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Introduction HTTP redirection is way to point one domain or address to another. There are a few different kinds of redirects, each of which mean something different to the client browser. The two most common types are temporary redirects and permanent redirects. Temporary redirects (response status code 302 Found) are useful if a URL temporarily needs to be [...]
Introduction How can we find a particular pattern, like a set of IP addresses belonging to certain range or a range of time-stamps or groups of domain or subdomain names, from files? One might also need to find a word spelled in a particular way or find possible typos in a file. This is where [...]
Introduction SFTP stands for SSH File Transfer Protocol. As its name suggests, it's a secure way of transferring files to a server using an encrypted SSH connection. Despite the name, it's a completely different protocol than FTP (File Transfer Protocol), though it's widely supported by modern FTP clients. SFTP is available by default with no [...]
Introduction SSH is a secure protocol used as the primary means of connecting to Linux servers remotely. It provides a text-based interface by spawning a remote shell. After connecting, all commands you type in your local terminal are sent to the remote server and executed there. In this cheat sheet-style guide, we will cover some [...]
Now accepting Bitcoin Cash, Ethereum, Litecoin and Monero! We also accept Bitcoin! Following the crypto-boom of late 2017 we have now adopted Monero (XMR), Bitcoin Cash (BCH), Ethereum (ETH) and Litecoin (LTC) as payment methods for our services. To pay for your service using any of the newly adopted crypto-currencies, please email support@5wire.co.uk for more details.
Introduction cPanel has a very handy feature that allows you to download and install modules like WordPress, Joomla, WHMCS and phpBB through the touch of a button. Don't believe me? Watch this. Getting Started Access the 5wire cPanel here. Log in using your favourite user details. Scroll all the way to the bottom to find [...]
Introduction MariaDB is an open-source database management system, commonly installed as part of the popular LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP/Python/Perl) stack. It uses a relational database and SQL (Structured Query Language) to manage its data. MariaDB is a fork of MySQL managed by the original MySQL developers. It's designed as a replacement for MySQL, uses [...]
Introduction MySQL is an open-source database management system, commonly installed as part of the popular LEMP (Linux, Nginx, MySQL/MariaDB, PHP/Python/Perl) stack. It uses a relational database and SQL (Structured Query Language) to manage its data. CentOS 7 prefers MariaDB, a fork of MySQL managed by the original MySQL developers and designed as a replacement for [...]
Introduction If you have yet to create an email account for your new-car-smelling web hosting service, this is the guide for you. Getting Started Once you have received your welcome email, you will be able to log in to cPanel. You'll be faced with this page: Enter your username and password to log in. The [...]
What is Caching? Caching is a method of improving server performance by allowing commonly requested content to be temporarily stored in a way that allows for faster access. This speeds up processing and delivery by cutting out some resource intensive operations. By creating effective caching rules, content that is suitable for caching will be stored [...]