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Guides and answers on dedicated servers, operating systems and networks — written by our engineers.
Windows Server (trial-key)
Windows Server is a paid operating system, but our customers can use a trial license - Windows Server (trial-key 180 days). When the 180-day trial license expires, the dedicated…
Read →Connecting to IP-KVM in the Netherlands
Connecting to IP-KVM from Windows OS You must have your personal masterserver_nl.ovpn file and the IP address for the IP-KVM (usually you can find this information in the email…
Read →Using robots.txt
Everyone who has been involved in website development, or simply worked with websites, has heard of the term robots.txt. It is a special UTF-8 encoded file that must sit in the…
Read →Connection ports, speed testing
Servers can be connected via a dedicated or a shared port. In turn, a port can be full-duplex. Differences between the ports and their characteristics 1) With a dedicated port the…
Read →SSH command reference
Run the commands as the root superuser from the command line. First, let's look at the list of the main commands for managing the server. Restart the web servers:#…
Read →How to Reset a MySQL Password
Connect to your dedicated or virtual Linux server via SSH with root privileges, then enter the commands listed below in the console. Resetting the MySQL root password over SSH…
Read →Changing the SSH port number
By default, the SSH protocol and port 22 are used to connect to a Linux server.Sometimes, for security or other reasons, a user needs to change the port to a different one…
Read →Error 500 Internal Server Error
The HTTP protocol sometimes returns status 500. It indicates a fault in the server configuration. Formally it reports a system component failure, but in practice the problem is…
Read →Methods to combat email spam
Your email address may have been listed on various websites. You signed up for an online course - and your email ended up in the database of people who run mass mailings. Without…
Read →Virtual private network
A virtual private network on the internet — VPN What is this invention based on, the one that lets you hide data from unwanted parties while keeping the system fully…
Read →Clearing the Cache in Browsers
The browser cache is website data from the internet stored on your local disk. Let's look at how to clear it and why it is necessary. Every website on the internet contains…
Read →Why you need a VPN server
There is no clear definition of the concept of VPN either in programming textbooks or in administration ones. In some countries such connections are strictly prohibited or planned…
Read →How to check PING and traceroute
First, let's define what PING is. Ping is a special utility capable of checking the integrity of a connection. It is based on TCP and IP nodes. These protocols define how a…
Read →How to Upload Files to a Server
Hello, friends! Today we will talk about how to upload files to a dedicated server, hosting or vps in the simplest way. We will use dedicated software. FileZilla is the…
Read →Creating an FTP User
If your server has the ISPmanager control panel installed, creating a new FTP user is a breeze.Below is a short step-by-step guide on how to do it, including setting a password…
Read →Creating a database in ISPmanager
Most modern CMSs and websites require a database to display content and operate conveniently. It is convenient because all the information is stored in one place, protected…
Read →Server diagnostics for packet loss
Sometimes a situation arises where a client notices a poor connection to their server. If this happens, the first thing to check is packet loss.Usually, the first step is to open…
Read →Importing / Exporting a Large Database over SSH
If you need to import or export a really large database, PhpMyAdmin installed on the server will not solve the problem. In this case you need to turn to command-line methods…
Read →NVMe drives — comparison and overview
NVMe drives — a brief history NVMe drives are not such a new solution anymore, and they are now used in dedicated servers as well. The SSD drives we are used to connect via the…
Read →PTR record (reverse DNS)
PTR records in brief Server or hosting owners may have come across the term PTR record. In short, it is reverse DNS. When a domain is added to a server, an A record is created at…
Read →Installing LAMP on CentOS
As is well known, the vast majority of modern websites run on the Apache web server, use MySQL databases, and are written in the most popular programming language, PHP. These…
Read →Changing the root password for a MySQL database
If you have forgotten or lost the main root password of the MySQL database user, you can reset it and set a new one.Everything is quite simple if the ISPManager control panel is…
Read →Configuring iptables on Linux
Sometimes you need to add rules to the server firewall. On Linux, this is done through iptables. First, let's check whether iptables is installed; run this command as the root…
Read →Managing a server via KVM
When renting a dedicated server from us, a client can order a server configuration with a KVM device. In many plans it is already included in the price, while in others it can…
Read →Connecting via SSH from macOS
Users who run macOS at home or in the office often face the problem of connecting to servers via the secure SSH protocol. There are quite a lot of applications in the App Store…
Read →Overselling on servers
The concept of overselling usually applies to virtual servers. For the hosting provider it is profitable, but for regular clients, webmasters and other people who work with…
Read →The nano Text Editor
The nano text editor is completely free and is available by default after installing the Ubuntu Linux operating system.If you have a different OS, you first need to install it…
Read →The vi text editor
In the Linux environment there are several text editors; the simplest one, built into the operating system by default, is vi. Before you start using it, you need to understand…
Read →Speeding up your database
Most modern websites work with databases, and they often grow to enormous sizes. We can try to speed up page loading by optimizing the tables. It is recommended to run this…
Read →How to Install PHP on Linux
PHP is probably the most popular programming language used to build modern websites, scripts and other applications. Its main competitors are Python and PERL. Key advantages: The…
Read →How to set up Cron correctly
Cron is a special software utility built into the Linux operating system that lets you run files, scripts and other actions at a desired interval. For example, our own website…
Read →Checking internet channel load
To check the channel load on a dedicated or virtual server, you need to install a special program. In our case it will be iftop Checking the channel load, instructions Log in to…
Read →Installing LAMP on Linux
The abbreviation LAMP is an acronym made up of the first letters of Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP. In short, it is a basic set of software that is almost always installed on dedicated…
Read →Setting up Cloudflare
Cloudflare positions itself as a CDN with DDoS protection. A CDN – is a decentralized system of servers located in different geographic regions to provide fast access to…
Read →Installing SSL in ISPManager
The SSL protocol – is a reliable way to protect information on the internet for websites and online transactions. Using this level of protection guarantees the loyalty of…
Read →Installing cPanel
When configuring servers, experienced system administrators (admins) use the «command line»; the solution for less experienced people is control panels, which come…
Read →Moving a website to a new domain
A full move of a website to a new domain may be needed when a company changes its name, picks a catchier address, or for a number of other reasons.The top priority when moving is…
Read →RAID controllers
To increase the performance and reliability of a server's disk subsystem, we can improve certain components. An effective approach is to extend hard drive functionality with RAID…
Read →Server control panels
The full range of web server features becomes accessible only with effective management tools. Hosting control panels have become exactly such a convenient means of control…
Read →How to sell a domain
Over time a domain can lose its relevance. The company that owns the resource may cease to exist, and web addresses bought in bulk may simply never be needed. In such cases you…
Read →CMS Bitrix by 1C
A modern CMS incorporates numerous automated business tasks, which greatly simplifies managing and using a website. Bitrix by 1C – is a widely used content management…
Read →Protection against DDoS attacks
DDoS attacks can be considered the most devastating hacker attacks. They vary in scale, but the attack itself always means a halt to normal operation. There is a risk of losing…
Read →What is 1C
The 1C platform – is a widely used software product for automating business processes, accounting and financial record-keeping. The platform includes additional modules for…
Read →What Is Hosting
A server is a powerful computer built from hard drives, a motherboard, a processor and RAM. This hardware is essentially the same as a regular personal computer, only with far…
Read →Differences between SSD and SATA
Differences between SSD drives and SATA Data storage devices ensure the operation of the operating system and software on personal computers. There are several types of such…
Read →What Is a KVM Console
How a KVM console works KVM is a device that gives a hosting customer (the owner of an account with a paid plan) the ability to remotely manage their dedicated or VPS…
Read →Connecting via RDP
Remote Desktop (RDP) is a mechanism invented by Microsoft that saw the light of day in 1998; its core idea is a remote client-server connection. The user sees on their…
Read →What Is the IPv6 Protocol
IPv6 is a new version of the IP protocol, designed to solve the problems encountered with IPv4. Today it is in active use and very widespread across many networks around the…
Read →A domain for your website (domain name)
In the era of new technologies and the World Wide Web, it is simply impossible to imagine promoting any business without using the internet. The best tool for the job is a…
Read →An introduction to .htaccess files
One of the useful and important tools for configuring a physical or VPS server is a special configuration file with no extension, named .htaccess. If your site is hosted…
Read →Encoding and 301/302/303 Page Redirects
The auxiliary configuration file htaccess provides many useful capabilities for configuring how a website interacts with the Apache server. Among them are such important functions…
Read →Linux basics - the SSH protocol
Transmitting data openly over the internet carries the risk of unauthorized interception of information, passwords and so on. To avoid such risks and ensure secure connections…
Read →Server Monitoring
The operation of most companies and organizations largely depends on the uninterrupted functioning of server hardware. One of the most important administration challenges is…
Read →DNS server setup: how to set or change it
DNS servers in plain words The internet has long become an integral part of life. We use its inexhaustible resources every day without even thinking about how it all works…
Read →Pointing a domain to a server
When you have just purchased your domain and rented or bought a server, they are not yet connected to each other in any way. For a name like «moydomen.ru» typed into a…
Read →Subdomains for websites
An extra benefit for domain owners is the ability to create subdomains. What are these sub-sites, how do you create them, and what can they be used for? That is what we will cover…
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