I need additional swap space to improve my Linux server performance,So here is a simple tutorial you can follow: Before we proceed to swap file setup, we have to check if any swap files exist by looking at the summary of swap usage. swapon -s If the summary is empty, it means no swap file exists. As we […]
How to install Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP on CentOS 6.x
In this tutorial we will guide you the steps to install LAMP stack, a collection of open source software used to get web servers up and running so you can host all your site’s files and databases in it. […]
how to install cPanel and WHM on CentOS
WHM/cPanel is the most popular web hosting control panel for Linux operating systems. Using WHM/cPanel we can easily manage our web hosting services without having more technical skills. […]
How to set Hostname on CentOS
This article will cover the simple steps to change hostname in CentOS. Some software such as CPanel require a valid Fully Qualified Domain Name for the hostname to be used during their installation. […]
How to backup a database in Plesk
To backup a database in Plesk, you can follow the steps below: Log into the Plesk control panel. Click on the Website & Domains In the list of functions, click on Databases. Click on the database you want to access. In theTools section, click on WebAdmin. […]
Manually remove account from WHM/cPanel
Sometimes we want to re-add the domain that we have remove earlier,For this we have to check our DNS Zone file, domainusers file, trueuserdomains file, and trueuserowners file. […]
ERROR RSYNC “STDIN: IS NOT A TTY”
Recently we tried to establish an SSH connection from our VPS to a Shared Hosting environment trying to download some backup files via rsync. The process was successful but with one error notification: [wpfmb type=’error’ theme=2]stdin: is not a tty.[/wpfmb] To fix this issue follow the steps below: Login to your server where you wish […]
How to check your VPS/Server OS
If you have recently purchased a VPS, but not sure what OS of Linux it is.So here are some of useful Unix commands to check what Linux Distribution is running on your server with additional information about version number, release codename, and kernel version. […]
Howto create SUDO user in cPanel
For security purpose you might want to disable direct SSH login as root.To alleviate the risk, we can create a new user, who has less privileges, but is more appropriately suited to everyday tasks.When you need the power of an administrative user, you can access that functionality through a command called Sudo. […]
Error: SoftException UID is smaller than min_uid
One of our client was trying to install Magneto on a new folder/subdomain of his website and getting the error: […]