Cache control is one of the primary system administrative tasks you will find yourself performing. Thankfully, most browsers will take care of at least some of the caching for you, remembering certain resources that were loaded before. However, there may be occasions in which browser caching is something you don’t want. In this article, we’ll Read More >
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How to Generate SSH Keys
Secure Shell (SSH) access grants you command-line interface (CLI) access to your web server. One of the major advantages of SSH is a secure, remote connection to your server. The SSH program uses a password to connect, but it is more secure to use SSH keys, or SSH key pairs. This is a type of Read More >
When Do I Need Root Access?
There are many different features found in Web Host Manager (WHM) that are useful in maintaining your dedicated server. However, not all of them are available to the default user you were given when you signed up. Determining what requires root access can be complicated. We take the guesswork out of that with the chart Read More >
How to Connect to your Dedicated Server via SSH
In this tutorial, we will show you how to connect to your dedicated server via SSH. This will allow you to interface with your server via Command Line Interface (CLI). First, we will show you how to add your IP address to the firewall to allow you to access your dedicated server. Then we will Read More >
Enabling DSO via SSH
While DSO is one of the oldest PHP handlers in use, it is also one of the fastest. As such, you may find yourself looking to use this PHP handler instead of suPHP. By default, DSO is installed on most CentOS servers, however, it is not enabled by default. In order to enable DSO, you Read More >
Upgrading Software via SSH
Occasionally, you may need to upgrade your server software. This may be due to software updates, a change in configuration, or the installation of supplemental software. While this can sometimes be accomplished via graphic user interface, in general it will be done via the command-line. In this article, we will go over how to perform Read More >
Ways to easily manage your site with SSH
SSH (Secure Shell) Access is now available for all shared hosting, reseller hosting, VPS, and Dedicated server accounts. Those that use SSH frequently find that managing their website can be faster than trudging through a GUI (Graphical User Interface). GUIs are often aesthetically pleasing and organized into many different sections or pages. This is good Read More >
Connecting to a Shared Server SSH with a Mac
The Secure SHell (SSH) command line is available through a Mac using the Terminal application. A private and public key pair is required before connecting to the server. These instructions are for use with a shared server. Learn more about SSH Hosting. Generate Key for Shell Access SSH access is allowed using a Public and Read More >
Accessing the Raw Access Logs in cPanel
In cPanel, you can access your website’s raw access logs to see the traffic to your website before it is turned into a report by statistics software. This is great for taking a closer look at the type of requests your site is getting. To get the most out of your raw access logs, you Read More >
Advantages of SSH
SSH (short for Secured SHell) is a secure way for you to remotely access your hosting account. By using SSH, you are able to log into a command prompt and execute commands just as if you were sitting at the server itself. As you learn how to navigate the structure and use basic commands you Read More >
Linux/SSH command list
Shell access is a great feature on our servers. This allows you to connect to the server and issue commands via a command line terminal. For many, this is faster as well as more convenient. There are many commands available for use in the command line terminal. Below is a list of some of the Read More >
Developer Access Tools
Some of the more common questions we get are about the types of access tools that developers can use to work on customers’ websites. There is a plethora of tools available for developers allowing them to access and work on the sites in the ways they are comfortable. Below we have compiled a list of Read More >
How to SSH Into Your Shared/Reseller Server
If you are using a reseller hosting account, this guide shows you how to connect to an individual cPanel account via SSH using a client such as PuTTY. How to Generate an SSH Key How to Authorize an SSH Key Convert and Download the SSH Key SSH using PuTTY For Basic Terminal Emulators (Is a Read More >
How to enable SSH through WHM
Shell access is enabled by default on our Shared Hosting Accounts, VPS and Dedicated servers. When you try to SSH into your server and you get the following error: Shell access is not enabled on your account!If you need shell access please contact support. Your server may have SSH disabled by mistake. This can be Read More >
How to Access MySQL via Command Line
MySQL is the actual database system that uses the Structured Query Language to process data. MySQL is currently the most popular open source database and is frequently utilized with PHP to create dynamic websites. That said, MySQL also works well with Python, Ruby and Perl. This article will guide you on how to access the Read More >
Parse archived raw access logs from cPanel
Navigation: View archived logs Parse IPs Parse User-Agents Parse URLs Parse referrers In this article I’m going to teach you how to parse archived raw access logs from your cPanel VPS (Virtual Private Server) or dedicated server. Reviewing requests from your archived raw access logs can help bring to light a common problematic request or Read More >
Enable raw access log archiving for all cPanel accounts
In this article I’ll quickly show you how to enable raw access log archiving for all cPanel accounts on your VPS (Virtual Private Server) or dedicated server all at once. Raw access logs contain the request data directly from the Apache web service that all of your website have been fulfulling. Without raw access logs, Read More >
View request type, URL, and response codes from Apache access log
In this article I’ll be reviewing how to use Apache access logs on either your VPS (Virtual Private Server) or dedicated server in order to determine the types of requests your website is handling. A lot of times the usage on your server can be greatly affected by the types of requests that are happening Read More >
View level of traffic with Apache access log
In this article I’ll be teaching you how to use the Apache access logs on your VPS (Virtual Private Server) or dedicated server to inspect the levels of traffic your websites are receiving. If you’d like to know what’s been going on with your server and the visitors that are coming to your websites the Read More >
Manage the Exim mail queue via SSH
In this article I’ll review how to manage your Exim mail queue on your VPS (Virtual Private Server) or dedicated server via SSH. This will allow you to find out why sent messages haven’t possibly been successfully delivered yet. The MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) that runs on your server is called Exim and it controls Read More >
