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 […]
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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 / […]
Step 1: Obtain FTP client software. Uploading to the server via FTP requires special software. Most computer systems do not come with FTP software, so you will have to download them from the internet first. We suggest: IBM/Windows: LeechFTP (free), WS_FTP LE (free), FTP Explorer (free), CuteFTP (free trial). Macintosh: Fetch (free), Transmit (free trial). […]
Deleting a Server from ServerAvatar Deleting a server from ServerAvatar will only remove the server and apps from the ServerAvatar control panel. Deleting the server from ServerAvatar won’t remove anything on your server. Once you delete a server from ServerAvatar, you won’t be able to reconnect it. From that point on, you’ll have to manage […]
To delete a subdomain, create a check next to the subdomain(s) you want to delete, then click the “Delete Selected” button. Next to the “Delete Selected” key is a checkbox called “Remove Directory Contents.” Check this box if you want to delete the subdomains and its folders. If you do not check this box, the […]
WordPress Multisite uses one WordPress installation and one database across a network of WordPress sites. Using WordPress Multisite adds a large amount of complexity and incompatibilities with plugins. Read this article to determine if Multisite is right for you. Unless you’re a WordPress expert and you’re certain you need Multisite, don’t use it! Installing Multisite […]
The control panel has a built-in messaging system. Click on “Message System” and you will go to the message system menu. “X messages waiting” will always be displayed next to this link. The messages may contain important information, so please read them as soon as possible. The messaging system has two components: […]
The “Usage Log” and “Error Log” links (see picture above) will take you to the text files in each log. The usage log provides the address of the requester, time and date of the request, and the description of the request. The “Stats” link (see Subdomain Statistics section) is a graphical version of the usage […]
Symptoms Activating fail2ban generates errors in Plesk: ERROR NOK: (‘database disk image is malformed’,) ERROR NOK: (‘columns jail, path, firstlinemd5 are not unique’,) ERROR NOK: (‘database or disk is full’,) ERROR:f2bmng:Command ‘[‘/usr/bin/fail2ban-client’, ‘reload’, ‘plesk-wordpress’]’ returned non-zero exit status 255 ERROR:f2bmng:Failed to reload following jails due to errors in configuration: plesk-wordpress Plesk panel.log You get the […]
DirectAdmin is a graphical, web-based hosting control panel which makes managing websites on your VPS much easier. WIth DirectAdmin, you can manage websites on Admin, Reseller, and User level.