A few key practices that can secure your server The advent of the Internet Age has had a profound effect on how business is conducted. Maintaining an online presence is no longer optional for most companies if they want to stay relevant and competitive. Existing and potential customers use the Internet to make purchases, manage […]
For much of the Internet’s history, online multiplayer gaming has been a cherished pastime for many. The first multiplayer game is believed to have been played as early as 1978 – less than a decade after the birth of ARPANET. Technology has come a long way since then, but suffering from lag and latency has […]
Despite being one of the foundational pillars of the Internet, DNS is often a poorly understood service, even by otherwise tech-savvy people. We often find DNS nameserver setup to be a frequent source of confusion for new clients migrating to our servers. Due to the nature of shared hosting, DNS services are typically managed by […]
In today’s security-focused world, securing your website, as well as the server it is running on, is an important and necessary task for any website owner. SSL certificates are on the front line of this defense, serving to secure the connection between your web server and your clients. However, it can be an intimidating concept […]
SSH is a common system administration utility for Linux servers. Whether you’re running CentOS, Debian, Ubuntu, or anything in between; if you’ve logged into a Linux server before, you likely have at least heard of it. The acronym SSH stands for “Secure Socket Shell”, and as the name implies, the protocol is built with security […]
“Backup your data!” everyone preaches. Creating a backup strategy can be time consuming and expensive, especially if you have a lot of data to backup. You’ve gotten along just fine without one for this long, so maybe backups can wait, right? What Could Go Wrong Without Backups? Everyone talks about the need for backups, but […]
EasyApache is a convenient utility on cPanel servers which allows you to manage much of the important software that powers your web server. It manages your installations of Apache, PHP, and many PHP extensions and modules. A common issue encountered while migrating websites between servers is differences in the environment on the destination server. For […]
Migrating your websites from one server to another can be a difficult and time consuming process, but with preparation and consideration, it can go smoothly. Throughout my time as a systems administrator, migrations have been some of the most time consuming tasks I’ve worked on. The purpose of this guide is to provide you with […]
Syncthing is a fantastic decentralized file synchronization utility, which functions in a manner similar to other cloud storage services like Dropbox or Google Drive, but is self-hosted and does not require a central server to operate. We recently covered Syncthing on another blog post and wanted to give some further more condensed tips for first […]
What is Syncthing? Syncthing is a decentralized file synchronization tool. It shares similarities with commercial cloud storage products you may be familiar with, like Dropbox or Google Drive, but unlike these cloud storage products, it does not require you to upload your data to a public cloud. It also shares similarities with self-hosted cloud storage […]
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