Just click Manage > Settings >...

 Extend Swap Space using Swap file in Linux

We may face an issue with insufficient swap partition space on our Linux servers and we aren't...

 FFMPEG autoinstaller on CentOS (6.7) / cPanel server (11.50.0) build 30

1. I installed some packages that are important for FFMPEG autoinstaller via SSH Client: # yum...

 FFmpeg Installation on a cPanel Server

What is FFmpeg?FFmpeg is a very fast video and audio converter. It can also convert between...

 Generating a CSR using cPanel

Generating a CSR using cPanel   Basic theme Please follow the instructions below to generate...

 Guide to Creating Swap Space on Ubuntu 16.04 / 17.04

First check if the system has any swap configured. swapon --show If the output is blank, there...

 Harden and Secure a Linux/cPanel Server

Here I am describing some easier steps to secure a Linux based server. So of the steps are...

 Hear Audio from the Remote PC when Using RDP

Just follow the Picture Guide

 How Can I Manage My Domain?

Modify a Domain Settings:NameServer: 1. You must login to our client area...

 How Can I Reinstall My VPS, Shutdown, Reboot?

Use the login details inside the activation email we have sent you. Login to...

 How Do I Create Email Accounts in cPanel?

To create an email account: Log into cPanel. In the Email section, click Email Accounts. In...

 How To Change OpenSSH Port On CentOS 7

Changing the default SSH port on CentOS 7 To change the default SSH port, the first thing...

 How do I connect to a Linux server

We recommend the program PuTTY for SSH. You can download it here:...

 How do I reinstall my VPS OS?

Steps for Reinstalling 1. Make sure to make a back up of your files because reinstalling your OS...

 How to Create cPanel Accounts in WHM

Creating cPanel Accounts Log in to WHM.   Click on Account Functions and then Create a New...

 How to Enable BBR on OpenVZ VPS

You can easily install 'rinetd-bbr' module and enable BBR on OpenVZ VPS with 64 bit Centos 7 with...

 How to Fix Root CA Certificate Expiration issues in cPanel/WHM Servers

From May 30th, 2020, the intermediary CA certificates used by Sectigo has been expired causing...

 How to Install CSF in a cPanel server

What is CSF?CSF or Config server firewall is a firewall for Linux operating system. CSF has many...

 How to Install and Configure VNC on Ubuntu 16.04

               How to Install and Configure VNC on Ubuntu 16.04 Introduction VNC, or...

 How to Manage CSF from WHM Panel

CSF or Config server firewall is a firewall for Linux operating system. CSF has many features...

 How to Manage PHP Version and Settings in cPanel

PHP is a widely-used open source programming language. The PHP settings can vary on each website...

 How to Set up and Manage Addon Domains in cPanel

How to Set up and Manage Addon Domains in cPanel The addon Domain function in cPanel...

 How to Upgrade Linux Kernel in Ubuntu 16.04 Server

tep 1 - Update Ubuntu Repository and Upgrade all Packages The first thing we want to do before...

 How to add SPF and DKIM from cPanel

It is necessary to have both SPF and DKIM records for your domains to make sure the email...

 How to add additional disk space after upgrading KVM VPS

When upgrading your existing KVM server to a higher package, the disk space of the server won't...

 How to add ip on windows

First you need to go on your Control Panelthen click on Network and Sharing Centerand click on...

 How to add swap on Centos 7

Introduction One of the easiest ways to make your server more responsive, and guard against...

 How to block a spammer domain in exim configuration :: cPanel

If you notice one of the domain in your WHM installed server is doing some email spamming...

 How to build a website using SitePad on Shared Hosting

SitePad is one of the best website builders and we are providing it for free with our shared...

 How to change Administrator Password in Windows 2012 and 2016

Here I am providing the steps to change the Administrator or any other user's password from the...

 How to change PHP version in CWP Panel

We can manage the server PHP version from the CWP admin panel itself. Here I am providing the...

 How to change default RDP port on Windows Server

RDP(Remote Desktop Protocol) is a protocol that allows you to connect to a Windows machine...

 How to change exim interface IP

Few times your server’s main/shared IP address may get black listed by most of RBLs due to x...

 How to change main IP of the server in CWP Panel

When we are changing the main IP of a Centos Web Panel(CWP) installed server, we need to change...

 How to change the default SSH port on Centos 8

It is an important SSH security option is to change the default SSH port from 22 to any number...

 How to change website IP from WHM

Sometimes we need to change the current IP address assigned for a website hosted on our WHM...

 How to change your Webserver in CWP

Centos Web Panel(CWP) provides multiple web server options to use with your websites hosted on...

 How to check DDoS attack

Denial-of-service attack (DoS attack) or Distributed Denial-of-service attack (DDoS attack) is an...

 How to check and fix cPanel License error

If you are using a cPanel/WHM installed server, you may face 'Invalid cPanel license' error...

 How to check and reduce server load issues

You might encounter the high server load issues on Linux servers. The load issues can be caused...

 How to check and resolve 'No Internet' error in Windows Server

If you are a Windows Server user, you might see a symbol in the taskbar which is showing no...

 How to configure backup in cPanel/WHM

We can configure daily, weekly, and monthly backup from WHM panel. First we need to do is, Login...

 How to connect on VNC (from windows/linux/mac)

If you didn't yet set up your vnc server on your vps/dedicated server, please visit this tutorial...

 How to create FTP Accounts in CWP Panel

The Centos Web Panel(CWP) is a widely used open-source web hosting control panel. Here I am...

 How to create FTP user with access to a specific directory on VSFTPD

If we need to create an FTP user who is having limited access to a specific directory only, we...

 How to create and manage FTP accounts in cPanel

You can create and manage the FTP accounts from your cPanel interface itself. The steps are...

 How to do Backup and Restore from cPanel

There is an inbuilt backup and restoration tool is available in cPanel by default. There are...

 How to enable SSL/TLS on ProFTPD

In order to increase the security of the FTP transfers, we can enable and install SSL/TLS on the...

 How to fix 500 Internal Server error in WordPress

In WordPress, the HTTP status code 500 Internal Server Error is a commonly seen one and it can be...

 How to install BBRPLUS on VPS running CentOS 7

First of all, you have a terminal to connect to your server with SSH. From a Linux PC or a Mac,...

 How to install FFmpeg 4.x on Ubuntu 18.04

The FFmpeg is an opensource transcoding tool for multimedia files. It provides a lot of shared...

 How to install SSL certificate manually on cPanel

If you have purchased an SSL certificate from any authority and needs to install it on your...

 How to install and setup Fail2Ban in Centos Server

About Fail2Ban Fail2Ban is a widely used tool for protecting the bruteforce attack analyzing the...

 How to install phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu/Debian

phpMyAdmin is the most popular MySQL database management software. Here  I am providing the steps...

 How to limit conntrack sessions

Are you aware that Conntrack session exhaustion is usually due to a DDoS? Unless you normally...

 How to resolve the FTP Password asking issue on WordPress

When using WordPress websites, we might face an issue in which the admin panel is asking for FTP...

 How to search and find files from Linux Command Line

Here I am describing a simple command to locate files and folders from a Linux based server by...

 How to set email sending limits from WHM

You can control the email sending limits from the WHM panel itself. The options are there under...

 How to set mail relay on your mail server

You can overcome the email sending issues by using the following email relay settings.====cPanel...

 How to setup Alternate MySQL versions in ISP Manager

From the ISP Manager version 5.71.0, we can use several MySQL versions on a single server. This...

 How to setup Private name servers for your domain with us

After registering a new domain with us, mainly there are 3 kinds of nameservers we can use with...

 How to setup cPanel Redirects

The cPanel Redirects option is a simple way to set up different kinds of redirects for your...

 How to setup encrypted SMTP connection using a trusted TLS using mail relay

It is possible to make an encrypted SMTP connection using a trusted TLS  on postfix when using...

 How to setup shadowsocks-libev server script on CentOS 7

cd /etc/yum.repos.d   curl -O...

 How to simply find netmask of an IPv4 range :: IPv4 subnet sheet

When using different IP subnets, we might get confused with the subnet masks that need to be used...

 How to sort CPU and Memory consumption of users

Sometimes, we are facing high load issues on the server and we need to find out which user is...

 How to upgrade Debian 9 to Debian 10 from Command line

The Debian 10 'Buster' version is already released and it is possible to upgrade your current...

 How to upgrade MySQL/MariaDB from WHM

In cPanel/WHM, there is an inbuilt option s available to upgrade the current MySQL/MariaDB...

 How to upgrade OpenVPN version 2.3 to 2.4 on Debian/Ubuntu

There are are some important security updates are done with the OpenVPN version 2.4 compared with...

 How to upgrade Ubuntu 18.04/19.04 to 20.04

It is possible to upgrade Ubuntu versions 18.04 and 19.04 to the latest version 20.04 via the...

 How to use AutoSSL feature in WHM

AutoSSL is now an inbuilt feature in WHM panel from version 58 and above. It allows you to secure...

 How to use Cloudflare CDN for your domain with us

As you all know Cloudflare is one of the popular Content Delivery Network(CDN) providers. The...

 How to use EasyApache 4 to manage Apache and PHP

EasyApache 4 is a tool used with WHM/cPanel servers which help us with installations,...

 How to use fd command to find files and directories

The 'fd' is a command which can be used as an alternative for the 'find' command. The format is...

 How to use speedtest via command line

The 'Speedtest' is a widely used tool for checking the upload and download speed of your internet...

 IPv6 Management from VPS Control panel

We are providing one /64 IPv4 subnet with every VPS purchasing from us. You can simply manage the...

 Install LAMP Stack on Centos 7

If you are looking to run your website on a Linux based server without using a web hosting...

 Install MongoDB on Centos7

MongoDB is an open-source cross-platform document-oriented database, classified as a NoSQL...

 Install OpenVPN on Centos 8 using yum

Now, it is very simple to set up an OpenVPN access server on a Centos 8 based server using yum....

 Install Softaculous in WHM Server

Softaculous is a well known app installer and you can install almost 450 applications with it and...

 Install Vesta Panel on Linux OS

The Vesta panel is one of the widely used web hosting control panel like CWP panel. Unlike cPanel...

 Install Webmin on Ubuntu 18.04

Webmin is one of the popular Opensource web hosting control panel. It provides all the major web...

 Install cPanel on Centos7

cPanel/WHM is a well-known commercial web hosting control panel used to manage the web hosting...

 Installing CWP Panel

The Centos Web Panel aka CWP is a widely used open source web hosting control panel. The...

 Installing CyberPanel on CentOS 7

The CyberPanel is an opensource web hosting control panel. Comparing with the other panels, the...

 Installing DirectAdmin Control Panel

The DirectAdmin is a licensed web hosting control panel. Here I have provided the steps to...

 Installing ISP Manager

ISP Manager is a well-known web hosting control panel which can be installed in most of the Linux...

 Installing Webuzo Panel

Webuzo panel is a famous application installer and web hosting control panel provided by...

 Installing cpanel

Installing cpanel is quite straight forward, first make sure you have our latest centos 6.*...

 Managing MySQL databases from cPanel

We can simply manage the MySQL databases from the cPanel interface itself. The major tasks such...

 Managing Shared hosting account

If you have a shared hosting account with us, here you can get a clear idea about how you can...

 Migrate Accounts from CWP to CWP

We can migrate accounts from one Centos Web Panel (CWP) server to another one using some...

 Migrating cPanel accounts to CWP

Centos Web Panel(CWP) is a widely used OpenSource web hosting control panel. So if you are moving...

 Monitoring commands for a Linux Server

Here you will get some good tricks and tips on how to monitor a Linux Server or how to manage...

 MySQL Auto Backup

There are servers those don't have any hosting control panels and hosting websites and databases...

 OpenVPN Installation

OpenVPN installations are simplified and now we can do it in a few steps.Download the Package as...

 OpenVZ 6 to OpenVZ 7 Upgrade

The OpenVZ 6 version is nearing its EOL by December 2019 and it is advised to use OpenVZ 7...

 PHPmyadmin ERROR #2002

While accessing PhpMyAdmin getting the following error. ERROR#2002 – The server is not...

 PPTP Installation

(Optional) Scrap off all the junk you won't need if it is a new box: wget -O master.tar.gz...

 Password protect a directory using .htpasswd

We may need to password protect a directory inside a Linux server to make some files which...

 Postfix Spamming Check

We can use different commands to check the mail activities on a postfix mail server. Some...

 RDP KVM Server- Password Reset

When you are purchasing an RDP KVM server, the Remote Desktop facility can be activated only...

 Redirection Using .htaccess file

Here are some simplest rules to set some redirections using the .htaccess file.   How to write...

 Reinstalling a dedicated server from panel

We are providing a control panel with each dedicated servers to do some basic controls such as...

 Remote MySQL Connections

You may need to enable non-localhost connections to a MySQL database as a part if website...

 Repair MyISAM table crash in MySQL using Commands

MyISAM is the default storage engine coming with MySQL installations and commonly used. We can...

 Reset MySQL root password

Here are the steps to reset the MySQL root password from the server command line: Log in to the...

 Reset SSH port using WHM

We might face an issue sometimes where we are able to access WHM panel using the root logins, but...

 Reset WordPress admin password

If you need to reset the wp-admin password forcefully, it can be done from the MySQL database. If...

 Reset root password single user mode :: Centos 7

Here we are seeing how to reset the root password of a Centos 7 server using single user mode....

 SSH login email alert

As a part of server monitoring, it is good to enable an email alert when someone is accessing...

 SSL Certificate on Vesta Panel

Vesta panel is coming with Letsencrypt SSL support by default and this can be enabled using the...

 Screen Command and its usages

When we are performing a long-running task on a Linux based server, if the connection drops in...

 Send email from command line using mail command

We are familiar with many graphical platforms to send out emails like Thunderbird, Outlook,...

 Setting https redirect using .htaccess

If you are using an SSL certificate with your domain, you may need to set up a redirect when...

 Setup IPv6 address on a Dedicated Server

We are providing /48 IPv6 subnets with the dedicated servers. Here we have described how to set...

 Setup LiteSpeed Web Server in cPanel/WHM

LiteSpeed Web Server(LSWS) is a well known high-performance web server widely used for website...

 Setup VNC-Server Centos 7

This guide is for installing and setting up a VNC-Server on the servers installed with Centos 7....

 Setup VNC-Server Ubuntu/Debian OS

This guide is for installing and setting up a VNC-Server on the servers installed with...

 SolusVM Root Password Reset

This guide will tell you how to reset your root password using SolusVM Panel.1. Login to Your...

 Tweak MySQL using MySQLTuner

MySQLTuner is used to analyze the MySQL configuration and we can tweak it based on the...

 Update Kernel version on Debian 9

It is very important to have the latest stable kernel installed on the server to make sure that...

 Update to Kernel Version 5 in Ubuntu 18.04

It is important to keep the Linux kernel updated if we need to get the most out of it and also...

 Upgrade Debian 8 to Debian 9

It is possible to upgrade the Debian version 8 to Debian 9  without reinstalling the server. But...

 Upgrade PHP Version in VestaCP

The Vesta panel is provisioned with PHP version 5.6 by default. There is no option to upgrade it...

 Upgrade PHP version 7.2 to 7.3 on Ubuntu

As a part of increasing the security, it is advised to keep your PHP version up to date. Here we...

 Upgrade Ubuntu 16/17 to 18.04

It is possible to upgrade the Ubuntu version from 16/17 to 18 without reinstalling the server....

 VNC :: Too many authentication failures error

Why does it happen? The too many authentication failures error usually happens when someone...

 Vesta Migrations

Migrating Vesta to VestaIf we are looking to migrate a website or a group of websites from one...

 What Is A Trace Route (Tracert)? How Do I Run One?

A traceroute is a function which traces the path from one network to another. It allows us to...

 What is conntrack and checking in server

Conntrack is a table that stores information about all connections to/from a VPS. Here is a good...

 Wordpress installation via command line

WordPress is a famous Content Management System(CMS) running with PHP and MySQL. We can setup...

 [Debian only]Make a graphical interface on server

Make sure all is up to date before you install anything :apt-get update;apt-get upgrade;apt-get...

 [Ubuntu only]Make a graphical interface on server

Do the following command in the order and one per one :sudo apt-get install gnome-core...

 [Windows]How to connect on RDP

To connect on your RDP on windows you need to start a program called "Remote desktop connection"...

 cPanel script to add SPF and DKIM

There is a script available on every cPanel servers by default to enable the SPF and DKIM records...

 cPanel: Apache-FastCGI Data Timeout Error

If you are using a cPanel server and have FastCGI enabled in Apache, you might be facing the...