Author Archives: Tyler

Why do I sometimes see spikes in my website’s response time?

Response time is a combination of DNS time, connection time and download time. Spikes in response time could be due to increase in DNS time or connection time or download time. Some factors to consider: In case of increase in DNS time, one way of resolving this is by configuring the option “Resolve IP Address […]

Manual DirectAdmin license renewal

cd /usr/local/directadmin/scripts ./getLicense.sh 123 1234 service directadmin restart Where 123 and 1234 are your Client ID and License ID, respectively. If there are errrors extracting the update.tar.gz file, then run: head -n 1 /usr/local/directadmin/conf/license.key to search for an error. If there is a readable error inside the file, double check the IP you are using […]

MySQL Performance Tuning

Theory MySQL Training/Certification MySQL offers various trainings, some of them can also completed with a certification exam. These is short list of possibilities: MySQL for Database Administrators (CMDBA) MySQL for Developers (CMDEV) MySQL Cluster Database Administrator (CMCDBA) MySQL Performance Tuning All information on trainings can be found here: http://www.mysql.com/training Literature MySQL Performance Blog von Percona […]

How to install PrestaShop

PrestaShop’s open-source ecommerce platform allows you to create powerful web stores through an easy-to-use interface. You can install PrestaShop on your server with DigitalOcean, Rackspace, or Linode using SFTP after you have connected your server to ServerPilot. Creating an App in ServerPilot First, click + Create App in ServerPilot; this can be done immediately after […]