The file manager can be called up in the control panel by clicking on the “File Manager” icon. A link to the file manager is also at the bottom left of the screen. Navigating through folders is accomplished by clicking on the directory name or directory icon. (to the left of the folder name). For […]
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1. Go to the directory where you want to upload the files. 2. Click the “Upload files to current directory” button at the bottom of the screen. 3. You will see eight (8) fields. Click the “Browse” button to select the files you want to upload. Click “Upload Even More Files” if you want to […]
Note that it’s ultimately the responsibility of the server admin to ensure his system is secure. These are some basic security tips that can be done to help protect your system. This is not an end-all guide for server security, admins must be diligent, but rather some suggestions for a start to securing your server. […]
ServerPilot uses Nginx as the public facing web server and proxies the requests to Apache. So, we have to add our SSL configuration to Nginx. Steps: Login to the server using SSH Create a directory to hold the certificate and key files. cd /home mkdir -p certs/domain_name Copy the certificate (.crt) and private (.key) files […]
Are you using Plesk 12? Then it is possible to change the PHP version per website. To do so, follow the steps below. Log in to the VPS via your Plesk Control Panel. Make sure you have set up the ‘Service Provider View’ by clicking on ‘Change View’ in the bottom left corner. In the […]
At the top of the Statistics menu, there are three links: “Backed up Apache Logs,” “Apache Usage Log,” and “Apache Error Log.” Backed up Apache Logs Clicking on the “Backed up Apache Logs” link will take you to a File Manager screen that contains a list of .tar.gz files named by domain/subdomain and month. For […]
From the control panel menu, click on the “MySQL Databases” icon and then the “Create new Database” link. Choose a name for the database that describes what the database is for. For example, enter “chat” if the database is intended for a chat script. The database name is always preceded by your username and an […]
Most scripts need to know four things about your database: the database name, database username, password, and hostname. The database name always has the following form: ControlPanelUsername_DatabaseName, where ControlPanelUsername is the username you use to access the control panel. The DatabaseName is the name you have given to the database from the MySQL database menu. […]
To create a new empty file: 1. Go to the directory/folder where you want the file/file to be. 2. Type the file name in the “Create New File” text box. 3. Check “HTML template” to include HTML tags in the file (optional) 4. Click on the “Create” button.
Customizing the HOSTS file All it takes is a simple text editor such as Notepad (Start, All Programs, Accessories) to add website addresses to the HOSTS file. Make a backup of the C:WINDOWSSYSTEM32DRIVERSETCHOSTS file (note: the name of the HOSTS file does not have an extension) before making any changes to it. After the file […]