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What's a Shell?
What’s a Shell? Category: Getting Started   The Linux command line interface can be a somewhat frightening place at first glance to new users. Especially ones who have only ever known computing in the post-Windows 95 world of graphical user ...
How To Enable Recovery Mode
How To Enable Recovery Mode Category: Getting Started   Got a server you’ve locked yourself out of? Or got an OS that’s in need of some TLC? Well, recovery mode to the rescue! Recovery mode is on-the-house with every cloud server, and it allows ...
How to enable Backups for a Linux server
How to enable Backups for a Linux server Category: Getting Started   Give your server a new lease of life with a quick and easy update… There comes a time in every server’s life when it needs a slightly newer version of its software. Thankfully, ...
How To Secure A Server in 4 Simple Steps
How To Secure A Server in 4 Simple Steps Category: Getting Started   You can make your server more secure in 4 simple steps… One of the most important things you’ll need to do with your server, once you gain access, is to secure it. It’s an ...
Ports and Protocols Explained
Ports and Protocols Explained Category: Networking   Management of a VPS, and especially firewall configuration, can introduce you to a lot of strange and interesting terminology. One term that is relevant to these areas is the concept of ports. ...
Understanding Domains and DNS
Understanding Domains and DNS Category: DNS Information   Despite domain names and DNS being something that everyone online uses every day, a large quantity of people don’t understand what the terms really mean. To most, DNS is just part of the ...
UK2 Group Domain Validation Email Info
UK2 Group Domain Validation Email Info Category: Miscellaneous   Beginning January 1, 2014, ICANN, the governing body for top level domain names, introduced a new change for domain owners requiring them to verify their contact information through ...
How to transfer domain
How to transfer domain Category: Domain Names, VPS.net dashboard, VPS.net features   If you would like to transfer your domain to VPS.NET, it is quite an easy thing to do! Go to Manage domain names in VPS.NET dashboard: Choose Transfer domain ...
How to run manual file system check
How to run manual file system check Category: Cloud Servers, Recovery Interface, VPS.net dashboard, VPS.net features   If server is not coming up after “Startup” button is pressed, and you see one of the following messages in server console in ...
How Live Streaming works
How Live Streaming works Category: Live Streaming   Level 3’s Live Streaming platform provides support only for Adobe Flash format. Although Level 3 can provide signal acquisition and encoding services as part of a larger holistic solution, the ...
On Demand streaming - How does it work
On Demand streaming – How does it work Category: On Demand Streaming   Level 3’s On Demand Streaming platform is unique in the CDN streaming industry in that it supports both forward and reverse proxy caching technology. This offers the customer ...
How to measure website loading speed
How to measure website loading speed Category: CDN, Cloud Servers, Getting Started, OS related issues, VPS.net features, Web servers   If you would like to measure website loading speed we recommend to use external website ...
How to setup Google Apps as external email service
How to setup Google APPS as external email service Category: Geo Hosting, Getting Started, Mail servers, OS related issues, VPS.net features   The main purpose of Google APPS is the ability to host mail service outside of your main domain and get ...
MySQL table marked as crashed and should be repaired
MySQL table marked as crashed and should be repaired Category: Recovery Interface   If you are getting the following error message: Table ‘jos151_session’ is marked as crashed and should be repaired this means mysql service was terminated while ...
Introduction to Geo Hosting
Introduction to Geo Hosting Category: Getting Started   So, what is Geo Hosting? Simply put, it’s a geographically distributed web hosting service. For the fastest connection to a website it’s an obvious solution to minimize the distance the ...
How to add an email account to Cloud Hosting
How to add an email account to Cloud Hosting Category: Getting Started   This how-to will show you how to add an email to your domain on our cloud hosting platform. Login to http://control.vps.net Then, select ‘Manage Email’ Next, select your ...
How to add a domain to Cloud Hosting
How to add a domain to Cloud Hosting Category: Getting Started   This how to will show you how to add a domain to cloud hosting, if you already have an account with vps.net Click “Create New Account” Fill out all of the required information. ...
Auto Scaling
Auto Scaling Category: Cloud Servers, Getting Started   In order to gain better results when using Auto Scaling you should have a brief understanding of memory (RAM) usage in Linux-based environments. Linux does not immediately release RAM and at ...
What is a VPS node
What is a VPS node? Category: Cloud Servers   VPS systems are made up of one or more nodes. We offer different types of Nodes. - MONTHLY NODES: This type of Nodes is displayed in yellow colour and there is monthly payment for it. Each Monthly ...
How to add a MySQL database to Cloud Hosting
How to add a MySQL database to Cloud Hosting (also, adding a user, and adding a user to the db) Category: Getting Started   This how-to will show you how to: ♦ Add a MySQL Database to our cloud hosting ♦ Add a user to the mysql userbase ♦ Add a ...
How to setup Google Apps as external email service
How to setup Google APPS as external email service Category: Geo Hosting, Getting Started, Mail servers, OS related issues, VPS.net features   The main purpose of Google APPS is the ability to host mail service outside of your main domain and get ...
How to add a MySQL database to Cloud Hosting
How to add a MySQL database to Cloud Hosting (also, adding a user, and adding a user to the db) Category: Getting Started   This how-to will show you how to: ♦ Add a MySQL Database to our cloud hosting ♦ Add a user to the mysql userbase ♦ Add a ...
How to Find Path to php.ini File
In many instances, locating the active php.ini file is very simple. Run the following command to view the instances of php.ini, including “Loaded Configuration File”: php.ini # php --ini Example output: # php --ini Configuration File (php.ini) Path: ...
DNS Record Types
When adding a record on the DNS manager, The `type’ may be any of the following supported resource record types: `A' A host address. The `data’ column should contain the IP address (in numbers-and-dots format) associated with the `name’. example: ...
A definition of SSH port knocking for beginners
A definition of SSH port knocking for beginners Category: Networking   Knock, knock. Who’s there? Reading about port knocking can be as clear as diving headfirst into a bog whilst wearing a snorkel. Some people love it, but for most of us, it ...
How To Restart IP Pool via cPanel Scripts
If you have additional IPs added in WHM/Cpanel it may not bring them up after network restart. In order to fix this behavior run the following command: /scripts/restartsrv_ipaliases to make aliases available on network interface again.
How To Fix Problem with DNS Setup Issue
If you are getting this warning email: Subject: [ipcheck] Problem with DNS setup on server.domain.com This means your hostname (server.domain.com) cannot be resolved to an IP address. Usually, this means that /etc/hosts is not set up correctly, ...
VPS.net VAT Information
This article will help you understand the Value Added Taxes (VAT). What Is VAT? In order to comply with current laws and codes, VPS.net is required to charge VAT (Value Added Taxes) to all non-business clients living in the European Union (EU). All ...
Content Delivery Network
Our Content Delivery Network (CDN) product is here. What is a CDN? And why should I care? How much does it cost? Is there a time limit on the PAYG bandwidth? What CDN services do you offer? Can I use it with multiple sites? What file formats are ...
How To Resolve cPanel Large Number of Failed Login Attempts from IP Error
What Does This Message Mean? How To Resolve The Issue If you have received the following message from your server: ———————————————————— Subject: Large Number of Failed Login Attempts from IP 12.34.56.78 ———————————————————— 5 failed login attempts to ...