CloudLinux is one of the widely used Operating System nowadays due to the high-level stability and advanced server security it provides, which makes it the first preference for hosting providers, especially in a shared hosting environment. LVE (Lightweight Virtual Environment) is a kernel-level technology developed by the CloudLinux team. It is lightweight and transparent. The goal of LVE is to make sure that no single website can bring down your web server. The kernel makes sure that all LVEs get a fair share of the server’s resources, and that no …
The Network File System (NFS) was originally developed by SUN Micro-systems that allows communications between Linux/Unix systems. It allows you to mount your local file systems over a network and remote hosts or clients to interact with them as they are mounted locally on the same system. Benefits >> Central Data Management. >> Allows local access to remote files transparently. >> Very good for local or reliable connections Important NFS configuration file /etc/exports : All files and directories which need to be exported are defined in this which is located …
Security researchers identified a new OpenSSL vulnerability, called DROWN( Decrypting RSA with Obsolete and Weakened Encryption ) on March 2016. This attack was focused on servers that use the more secure TLS protocol, which also supports the obsolete SSLv2.This vulnerability allows an attacker to decrypt the highly secured TLS encrypted communication if the server houses SSLv2 cipher support. DROWN was assigned the CVE-2016-0800 id by the us-nert on the march (https://www.us-cert.gov/ncas/bulletins/SB16-067 ). More than 11 million websites that use TLS were vulnerable to DROWN attack. If your website is protected …
Kibana is an open-source analytics and visualization platform designed to work with Elasticsearch. It enables users to search, analyze, monitor, and visualize log and time-series data through interactive dashboards, charts, and graphs. Kibana acts as the visualization layer of the ELK Stack (Elasticsearch, Logstash, Kibana), allowing teams to transform raw machine data into meaningful insights. What is Kibana? Kibana is a web-based interface used for: It communicates directly with data stored in Elasticsearch indices and presents information visually using charts, maps, graphs, and dashboards. Kibana can be deployed: Prerequisites Before …
The Zend OpCache provides faster PHP execution through opcode caching and optimization. It improves PHP performance by storing precompiled script bytecode in the shared memory. Installing Zend OPCache on PHP 5.3 or 5.4 1. Login to SSH on your server 2. Type the following commands: #cd /usr/local/src #wget http://pecl.php.net/get/ZendOpcache # to get the latest (master) build do the following instead:
Icinga is a fork of Nagios monitoring system. There are lots of changes and upgrades compared to Nagios, especially in version 2. The main visible difference is UI which is built on ext js. Other significant differences are in hosts and services definitions. Icinga2 designed to monitor large complex environments. Pre-requisites We need to make sure to install a LAMP stack and epel repository on the CentOS7 server for other dependency application which will support icinga2 . Icinga2 will collect the service information based on the monitoring plugins, so we …
As we are aware, usually installing SSL Certificate requires Dedicated IP . The cost of this address is typically being passed down to the end user. Also the IPv4 address will be filled completely if every domain require a dedicated IP. So administrators decided to use multiple SSL installation on a single IP. Thus SNI (Server Name Identification) is established. >> What is SNI : —————— Server Name Indication (SNI) is an extension to the TLS protocol that indicates what hostname the client is attempting to connect. SNI is an …
If you are getting the below error while updating the Plesk versions or installing the microupdates , have a try with the mentioned solution : —- ERROR: Unable to download the MD5 sum for the new Parallels Installer binary. Not all packages were installed. Please, contact product technical support. —- Solution : —– Remove cache from /var/cache/parallels_installer/ and start auto-installer again. —– If you require help, contact SupportPRO Server Admin
If you are getting following error while directory listing, follow the solution provided below : ———- ftp> ls 227 Entering Passive Mode (108,61,169,245,167,161). ftp: connect: No route to host ———- Solution : 1. Edit /etc/sysconfig/iptables-config and add this line: IPTABLES_MODULES=”ip_conntrack_ftp” 2. Save it and restart iptables. That’s because passive mode use non standard ports to communicate, so you need to keep track of the ftp connections and iptables will allow them when necessary. Another solution is specify the passive ports that will be used on FTP server configuration, then open …
CentOS has introduced a free Web Hosting control panel (CWP: Centos Web Panel) which is designed for easy management of servers including both Dedicated & VPS without the help of ssh console. During the installation procedure, CWP installs full LAMP stack (Apache, PHP, phpMyAdmin, webmail, mail server etc.) on your server. List of softwares installed and configured during CWP installation are as below: =========== Apache Web Server PHP 5.4 MySQL + phpMyAdmin Postfix + Dovecot + roundcube webmail CSF Firewall Backups; AutoFixer for server configuration Varnish Cache server suPHP & …