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Jan 13, 2012
If you regularly work with scripts on any Unix or Linux platform and it gets killed when you logout from ssh, the session dies or the scripts stops working after x time then you need to deown it and fork it to the background. So instead of running /your/script/filename run nohup /your/script/filename & What this...
Jan 10, 2012
So, you’ve installed Ubuntu 11.10 and found out that it’s all gone and replaced by what seems to be too good of a qualificative of a sidebar and what appears to be a poignant attempt to kill all interest on an open source Operating System. Fear not as we can still make the best of...
Dec 15, 2011
This week’s tip: SSH Keys (or i do not like typing my long cryptic password everytime I need to access my server) If you’ve been following my other tips you might remember that ssh uses different authentication options, credentials, domain login, password, you name it, one of these is via ssh keys. Imagine your car....
Dec 12, 2011
If a downgrade to PHP 5.2 is needed do the following: 1. The repositories for Centos 6 do not include old packages (another reason to stick with 5.6) so we need to pull all packages needed. Therefore we access the server, create a folder there (mkdir php) and then enter that folder (cd php) 2....
Dec 05, 2011
1. Make sure your port 8000 is open Nano /etc/sysconfig/iptables Copy any of the rules (ctrl +K is cut, ctrl+U is paste) and swap the port for 8000, save and close Service iptables restart 2. Go to the folder you want to share cd /to/any/folder/you/want 3. Fire up the server python –m SimpleHTTPServer or python...
Nov 30, 2011
In this short tutorial we will install WordPress on a Ubuntu 11.04 server.
Nov 29, 2011
If SSH login is very slow in CentOS 6 it’s because they have added another security feature, the SSH server will do a reverse DNS again for any incoming connection, this will delay connection up to 13 seconds, to avoid this: 1. Access the server 2. Edit the ssh config Nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config 3. Look for...
Nov 25, 2011
Cpanel has a daemon that checks for unsuccessful logins (like lastb on a shell), it is called hulk. When a user’s user (a customer’s client who bought access to the server) has an error regarding bruteforcing and denying access it’s because someone was bruteforcing his way in using that user’s username. To make sure of...
Nov 18, 2011
SSH taking too long to respond?
Read this step by step follow-through with detailed explanations.
Nov 09, 2011
NEW YORK, NY, Nov 01, 2011 (MARKETWIRE via COMTEX) — ServerPronto, home to the world’s most affordable dedicated server, has partnered with Food For The Poor to outfit schools in Jamaica, Haiti, Grenada, and Guyana with 100 computer workshop sets to accommodate 600 students at a time. “ServerPronto is committed to serving the needs of...
Nov 09, 2011
ServerPronto’s Xtreme discount dedicated server package just got a little more extreme with the addition of three new operating systems. Now, businesses that tap into virtualization and cloud solutions can choose an operating system that meets their distinct needs. In addition to popular Linux and Microsoft operating systems, ServerPronto’s Xtreme package now offers customers the...
Sep 20, 2011
Create your own Virtual Host – share your dedicated server resources – for reselling or other business purposes. For our Xtreme package we now offer the virtualization platforms: VMWare VMvisor 5 (ESXi 5) XCP 1.0 (XEN Cloud Platform) XenServer 6.0 (Citrix XEN Server) http://www.serverpronto.com/
Aug 10, 2011
Jul 15, 2011
I found this well matured article about Ubuntu possibilities. Good stuff, check it out: 10 Things You Didn’t Know You Could Do In Ubuntu 1. Create website links that automatically install software Did you know that you can create a link that will automatically launch Ubuntu’s package manager and install the software? This is very...
Jul 11, 2011
Here is a little helper if your Webmin does not respond. Just run this command from the command line and it will bring the webmin service up again fresh. # /etc/init.d/webmin restart Following messages will appear after running that command. # Stopping Webmin server in /usr/share/webmin # Starting Webmin server in /usr/share/webmin After a fresh restart...
Jun 27, 2011
Ubuntu is a very customizable operating system and everyone has their own reasons and needs for any particular OS. Still these 10 configuration tips are worth a look and definitively can be considered to do immediately after a Ubuntu installation. Thanks to UbuntuLinuxHelp. 1) sudo aptitude install sbackup Nothing is worse that losing all your important data (pictures, email messages,...
Jun 22, 2011
How to access your server: I order to get direct access to the server console it’s done via SSH (Secure SHell) to do so you need a software named Putty if you are running windows just download it (download), run it, give it your IP that that way it would connect, when it asks you your...
Jun 07, 2011
Webmin: Webmin is disabled by default, you will have to enable it: - Access the server via SSH - Run #/etc/init.d/webmin start CPanel: - Access server via SSH - Download Cpanel in /home/cpins - Run # wget http://layer1.cpanel.net/latest - Install the editor nano # yum install nano - Launch system-config-securitylevel-tui # system-config-securitylevel-tui
Jun 02, 2011
# fsck fsck is used to check and optionally repair one or more Linux file systems. If no filesystems are specified on the command line, and the -A option is not specified, fsck will default to checking filesystems in /etc/fstab serial. This is equivalent to the -As options. The exit code returned by fsck is the sum of the following...
May 30, 2011
If you want to open or close a port for a Linux firewall you have to edit the rules in the iptables configuration. By default iptables firewall stores its configuration at /etc/sysconfig/iptables file. You need to edit this file and add rules to open port. Here are the steps to open the port XY using...
May 26, 2011
Gamer legacy server special. With a triple-core AMD CPU and 8GB of RAM, this machine is tuned to give you the power and speed you need for gaming or other performance intensive applications. - Triple Core AMD 8400+ - 8GB DDR2 RAM - 2?40 GB Hard Drive - 10 TB Traffic - 100Mbps Connection
Mar 24, 2011
This support solution is on installing a 32-bit app on a x64 system. Stated on the example of Java Development Kid installed on Fedora x64 bit. There are three layers that are important when it comes to 32/64bit compatibility: - Processor - Operating System - Application A 32 bit OS will run on a 32...
Mar 21, 2011
You can manage and create users with webmin by: System/Users and groups/Create a new user More information: http://doxfer.webmin.com/Webmin/WebminUsers If you want to add new domains, for example: contact@domain1.com contact@domain2.com You need to add those domains to /etc/mail/local-host-names then in /etc/mail/virtusertable enter contact@domain1.com john contact@domain2.com sally john and sally are local users and rebuild config with...
Mar 18, 2011
yum is software installation tool for Red Hat Linux and Fedora Linux. yum commands are typically run as yum <package name/s>. By default, yum will automatically attempt to check all configured repositories to resolve all package dependencies during an installation/upgrade. Here is a list of the most common and used yum commands: yum list...
Mar 14, 2011
Here are three steps that are necessary for the FTP daemon to allow connections: A non-root user must be created. The vsftp daemon must be started, you can do this with “/etc/init.d/vsftpd start”. The firewall must allow port 21. You can add the firewall run in webmin or by editing /etc/sysconfig/iptables, then restarting the firewall...
Mar 10, 2011
If you try to access CPanel WHM via https://server.domain.com:2087/ and the error “There is a problem with this website’s security certificate” comes up it can be because it uses a default SSL certificate loaded during the automated install and you need to update it with your personalized certificate. To have a non-self-signed certificate you will...
Mar 09, 2011
When changing configuration settings in Apache using directives in .htaccess files make sure: - The full directory content is listed with: ls -a to view hidden file that start with “.” - ensure Apache can use .htaccess, it is necessary to verify that option is enabled - enabled .htaccess in httpd.conf How-To-Do: http://httpd.apache.org/docs/2.2/howto/htaccess.html
Mar 07, 2011
If you have problems setting up an FTP server or issues accessing your FTP site, here are two basic tips that have helped our customers before to make their FTP server work properly. Check if the FTP daemon your are using is installed correctly and is running Verify the software firewall rules The FTP server...
Mar 06, 2011
At ServerPronto we build our customer’s orders precisely and accurately. We do double duty on quality control during the provisioning process, still we encourage our customers to check the hardware settings of the server you ordered. Linux commands to check hardware: Harddrive fdisk –l Memory cat /proc/meminfo CPU cat /proc/cpuinfo
Mar 06, 2011
At ServerPronto we build our customer’s orders precisely and accurately. We do double duty on quality control during the provisioning process, still we encourage our customers to check the hardware settings of the server they ordered. Linux commands to check hardware: Harddrive fdisk –l Memory cat /proc/meminfo CPU cat /proc/cpuinfo
Mar 04, 2011
Managing the hard drive on a server, meaning creating/ removing partitions and formatting/ activating slave drives is a vital step in setting up a server that we usually do for our customers. But sometimes users want to manage their storage by themselves; here is how to do it: Linux: to get an overview of your...
Mar 02, 2011
IPTables is an application program that allows to set up, maintain, and inspect the tables of IP packet filter rules provided by the Linux kernel. All IPTables rules are stored on /etc/iptables.rules You can open/close any port from it and then restart the network by running “etc/init.d/networking restart” Before opening or closing ports, we recommend...
Mar 01, 2011
We recommend installing a software on your server to keep track of how much bandwidth you are using. There are many open source solutions available one of them is vnStat. vnStat: vnStat is a console-based network traffic monitor for Linux and BSD that keeps a log of network traffic for the selected interface. It uses...
Mar 01, 2011
As of today we are starting an ongoing series of tech related feeds with the goal to assist our customers with common technical problems and issues impacting server users today. The tips, hints and solutions provided with the ‘Support of the day’ are inspired by our highly in-demand and experienced customer support system and the...
Feb 17, 2011
Do you have a website and want it to be hosted for free? Sign up and come to the cloud. Your CPanel based hosting account will be hosted on our proven CloudPronto technology which includes an Energy Efficient Infrastructure, 99.9% Uptime Guarantee, Easy upgrading/downgrading of plans, Fault-Tolerant Cloud Infrastructure and Load-Balanced Cloud Architecture – And...
Feb 15, 2011
As the world’s most reliable discount dedicated server provider, we at ServerPronto introduce new dedicated server pricing programs — and special limited time offers — to reflect the company’s commitment to being the industry’s low-cost leader. First, we are offering free set up on all our dedicated servers. Our company is also offering a new...
Feb 09, 2011
We know you’re going to be satisfied with your ServerPronto server. In fact, if you are unsatisfied with our services for ANY reason, you have 7 days from the date you receive your server to cancel and we’ll give you 100% of your money back.
Feb 08, 2011
We reduced all prices on our CloudPronto products up to 65%. Plus we offer now FREE Setup on any order.
Feb 04, 2011
The MyCloudSite-Standard package is now available with no monthly charges. This package includes: • 1 FTP Account • 5 Email Accounts • 1 MySQL Database for $0.00/month Go to http://www.cloudpronto.com/ and get your free cloud site now!
Feb 03, 2011
Egypt finally restored its Internet service, but the unprecedented outage leaves questions in the minds of many. In fact, CNN published an article on Thursday titled, “Could the U.S. shut down the internet?” The article looks at whether the U.S. government could shut down American Internet connections, and if it’s possible for the global Internet...
Feb 02, 2011
We now offer FREE setup for all our dedicated server products! Order any of our renowned hosting solutions now, customize it to your satisfaction and we guarantee that your server is activated within the next 2 hours, for a setup fee of $0.00. Take advantage of this opportunity and click on the banner or visit...
Jan 28, 2011
Our $5 promotional server is a great way for new customers to try out a dedicated server and be convinced of our excellent server hosting performances. AMD 1800+ 256 MB DDR RAM 40 GB Hard Drive 200 GB Traffic 100Mbps Connection Hurry now! There is already a wait list due to the limited promotional period.
Jan 26, 2011
Thirty seconds. That’s how long it took for football fans to crash the NFL.com website after the Pittsburgh Steelers won the right to head to Super Bowl XLV. The NFL, which uses Rackspace to host its website, responded quickly to amp up servers overnight, but were still searching for bandwidth to accommodate the server-crashing traffic...
Jan 20, 2011
Call of Duty. It’s one of the most popular video games of all time. Indeed, “Call of Duty: Black Ops” shattered theatrical box-office, book and video game sales records when it debuted in November 2010. Now, it seems gamers are so desperate to play the Activision title that they are hacking medical servers to get...
Nov 15, 2010
In a move to bring instant scalability, redundancy, power and performance to the shared hosting world, CloudPronto has rolled out a new service called MyCloudSite. MyCloudSite is similar to shared hosting — a hosting service where several websites reside on a single web server connected to the Internet — except in the cloud. Traditional shared...
Oct 13, 2010
ServerPronto, the industry’s most reliable discount dedicated server provider, is offering a pre-holiday promotion on a dual core dedicated server. New customers can rent a dual core dedicated server for only $25 a month while supplies last. “Our $25 a month promotion on the dual core server won’t last long,” said Octavio Diaz, Operations Manager...
Sep 22, 2010
ServerPronto, the industry’s most reliable discount dedicated server provider, has launched green web hosting solutions. ServerPronto’s new green web hosting servers save money without compromising server performance. “Our new green web hosting servers are built with Intel Atom processors and large blocks of memory,” said Octavio Diaz, Operations Manager at ServerPronto. “Our green servers are...