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How to Change the System Timezone on your VPS (Linux/Xen/KVM)

By SolVPS | Published: December 4, 2014

Changing the timezone in your Linux VPS, or other Linux system, can be easily done via shell. Log in to your server, or open a terminal/console on your desktop, and use the following command to setup your preferred timezone: ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Central /etc/localtime   You can explore the folder to see available timezones: ls /usr/share/zoneinfo/   […]

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How to Install & Configure Mod_Security on cPanel/WHM VPS

By SolVPS | Published: November 30, 2014

In this guide, we will show you an easy way to install mod_security on a cPanel VPS, including rules to protect from MySQL injection and web attacks. Mod_security is a web application firewall module for Apache web server, and can provide extremely safe protection against web-based attacks, when configured properly. This guide requires cPanel/WHM to be installed on your […]

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[How to] 301 Redirect with .htaccess (Apache/cPanel/Linux VPS)

By SolVPS | Published: August 18, 2014

A 301 Redirect, or permanent redirect, is a useful tool for redirecting traffic from one webpage to another. The benefit of the official 301R is that it is Google-approved and SEO friendly. Typically Google will recognize the permanent redirection, and will adjust search results and indexed pages accordingly. To setup a 301 Redirect requires access to your […]

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How to Install Installatron for Free on a cPanel VPS

By SolVPS | Published: August 15, 2014

Installatron is a one-click application installer. If you use a cPanel VPS, Plesk VPS, or another control panel, application installers like Installatron are extremely convenient for automating installations of software like WordPress, Magento, shopping carts, MediaWiki, forums, and hundreds of other applications.   What’s more, you can install Installatron free on your cPanel VPS or server. […]

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Why choose SSD VPS hosting?

By SolVPS | Published: August 14, 2014

What is SSD VPS hosting? How is it different from other virtual server hosting? Solid-state drives, or SSDs, are new storage devices based on 100% flash-based memory. They supersede disk-based HDD storage in speed, reliability, and other areas. Our virtual server hypervisors are connected to pure SSD storage arrays that power each virtual server. Arrays utilize RAID10 storage-mirroring technology to […]

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How to Install cPanel VPS Optimized via SSH (CentOS Linux)

By SolVPS | Published: August 10, 2014

cPanel VPS Optimized is a highly functional Linux server control panel. It is commonly used to host websites, provision reseller and web hosting accounts, and perform hosting-related maintenance.  It’s very easy to install cPanel on a VPS with SSH. You can accomplish it with a few steps: Log in to your Linux VPS via SSH as the root user […]

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Are IP addresses dedicated and reserved?

By SolVPS | Published: July 31, 2014

Yes. All IPv4 and IPv6 addresses assigned to VPS instances are private, reserved, and dedicated to your VPS alone.

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How to Use a Domain with your VPS (The Easy Way)

By SolVPS | Published: July 29, 2014

When setting up a new VPS, one of the most common tasks is to link a domain name. The process is roughly the same as with a shared hosting account, although a VPS may or may not come with ready-made nameservers available. Often, you will need to configure your own nameservers on a VPS. To […]

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What is RAM (Memory)? What is it used for?

By SolVPS | Published: July 27, 2014

RAM, or Random Access Memory, is a core component of computer systems that is used to store currently-running applications and other data not yet committed to the disk. It is fair to say that the amount of system RAM directly affects system performance. With more RAM, a VPS has more ability to perform without restrictions and […]

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CentOS 7.0 and 5 New Linux VPS Builds

By SolVPS | Published: July 25, 2014

Earlier this week CentOS, our favorite Linux distribution, released testing build of version 7.0. We have made CentOS 7.0 available for all of our Linux VPS instances. The new CentOS 7.0 Testing release is selectable from the Reinstall section of the VPS Panel, and can also be selected for setup of new instances (we don’t recommend choosing CentOS […]

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