Here is an example how to force no-www domain on Servepilot VPS servers with Nginx. Create /etc/nginx-sp/vhosts.d/servermeister.d/0www_redirect.conf with code that will force all www pages 301 redirect to a naked no-www domain. Code: if ($host ~* www.servermeister.com$) { return 301 http://www.servermeister.nl$request_uri; } restart nginx with the command Code: sudo service nginx-sp restart If you would […]
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Next to each subdomain name is a “Stats” link (see picture above). This link will load Webalizer statistics. Please note that for the link to work, (1) your subdomain must have some traffic (at least one hit) and (2) your subdomain must be more than one day old. Until these requirements are met, the “Stats” […]
Holiday messages tells others that you are away. A holiday message might look like this: “I received your email, but am on vacation until June 21st. I will respond to it then”. The messages from the holiday are used together with already existing POP3 accounts. To create a holiday message, you must first have access […]
Servermeister.com server monitor is a cloud based monitoring service and hence cannot be installed as an application in your servers. Linux server monitoring is possible only using Servermeister.com Linux agent that can be downloaded and installed in your servers/desktops. Using Linux commands, the agent will gather server metrics such as CPU usage, memory usage, disk […]
You do not need to take any action in ServerAvatar to reconnect a server that has been offline. Once your server comes back online, it will once again show as “connected” in ServerAvatar. If are shutting down a server that you may want to reconnect to ServerPilot at a later time, do not delete the […]
Hard disk allocation under Linux can be reviewed using the following commands. df disk free displays the free (meaning available) storage space on the hard disk. Display free storage space for the entire file system df -h Display free storage space for the local file system df -hl du disk usage displays the storage space […]
MySQL is a popular database management system used for web and server applications. This guide will introduce how to install, configure and manage MySQL on a Linode running Debian 7 (Wheezy). This guide is written for a non-root user. Commands that require elevated privileges are prefixed with sudo. Before You Begin Ensure that you have […]
When the server receives e-mail at an address that does not exist, it has to do something with these messages. The control panel gives you these three options: 1. Server deletes the messages and informs the sender that this address does not exist. 2. Server deletes the messages without letting the sender know that […]
To create a mailing list, you must first access the “Email Menu” of the control panel. Then click on the “Mailing Lists” icon. Lists will only be shown once you have clicked on “Create Mailing List”. Enter a name for your mailing list and then click the “Create” button. You will then be […]
The Core of a CPU is where it is all about. The core is the center of your VPS. It makes all calculations. The number of CPU Cores specifies the number of server processors from which your VPS can make use of and decides the speed at which your VPS can handle the instructions of […]