Introduction In the context of Load Balancer as a Service (LBaaS), it’s crucial to provide a complete certificate chain for secure communication between clients and servers. A certificate chain typically includes the end-entity certificate, any intermediate certificates, and the root certificate. Concatenating these certificates into one bundled chain file ensures that the load balancer can
Introduction This guide explains how to set up a LEMP stack (Linux, Nginx, MySQL, and PHP) on Ubuntu. A LEMP stack is commonly used to host dynamic websites and web applications. This guide is designed for system administrators and developers who want to configure a secure and optimized environment for running PHP-based applications on an
Introduction This article is designed to help users of DirectAdmin control panel reset their database password. This guide is useful when you need to access your database credentials but can’t remember them, which is often necessary for troubleshooting or migrating websites. The instructions apply to DirectAdmin users managing MySQL databases. Prerequisites Access to the
Introduction cPanel is a web hosting control panel that provides a graphical interface to simplify website and server management tasks, including FTP account setup. Setting up an FTP account in cPanel allows users to securely transfer files between their local computer and a web server. This is essential for managing website files efficiently. This guide
Introduction Users can launch new instances directly from snapshots created from existing volumes. A snapshot is a point-in-time, complete copy of a volume and can be used as a backup of a disk image. Prerequisite Register and log in to your Customer Portal account. Top-up credit to launch NovaCloud Instance. Instructions Step 1:
Introduction SSL (Secure Socket Layer) is a security protocol that encrypts the data transmitted between a web browser and a server, preventing third parties from intercepting sensitive information. There are two main types of SSL certificates: self-signed and non-self-signed (CA-issued) certificates. Understanding the differences between these types is crucial in determining which one is more
Important Note: This guide is meant for the Enhanced Skin Variant of DirectAdmin. If you are using Evolution Skin, kindly refer to this guide instead: How to launch phpMyAdmin on DirectAdmin (Evolution Skin) Introduction This guide walks you through the steps to start phpMyAdmin in the DirectAdmin using the Enhanced Skin. phpMyAdmin is a popular
Introduction This guide is intended for website administrators and developers who want to change the default landing page of their website hosted on an Apache server. By default, when visitors access your domain, Apache looks for files like index.html or index.php to display as the home page. However, you may want to set a different
Introduction This guide is intended for web administrators or developers using a Linux server to set up SMTP email sending with PHPMailer. PHPMailer is a popular PHP library that simplifies sending emails via SMTP. This guide will walk you through the necessary steps to install PHPMailer, configure it on your server, and send test emails
Introduction Enabling Cloudflare Proxy is one of the ways to protect your server. Once the proxy is enabled, all the traffic will pass through Cloudflare before reaching to your server. To have further protection, you may configure your Linux server only allow Cloudflare IP to access website port 80 and 443. This guide will show