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What is Opcache you ask? Opcache is a PHP extensions that will help to improve server & applications performance. There are many popular opcode caches like eaccelerator, xcache, apc, etc. Opcache is recommended in almost all App and Server production environments as a method of caching and handling PHP tasks. All you need is disk or [...]
Those that require Web Hosting often look for the most easy method for managing their servers using a Control Panel. As we all know, the easiest way is with a simple graphical user interface to ease the painful PHP, MySQL and Administration Management tasks – Particularly setup and configuration! There are several web control panels fighting [...]
cPanel is a the most popular application that enables users to administer servers using a GUI interface instead of traditional command line. cPanel is straight forward to install, but sometimes can take a couple of hours to complete. cPanel Notes Once you install cPanel on your CentOS server, it cannot be removed unless you complete [...]
Database connection problems with modsecparse.pl are usually caused by an issue with mod_security. You will receive an email an hour such as the below, informing you that there is a problem with the service. /etc/cron.hourly/modsecparse.pl: DBI connect(‘modsec:93.1.2.144′,'modsec',…) failed: Access denied for user ‘modsec'@'localhost' (using password: YES) at /etc/cron.hourly/modsecparse.pl line 20 Unable to connect to mysql [...]
nginxCP can fail to start because another service is using Port 80, thus preventing nginxCP from starting. Often an error similar to the below will be thrown out – [emerg]: bind() to 0.0.0.0:80 failed (98: Address already in use) You can kill the process on Port 80 by running the following in the terminal – sudo [...]
Over time the .log & .err files on cPanel servers can become huge, more often that not you should always investigate what is causing these files to generate to huge capacity in case there are issues with the databases that you are running. We always investigate and keep our servers tidy, so ensuring these are [...]
One problem often encountered with a new install of some operating systems is that the time settings are incorrect. You can easily update these manually, or much more easily you can use the NTP service to automatically synchronise the system clock. Open SSH, making sure you are logged in as the root user. If you do [...]
This will guide you how to setup and config an OpenVPN server on your CentOS server. Prepartion Before setup of the OpenVPN server, you'll need to have the Extra Packages for Enterprise Linux (EPEL) Repository enabled on your server. This is a third party repository offered by the Fedora Project which will provide the OpenVPN [...]
If you have an SSL Certificate on your website, you can automatically HTTPS Redirect Apache for your visitors to ensure their connection communication is encrypted. HTTPS Redirect with Apache You will need to create or modify the .htaccess file. If you currently do not have one, you can create one using your control panel's file [...]