Ruby, capistrano and a VPS
Q: What are my options for Rails? A: Rails is pre-installed on your server (a few legacy servers may be missing it – if so, contact support). You can create a new app by typing : rails at the command...
View ArticleAdding Silverlight support to Apache (mime.types)
Question: Do I need to make any changes for the Apache webserver to support Silverlight apps? Answer: In most cases, no changes need to be made. If you are having problems, try adding:...
View ArticleShared hosting versus VPS downtimes
Question: How often should I expect downtime on a shared account versus a VPS? Answer: If you picked a random shared server, you could expect about one five minute outage every 5 months due to kernel...
View ArticleHow does the switch over to a VPS from shared hosting take place?
Question: I want to switch from my shared hosting to a VPS. How can this be done so that I have no downtime? What is the normal process? Answer: Normally we do this: 1. Set your DNS TTL to a short...
View ArticleHow do I upgrade php on a VPS?
Question: The php version on my VPS is out of date. How do I update it? Answer: Using the OS vendors normal update command can get you some updates (but perhaps not what you want – see below). For...
View ArticleI can’t connect to webmin on my VPS
Question: I tried to connected to webmin on my VPS today and got the error : Firefox can’t establish a connection to the server at 100.100.100.100:10000. (where 100.100.100.100 is the IP of your VPS)...
View ArticleWebmin crashing / unresponsive on my VPS – how to fix?
Question: Webmin keeps crashing on my VPS. Why does this happen and how can I fix it? Answer: From our experience, webmin seems to become non-responsive when running on “low memory” VPS’s (typically...
View ArticleSetting up yum for end-of-life CentOS 4 VPS
CentOS 4 is no longer supported by the developers and we do not recommend you install it. If you have a special case which requires CentOS 4, you will find that yum will not update or perform installs...
View ArticleEnabling apc (php alternative cache) on your Centos VPS
Here is how to enabled php’s apc on a CentOS VPS: 1. yum -y install php-pear pcre-devel php-pear php-devel httpd-devel 2. pecl install apc (press enter to accept the default response for each option)...
View Articleyum fails on my VPS / the RPM database on my VPS is corrupt
Under certain conditions the RPM database used by yum will become corrupt. Here is how to resolve this issue. You may see an error such as “Warning: RPMDB altered outside of yum” or “error:...
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