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How To Transfer A Web-Site From One Server To Another Using SSH

April 14, 2022May 26, 2022 vps-guide

Step I: Make A Back-Up Of the Old Site Files (Not Including Database) (i) Find the “root” of your site. The easiest way to do is to create a php file (called phpinfo.php) and upload it to your site containing the following: The contents of the php file should be: // Show all information, defaults

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LEMP Stack

Ubuntu 20.04 LTS: Guide To Installing LEMP Stack With Linux, Nginx, MySQL & PHP

May 10, 2020 vps-guide

Easy to follow Guide to set up a fully functional LEMP stack with linux, nginx, MySQL & PHP to host our website(s)

Check Folder/ Directory Size With SSH + Delete Folder/ Directory With SSH

April 24, 2020April 25, 2020 vps-guide

I backup my files by creating a tar folder and transporting it to a remote location. I use the simple but effective technique documented here. Recently, I was shocked to find that the tar file had bloated to several GB in size. I looked in the public_html folder but could not find any suspicious file.

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NGINX: Force Pdf Files To Download & Not Open In Browser

April 11, 2020April 12, 2020 vps-guide

The usual code for forcing pdf files to download and not open in the browser is this: location ~* /(.*\.pdf) { types { application/octet-stream .pdf; } default_type application/octet-stream; } Restart the nginx server with the command: service nginx restart It is best if the location directive is placed immediately after the server directive. server {

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How To Force Download Files In Apache 2 | Ubuntu

April 11, 2020April 11, 2020 vps-guide

To force the files to be downloaded and not open in the browser, the following commands have to be entered

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How To Set Up A WordPress Site On A VPS In Under 5 Minutes

August 11, 2019 vps-guide

In this tutorial, we will use a Vultr VPS to set up a wordpress website in under 5 minutes. Thereafter, we will point our domain name to the VPS and ensure that we have a fully functional website

SSH Harden Server

VPS server security checklist (Tips to harden server)

July 21, 2019 vps-guide

Every webmaster must have a server security checklist so that it is ensured that the server is hardened and cannot be infiltrated. In a web hosting server, hardening the SSH, tmp, PHP, DNS server is necessary

google cloud without credit card

How to use Google Cloud without credit card?

November 22, 2018November 22, 2018 vps-guide

A credit card is not necessary to sign up for Google Cloud and avail of the free VPS. The free server can be availed of without a credit card

Update WordPress Unable to locate WordPress Root directory.Installation Failed

Update WordPress Unable to locate WordPress Root directory.Installation Failed

November 21, 2018November 22, 2018 vps-guide

When you try to update Wordpress you get the error “Update WordPress Unable to locate WordPress Root directory. Installation Failed” This problem is solved by adding the following code to the wp-config file

How To Set Up Amazon EC2 VPS To Send Email From SES

How To Set Up Amazon EC2 VPS To Send Free Emails From SES

November 11, 2018November 11, 2018 vps-guide

Detailed tutorial (with pictures) on how to set up a VPS with Amazon EC2 to send free emails From SES using VirtualMin and phplist

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