Linux Shell Usage & Basic VPS Commands
Below is a brief guide for basic usage of a Linux shell (command line). Once you’ve mastered the commands to move between directories and search for files, using a shell will become very efficient! A...
View ArticleHow to Install Minecraft Server on CentOS VPS
Virtual servers are the ideal hosts for minecraft servers. Setting up a Minecraft server is simple, but there are a few requirements you must double-check: + Xen-based VPS. Due to differences in how...
View ArticleOpenVZ vs. Xen: What’s the difference, and which is better?
We’ve written this article to provide a little insight and guidance as to the difference between Xen and OpenVZ, two very popular but somewhat different virtualization technologies. Ultimately, as with...
View ArticleHow to Install rTorrent/ruTorrent Seedbox on Ubuntu VPS
This tutorial will guide you through the installation of libtorrent 0.13.0, rTorrent 0.9, and the ruTorrent Web UI (3.0) on a Debian or Ubuntu system. It has been tested with Debian 6 (x64) and Ubuntu...
View ArticleVPS vs. Shared Hosting – Do You Need a VPS?
We often hear the question, “do I need a VPS?” Whether you are looking to upgrade from Shared hosting, or find a cost-effective alternative to dedicated server hosting, a VPS will most likely be the...
View ArticleXen or OpenVZ – Which is faster, and which is better?
The question is often asked whether OpenVZ or Xen, two of the most common hypervisors in VPS web hosting, provides a faster hosting environment. Hypervisors The most common answer to this question is...
View ArticleHow to Stop a DDoS Attack with iptables on a VPS
This seems to be a relatively common issue with VPS hosting customers. There are a variety of free ways but for attacks more than between 100,000 and 500,000 packets per second (PPS), which is about...
View ArticlePs_Mem – A Simple Python Memory Usage Script
I don’t know where I was looking but I came across ps_mem.py, a simple Python memory usage script. All you need for this is Python, the programming language, to run this on your VPS. wget...
View ArticleNetselect-Apt, A Utility Some Debian Users Never Heard Of
I’ve been using Debian for quite a long time and most people just use the default mirrors that come with Debian’s /etc/apt/sources.list but if you live overseas, using the official Debian mirrors in...
View ArticlecPanel Tutorial: My Email Is Flagged As Spam
When a cPanel user’s email is flagged as spam by Hotmail, Yahoo and Gmail there are a few things you can do. First, enable DKIM and SPF when you setup a domain: DKIM, according to Wikipedia is,...
View ArticleDebian: Install Flash Plugin For IceWeasel
This is another quickie tutorial for the sometime difficult task of installing Flash Player for Linux. For those who do not know, “IceWeasel” is Debian’s version of Firefox due to licensing reasons. I...
View ArticlecPanel: Enable IonCube Loaders
This is a very tricky thing even for the most experienced cPanel system administrators. First, we run Easy Apache to enable IonCube support in PHP. Profile: Choose “Previously Saved Config” and click...
View ArticleWhat Kind Of VPS Do I Need For A vBulletin Forum?
I’m asked this question pretty regularly, because vBulletin forums are often setup with shared hosting and fly under the shared hosting radar until traffic, robots and memory consumption bring the...
View ArticleWordPress Wednesdays: Basic WordPress Setup on a VPS Server
For this new addition to “WordPress Wednesdays”, I have created this basic WordPress setup tutorial where you take a basic OpenVZ or Xen virtual private server, setup the minimum requirements of...
View ArticleHow To Stream MP4 Video Files From My VPS
This is a really good question and was actually the subject of a support ticket. I scratched my own head for a second and realized the solution was much easier than I thought. What you need: A virtual...
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