Introduction When a website has thousands of visitors every day, server performance is crucial. Slow response times, resource shortages, and unexpected downtime can quickly harm user experience, search engine rankings, and revenue. For DevOps engineers, server administrators, and hosting providers, maintaining optimal Linux server performance is a constant responsibility. Linux is popular for hosting high-performance websites because it is reliable, flexible, and scalable. However, just running a website on Linux isn’t sufficient. To manage increasing traffic effectively, you need proper Linux server optimization, proactive monitoring, and regular performance tuning. This article covers the best practices for optimizing Linux server performance, helping you improve website speed, maximize server resources, and keep high-traffic websites running smoothly. Why Linux Server Performance Optimization Matters …
Introduction As businesses increasingly turn to cloud technology for their applications, websites, and daily operations, it’s essential to create a reliable and secure IT environment. Whether you are a startup launching your first product, an eCommerce business handling online transactions, or a growing enterprise managing critical workloads, your cloud infrastructure plays a vital role in your business’s success. One major decision organizations face is whether to build an in-house IT team or partner with a provider that offers cloud support services. Both options aim to keep your systems running effectively, but they differ in cost, expertise, scalability, and the type of support provided. Choosing the right option is not just about outsourcing or hiring staff; it’s about finding the best …
When Logs Attack: How Unchecked Log Growth Brings Production Servers to Their Knees
A Slowdown With No Obvious Cause A server doesn’t need a CPU spike or a memory leak to grind to a halt. Sometimes, the real problem is something much simpler: a log file that quietly grew until there was nowhere left to write. That’s exactly what happened in a recent production incident, and it’s a pattern support teams run into more often than most dashboards would suggest. The issue first came to our attention when users reported that the application had become unusually slow. Page loads were dragging, scheduled jobs were taking far longer than usual, and even SSH sessions felt sluggish. None of it pointed to an obvious culprit; CPU usage sat comfortably under 30 per cent, and memory …
Nobody sticks around for a slow website. If your pages take too long to load, visitors leave, and in many cases, they’re gone before the content even finishes rendering. We see this constantly in support, and the fix is rarely as simple as it looks from the outside. A metric that comes up in almost every one of these investigations is Time to First Byte, or TTFB. It’s basically the gap between a browser sending a request and the server sending anything back. As a rough rule of thumb, under 200ms is great, 200–500ms is liveable, and anything pushing past 600ms means something upstream is struggling. Initial Observation A customer came to us with a website that felt sluggish across …
XenServer is a virtualization platform that provides performance for virtualized server and client operating systems, delivering near-bare metal server performance. On a single host computer, the Xen hypervisor safely runs several virtual computers. Every virtual machine has its guest operating system with almost native performance and operates in its own domain. On top of the hypervisor, a principal management domain known as dom0 also operates as a guest. Upgrading the disk of a Xen virtual machine (VM) requires several essential steps, such as expanding the disk, resizing the filesystem, and ensuring that the VM detects the updated disk size. Here are the general steps to complete this process: 1. Shutdown the VM: To prevent any data corruption, make sure the …
Choosing the Best Web Server: OpenLiteSpeed vs Nginx vs Apache with RunCloud
When selecting a web server for your application, performance, scalability, and ease of management are crucial factors. OpenLiteSpeed (OLS), Nginx, and Apache are the three major contenders, each offering distinct benefits. However, managing these web servers manually can be complex, which is where RunCloud simplifies the process. In this article, we’ll compare these web servers and discuss how RunCloud enhances their usability. Why Use RunCloud for Server Management? Setting up and managing a web server manually can be time-consuming and require extensive technical knowledge. With RunCloud, the initial setup is effortless—simply connect your server, and RunCloud handles the rest. Advantages of Using RunCloud: Web Server Options with RunCloud RunCloud provides flexible web server deployment options to fit different use cases: …
Mastering Custom PHP Module Installation on RunCloud: A Step-by-Step Guide
RunCloud provides its own PHP versions, which are different from Ubuntu’s default ones. So, instead of using apt-get install php-* to install PHP modules, which can cause conflicts with RunCloud’s setup, it’s recommended that the modules be manually compiled and installed for compatibility. Below are the complete instructions for compiling and installing custom PHP modules on RunCloud Nginx servers.
Losing access to your WordPress admin password and getting locked out of the admin dashboard can be a frustrating experience. Don’t worry! Whether you prefer using the WordPress login screen, WP-CLI, or phpMyAdmin to work directly with the database, we’ve got you covered.This guide will walk you through the easiest methods for resetting your WordPress admin password in RunCloud, so you can regain control of your site in no time.
RunCloud currently supports the following Ubuntu versions: 24.04 LTS, 22.04 LTS, and 20.04 LTS. However, some hosting servers are still running Ubuntu 18.04, which is approaching its End of Life (EOL). Once Ubuntu 18.04 reaches EOL, it will no longer receive official support, meaning no further updates or security patches will be available. Additionally, you will not be able to install or update modules from the official repository. Therefore, we strongly recommend upgrading to a supported version of Ubuntu to ensure continued security and access to the latest features. We do not recommend directly upgrading the operating system on production servers. Instead, we suggest setting up a new server with the latest OS version and migrating your website content. This …
RunCloud is an excellent cloud hosting management panel that simplifies deploying and managing web applications, including WordPress. By combining the power of cloud infrastructure with RunCloud’s intuitive interface, you can streamline your WordPress deployment and ensure optimal performance. Below are the best practices to consider when deploying WordPress on RunCloud.