Plesk is an excellent web hosting control panel suite for Windows and Linux systems, featuring automated management of websites, domains, email accounts, databases, and more. To install Plesk on your Linux VPS, Windows VPS, or dedicated server, follow the steps below. Download and Run the Plesk Installer Choose the download link for your server’s operating […]
Mod_Security is a web firewall module for Apache web servers that provides an excellent first line of defense against web-based attacks and exploits. We will cover installation and configuration of mod_security in a future article, but if you already have mod_sec installed, read on. Whitelist an IP Address in Mod_Security Configuration With a good, strict […]
WHM/cPanel comes with a built-in firewall called cpHulk, with advanced protection for blocking brute force attacks and other intrusion attempts. Unfortunately, cpHulk will sometimes lock out the owner of the server, so he can’t log in to WHM. How to Disable cpHulk from SSH (Shell) If you are able to log in via shell (SSH), run […]
In this security-related guide, we will show you how to disable Apache and PHP versions from being disclosed in HTTP headers. While not a security threat itself, by default Apache sends version info about the software running on the server in every HTTP header. An “investigative user” could use this information to determine that your server […]
Debian VPS hosting is available to deploy in seconds, in both New York City and London. We support the latest Debian releases: Debian 8 “Jessie” Debian 7 “Wheezy” Debian 6 “Squeeze” Our VM hosting platform is designed for performance. All storage is hosted on pure SSD storage arrays, not just ‘SSD cached’ or ‘accelerated’ storage as many […]
Every Linux server uses approximately the same root folder hierarchy, but many users don’t know what all of the folders are for. These are the folders that contain everything on the server, and everything required by the operating system, so it is a bit more complicated than “Pictures”, “Desktop”, etc.! All of the basic Linux […]
Since we’re always looking for it, here is the cPanel license key update script. Simply run the command below while logged in to your cPanel VPS or dedicated server via shell (SSH). /usr/local/cpanel/cpkeyclt Note: If you just want to update cPanel, run: /scripts/upcp
LiteSpeed Web Server is a high-performance web server that is an alternative to Apache, yet fully compatible with existing Apache configuration files. It is very well suited to high traffic websites, and those that use a large number of scripts. This guide will show you how to install LiteSpeed on a cPanel VPS or dedicated […]
Ubuntu 15.04 is now available for installation with all new and existing Linux VPS instances. Read on to learn more about the most important changes in Ubuntu 15.04. —- To setup a new Ubuntu VPS instance with 15.04 Vivid Vervet: Deploy a new Linux VPS To reinstall a virtual server with Ubuntu 15.04 Vivid Vervet: Choose ‘Reinstall’ from the VPS Panel —- […]
For a server running Apache web server in a production environment, it is advisable to disable Server Signatures. These signatures displayed on error pages, and in other communications with the web server, may reveal sensitive information about the software versions running on the web server. To disable server signatures via .htaccess, first locate (or create) the […]
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