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What is a SYN flood attack? How to Block SYN DDoS? In order to understand how to block SYN attacks, it is first necessary to understand what it is. We’ll start with the basics: 1. The client initiates a connection with the server by sending a SYN (synchronise) packet. 2. The server responds with SYN-ACK […]
What does htaccess stand for? This file is used to set up the web site without changing the server configuration. Creation of htaccess file You can build an htaccess file using text editing software via the command line or via the file manager in cPanel. Examples for htaccess 1. To redirect a domain permanently If […]
If you are looking to configure remote desktop on your Ubuntu server, you’ve found the perfect tutorial! By default, when you buy a Ubuntu VPS server, you will not get GUI access to server, as these servers only come with command line access over SSH by default. However, with just a few commands you can […]
We are pleased to announce that our OS template for Ubuntu 22.04 LTS (Jammy Jellyfish) is now released and available on RackNerd’s platform! Ubuntu 22.04 was released with Long Term Support (LTS), with an end-of-life date of April 2032. How to Reinstall VPS to Ubuntu 22.04: Existing RackNerd customers can reinstall their VPS to our […]
Are you working on Deep Learning/Machine Learning/AI based projects? If so, this tutorial is for you! In this tutorial, we go over how to setup TensorFlow on a VPS or Dedicated Server. Due to higher resource/CPU requirements, we highly recommend running TensorFlow within a dedicated server (instead of a VPS) environment. Before deep diving into […]
ElasticSearch is one of the most well-known open-source distributed search and analytics engines. It is commonly used for applications that have advanced search requirements. Huge e-commerce stores, for example, are known to make quite an extensive use of it. In this tutorial, we’ll go over how to install ElasticSearch on your Ubuntu server. Install ElasticSearch […]
Looking for an open-source memory data management tool which will help you manage your database cache? Then Redis is a good solution to consider! In this tutorial, we are going to go over some steps on how to install Redis on your server running on Ubuntu 18.04 or Ubuntu 20.04. Here are some features of […]
Tar works just the same as .Zip archive. We use one type of archive format to compress and store multiple files or directories into one file formatted with the .tar.gz extension. The Linux platform has .tar.gz is the most common utility to compress the files for backups and it uses Gzip which is the most […]
Earlier this year, RackNerd updated all of our Shared & Reseller Hosting servers to JetBackup V5, which comes with a myriad of new features which we will outline in the video below. Additionally, we have some additional enhancements/improvements to announce regarding our backup system! Watch the below YouTube video for an overview of the new […]