The main packages required to run a web application on a Linux server will be Apache, MySQL, PHP and commonly known as LAMP (Linux, Apache, Mysql, PHP). A Linux OS will be installed on your server (in this example, Ubuntu Server). Apache is the web server. MySQL is the database administration system. The PHP package […]
In this tutorial, we will cover how to increase swap space on a Linux environment. In this example, we will utilize a VPS server that has a RAM allocation of 1 GB RAM. For a server having RAM of 1GB, the ideal SWAP space should be between 1GB and 2GB according to the application that […]
How to install VestaCP Control Panel (Free cPanel Alternative) You will need a control panel to manage websites, database email accounts etc on a dedicated server or VPS. The control panel is a way to get rid of manual setup of everything in a VPS. The control panel will setup a web server, database server […]
If you suspect that the MySQL performance of your server has degraded and want to dig deeper on finding the exact cause, enabling MySQL slow queries is a good place to start with. The slow query log is a feature in MySQL which enables us to log queries that exceed a predefined time limit. This […]
Did you know that RackNerd is an official partner of Wasabi? We can deliver Wasabi Hot Cloud Storage services for use across our services in any of our datacenter locations. Feel free to contact our sales team for more information: sales@racknerd.com In this tutorial, we will be going over how to integrate Wasabi onto a […]
Run all the commands as sudo non-root user only: Step 1 – Update and upgrade the packages sudo — sh -c ‘apt-get update; apt-get upgrade -y; apt-get dist-upgrade -y; apt-get autoremove -y; apt-get autoclean -y’ Step 2 – Install Docker in the server sudo curl -sS https://get.docker.com/ | sh Once docker is installed, start it, […]
The WordPress White Screen of Death can happen due to multiple reasons and in this tutorial, we are going to outline some of the major possibilities, as there is a high probability that you will find your culprit in anyone of these. Memory issue: If you are on a shared web hosting plan, then each […]
In this tutorial, we will go over the steps on how to install PostgreSQL on a cPanel/WHM server. cPanel/WHM is a popular control panel widely used these days and it has the capability of serving different database servers. The database servers are also used to manage databases easily with help of GUI (i.e. PHPmyadmin), PostgreSQL […]
Mattermost is a free Slack alternative – it’s open source, and self hosted! You can host your own Mattermost server within a Linux VPS from a VPS provider such as RackNerd. In this new era of working and collaboration, an internal chat platform is so crucial for the growth of an organization. There are many […]
Shopping for a new webhosting provider? Ever thought about when shopping for the best web hosting deal, what are some things to consider to ensure you’re dealing with a legitimate web hosting provider? We’re going to share some tips that will help you. If you are in the market for web hosting, reseller hosting, VPS, […]
