Installing CSF and Fail2Ban on a Centos 6 + Directadmin server Fail2Ban ensures that the IP addresses that try to log in are automatically blocked after 5 or more incorrect login attempts (you can set this limit yourself). wget https://download.configserver.com/csf.tgz tar -xzf csf.tgz cd csf sh install.sh Once you have done that, you will […]
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If you have a MySQL database with your hosting account and need to connect to it from your home computer, or another web server, you’ll need to add a remote “Access Host” to your database to allow the connection in. Go to: User Level -> MySQL Management -> databasename -> Add Access Host You can […]
This brief article will describe the creation of a proper ISO image from a CD or DVD. If an ISO image has been created with the help of the dd (diskdump) command from a CD or DVD then the ISO file created thereby may have an MD5 checksum, which is different than the original ISO […]
CloudFlare integration enables websites to harness the power of the CloudFlare network to deliver the best possible performance, and to provide enhanced security and protection from attackers. CloudFlare also generates in-depth stats and threat analysis. To enable it, log into your online panel, and click on the CloudFlare icon in the ‘Software/Services’ section. The icon […]
Forwarders allow you to forward incoming mail directly to another address. For example, let’s say you send an email to [email protected] and to [email protected] but want them to arrive in the POP3 account [email protected]. You can create two forwarders that will let you do this. Note: You cannot set up a forwarder if the […]
How do I find the largest top files and directories on a Linux or Unix-like operating systems? Sometimes it is necessary to know what file(s) or directories are eating up all your disk space. Further, it may be required to find out it at the particular directory location on filesystem such as /tmp/ or /var/ […]
For Windows platforms – Complete the installation of the agent After installation, the agent software can be accessed from the tray icon in your Windows machine Right click the icon and select Proxy Configuration Configure details such as proxy server name and port number as well as proxy user name and password Restart the agent
WordPress.com is a commercial website where you can host a free website with some restrictions, or pay an annual fee so you can work without restrictions, but beware, you can’t install WordPress plugins yet! This website runs on the WordPress software offered by WordPress.org. Since WordPress.com is a hosted service, you don’t have to worry […]
It could be that you are getting the following error when instaling new packages on Linux: perl: warning: Setting locale failed. perl: warning: Please check that your locale settings: LANGUAGE = “en_US:”, LC_ALL = (unset), LC_CTYPE = “UTF-8”, LONG = “en_US. UTF-8” are supported and installed on your system. perl: warning: Falling back to a […]
All our control panels will provide you with the LAMP solution stack. Please note that not all control panels are compatible with the different operating systems. Please see the table below for compatibility details. For more information, please refer to the article on control panels. Availability matrix: OS / Distribution / cPanel / Plesk / […]