Find a complete guide to Magento Optimization on a cPanel VPS. The
step by step instructions to do this yourself.
A complete guide to Magento Optimization on a cPanel VPS. The step by
step instructions to do this yourself are below.
We also offer this...
Learn how to migrate your website with no downtime! Follow our advice
to move your website without downtime.
Follow this advice to move your website to VPSBlocks without downtime:
* Firstly, sign up with us. Make sure you do NOT cancel your old
host...
Wish to change operating system to another one? You can do so by
following the mentioned instructions in our tutorial.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can administer all...
To install Imagick first install ImageMagick on the server. Learn how
to install Imagick on cPanel Server following tutorial.
To install Imagick first make sure you have ImageMagick installed on
the server (to install ImageMagick
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Your VPS may attack against other networks while running open DNS
resolver. Follow instructions on resolving problem.
PLEASE NOTE: IF YOU ARE ADVISED YOU ARE RUNNING AN OPEN DNS RESOLVER
YOU MUST TAKE ACTION AS YOUR VPS IS MOST LIKELY BEING USED IN ATTA...
On occasion you will need to edit the hosts file on your machine.
VPSBlocks provides details on how to edit hosts file.
If you want to make your local computer believe that your website is
hosted on your new VPS before you modify the actual DNS, this ca...
Learn to enable SSH for account to perform the basic tasks through the
terminal. Follow VPSBlocks to learn in detail.
ACCESSING SSH FROM WINDOWS
To access your machine using SSH (all Linux variants) we recommend
downloading the program 'Putty'.
This...
Step-by-step tips on how to upgrade RAM or memory of your PC. Follow
VPSBlocks to upgrade today!
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can administer all your VPSs, change
accou...
Find question & answers on upgrading your desktop PC's processor, CPU
cores. Log on to VPSBlocks to do it yourself.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can administer all yo...
Complete tutorials about installing & using free control panel on a
VPS. Do it yourself by following VPSBlocks.
cPanel is great as a complete hosting package. But if you don't need
features like a web based file manager, VestaCP is a free control
panel ...
Learn how to increase additional free space on your hard disk.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can administer all your VPSs, change
account details, place new orders etc.
...
Learn how to reprovision, reinstall, setup your VPS again. Follow step
by step tutorial guidelines and do it yourself.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can administer all y...
Know how to set up nameservers on your cPanel & WHM Environment
server. An excellent easy guide for self learners.
Setting up your own private nameservers on a cPanel server has many
benefits, most importantly enabling all of cPanel's built in DNS tools...
Change hostname or server name of a Linux system. Learn following step
by step tips to do it yourself.
To change the hostname on your actual VPS, you need to login via SSH
(see:
https://www.vpsblocks.com.au/support/Knowledgebase/Article/View/41/0/how-do...
A quick guide on how to install imageMagick on cPanel Server. Read
step by step guidelines and do it by yourself.
To install ImageMagick on a cPanel server:
* SSH into your server (if you don't have an SSH client we recommend
Putty
[http://www.chiar...
Know the method to reset your root password from the console. This
guide tells how to reset a forgotten root password.
Don't know how to reset your root password from the console? Here is
the excellent full guidelines to do it yourself.
Firstly, you n...
Learn how to import a large MySQL database today online. An
exceptional online selfhelp tutorial. Learn Step by Step.
If you have a large MySQL database you need to import, you cannot
import it via PHPMyAdmin as there is a 2MB limit.
Upload your datab...
Excellent guidelines on how to resize or expand a tmp partition. Learn
step by step to do it yourself.
The default tmp folder size for lunix operating systems is often 512mb
(including cPanel installations).
To check the size of the tmp partition use
...
Learn how to check free disk space in Linux operating system. An
easier way on 'how to' free guidelines for learners.
TO FIND YOUR CURRENT DISK SPACE USAGE
Login to SSH
[https://www.vpsblocks.com.au/support/Knowledgebase/Article/View/41/0/how-do-i-use...
You can set up an SSH tunnel then access it as if it were local. Find
step by step tutorial to do it yourself.
FOR THOSE WHO USE MYSQL WORKBENCH OR OTHER MYSQL MANAGERS.
By default cPanel hosts are configured to NOT ALLOW the access to
MySQL server re...
Learn steps on how to install servers Apache or MySQL through Webmin.
An easy tutorial for any new learners.
To use Webmin to install various servers and modules:
* Go to http://YOURIPADDRESS:10000/ [https://YOURIPADDRESS:10000/]
* Accept the cert...
Webmin is a web based application that should be access through
browser. Learn how to access Webmin following easy steps.
Webmin is automatically installed on all Linux variants at
https://YOURIPADDRESS:10000/ [https://203.143.82.4:10000/]
Go there, a...
Find steps on How to mount a disk in Linux on VPSBlocks tutorial. An
excellent tutorial guide for self learners.
If you have added SATA space to your VPS, the new drive will not be
mounted automatically. To add your new SATA hard disk login to SSH
[https...
Learn how to stop, start or restart your VPS. Follow the complete
VPSBlocks guidelines and do it by yourself.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
password you can administer all your VPSs, change acco...
Find instructions on how to create a new DNS record in name servers.
Read step by step tutorial to learn & do it yourself
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can administer ...
Need any idea on how to get console access to VPS? To manage your VPS,
please follow the instructions.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
password you can administer all your VPSs, change account det...
Time drift is a major issue with Linux systems running under
virtualisation platforms. To fix this issue follow instructions.
Time drift is a major issue with Linux systems running under
virtualisation platforms. Using ntpdate to update your clock regul...
Guide to mount file-system to enable user to read data from CD or DVD
media. Follow instructions to do it yourself.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
password you can administer all your VPSs, chang...
Manage DNS for hosting account, change hosted domain's DNS also. Do it
yourself following step by step tutorial.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
password you can administer all your VPSs, change a...
A linux based VPS need to allow iptables to respond to ping requests.
Follow instructions to create an iptables rule.
If you would like your linux based VPS to respond to ping requests you
will need to allow them in iptables. To do this create an iptabl...
Simple steps on how to change your account password. Step by step
method for new learners.
This article explain how to change the your account level password.
This password is the one you use in combination with your email
address to login to the portal...
Find how to add additional services to your existing VPS on VPSBlocks.
A step by step tutorial for self learners.
To add additional services to your existing VPS:
Login at https://portal.controlmyvps.com.au
[https://www.vpsblocks.com.au/Login.aspx] us...
This tutorial explains how to view bandwidth in some system. Follow
steps for self learning & implementation.
This article explain how to change the password we store for your VPS.
This password is by VPSBlocks staff if they need to access your VPS
for ...
Learn how to open a port in the Windows Firewall. VPSBlocks complete
tutorial will guide you to learn fast.
TO OPEN A PORT IN WINDOWS 2012 AND WINDOWS 2008
* On the START menu, click RUN, type WF.MSC, and then click OK.
* In the WINDOWS FIREWALL W...
A tutorial on how to clone an existing VPS on VPSBlocks. Follow step
by step tutorial guideline to learn & do it yourself.
We are happy to clone a VPS for you, there is no charge for this, and
it is done manually by staff to ensure that the networking w...
Great tutorial available on setting up a webserver using webmin
without cPanel. A step by step tutorial for new learners.
If you want to host websites and are happy to do without the friendly
cPanel interface, there is a great tutorial available here:
...
Don't have any idea on how to start your VPS? Learn here step by step
tutorial guideline to do it yourself.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
password you can administer all your VPSs, change accoun...
Transferring files to and from the Remote Desktop session is quite
easy. Learn it on VPSBlocks to do it yourself.
To upload or download files through remote desktop you need to share a
local drive.
To do this start the remote desktop program:
* Cl...
You can manage your remote desktop license while having an existing
VPS. Learn how to manage it step by step.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can administer all your VPS...
Find information on how to pause VPS to do it yourself. VPSBlocks step
by step tutorial will assist you to learn it.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
password you can administer all your VPSs, chan...
Find source of an email, view the mail headers & interpret the
information correctly. Read VPSBlocks to learn.
If you want to see where an email originated from, you need to view
the mail headers and interpret the information correctly. This is
helpful ...
This post explain how to change the portal password for your VPS.
Learn it reading this step by step tutorial.
This article explain how to change the password we store for your VPS.
This password is by VPSBlocks staff if they need to access your VPS
for...
If you run a busy site that is not loading as fast as you would like,
and that does not run an ecommerce shopping cart, you can setup NGinx
to cache your PHP output and serve it directly without sending every
request to Apache.
First, you need to instal...
Step-by-step tips on how to create a private network between your
Virtual Machines.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can administer all your VPSs, change
account details,...
You may also build ClamAV from sources to benefit from better
scanning. Find ste by step tutorial to do it yourself.
If you need to scan particular location(s) on your VPS using ClamAV,
please use following:
1. logon to the VPS via SSH
[https://www.vp...
Do you having existing VPS and would like to add SATA space to it? You
can do so by following VPSBlocks instructions. SATA Space is for use
for backup purposes only.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
...
Keep your licensing up to date in your system if have an existing VPS
& exchange installed. Learn to manage your exchange licenses.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can a...
Learn how to rename your VPS. Follow step by step tutorial guidelines
for doing it by yourself.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
password you can administer all your VPSs, change account details,
pla...
Sometimes you need to upload a large theme or file to wordpress site.
Follow easy guidelines to do it yourself.
If you run Wordpress and get a timeout error uploading large themes,
you can always upload them manually via FTP.
In this training video th...
If you have a VPS that you wish to download the virtual disk for, you
can do that directly through the portal.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can administer all your VPSs...
First, you should optimise the performance of your website and the
server configuration. We recommend you read and follow suggestions at:
https://www.vpsblocks.com.au/support/Knowledgebase/Article/View/311/0/improving-website-performance
[https://www.vpsb...
You can create your own name servers in Plesk. An excellent guidelines
on how to setup own name servers in Plesk.
PLESK NAMESERVER SETUP
Note: This is for setting up Plesk to accept child name servers, it
does NOT create the child name servers, you nee...
Generate a CSR first to order an SSL Certificate for website. Follow
VPSBlocks instructions for SSL certificaation.
To order an SSL Certificate for your website, you first need to
generate a CSR (certificate signing request). See below for
instructions ...
You may need to clear Magento site cache sometimes. Find guidelines to
clear Magento cache without admin access.
If you have a Magento site and have moved or updated the base URL and
it's not serving correctly, you may need to clear the cache. However,
...
Learn how to add management services such as managed or offsite
backups to your existing VPS. Read step by step.
This article explains how to add management services such as managed
or offsite backups to your existing VPS.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If ...
Learn how to get your EPP Transfer code by yourself. An easy 'how to'
guide for learners.
If you need to transfer a domain away from VPSBlocks you need to
unlock your domain and get your EPP Transfer code.
To do this:
* Login to https://portal.con...
If you run Wordpress on HTTP-only host or instance which is behind
HTTPS proxy it is highly possible you will get infinite redirect loop
to HTTPS.
To fix that you need to modify the file wp-config.php and add
following lines:
if($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWA...
VPSBlocks has introduced a new feature to monitor and alert clients
when their wordpress sites have known vulnerabilities.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
password you can administer all your VPSs...
This tutorial explains how to optimize MySQL performance including
configuring, tuning & measuring performance. Read to learn today.
If you are running a MySQL database back end for your site, or using
products such as Magento or Joomla, you can optimis...
Plesk requires you to create a user to view statistics. Please follow
VPSBlocks instructions to learn fast.
Plesk requires you to create a user to view statistics, please follow
these instructions:
a. Log into your Plesk hosting control panel
b. Sele...
Learn how to view current backups in our system through the control
panel. A complete guidelines for learners.
If you have managed or offsite backups you can view the current
backups in our system through the control panel.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If...
Reset default wordpress permissions after a migration of uploading a
wordpress website. Learn & do it yourself.
PERMISSIONS FOR WORDPRESS
After a migration of uploading a wordpress website if you are getting
errors with regards to file permissions, or ...
NOTE: THE STEPS DESCRIBED BELOW ARE NOT INTENDED TO BE VENDORS
APPROVED FIX PRACTICE. IT IS BASICALLY DIRTY HACK AND MAY LEAD TO
TOTAL MYSQL DATA LOSS!
SYMPTOMS:
* Most likely there was cold restart on VPS prior the issue appeared
* MySQL not star...
If you are using PHPs mail function to send mail and would like to set
not only the FROM email address, but also the name of the sender,
please use the instructions below:
By default, PHP will send e-mail from the account you are running the
script from...
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