Introduction Managing file permissions in the Plesk Control Panel is crucial for ensuring proper access control to website files and directories. File permissions determine which users can read, write, or execute specific files or directories. Misconfigured permissions may lead to security vulnerabilities, such as unauthorized access to sensitive files, or issues where users cannot modify
Introduction This guide is for system administrators using DirectAdmin to upgrade MySQL for improved security, performance, or compatibility. It provides step-by-step instructions for upgrading via SSH using DirectAdmin’s CustomBuild tool, ensuring the MySQL update is applied efficiently on servers where it’s necessary to maintain database stability. Prerequisites SSH access to your server with root privileges.
Introduction If your server starts to respond slowly, or if a command unexpectedly consumes a large amount of resources, it could be a sign of an attack. This guide will help you identify if your server is under attack by following a few key steps. Prerequisite Root SSH access to the server. Basic knowledge of
Introduction This guide is for website administrators and developers using the Nginx web server who want to change the default landing page of their website. By default, Nginx looks for files like index.html or index.php when visitors access your domain. However, you may want to set a different file as the default. This guide explains how
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 IPTables is a command-line utility in Linux systems used to configure the firewall by managing rules for network traffic filtering. Opening a port in IPTables is essential for allowing specific network services to communicate with external devices. This guide helps system administrators and users who need to control incoming and outgoing traffic to open
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
Introduction SSL (Secure Sockets Layer) is a cryptographic protocol used to ensure secure communication over the internet. SSL protocols employ X.509 certificates, which utilize asymmetric cryptography to authenticate the parties involved and facilitate the exchange of symmetric keys. These session keys encrypt the data being transferred, thereby providing confidentiality, message integrity, and authentication. SSL is
Introduction This article is intended for Ubuntu users, including system administrators and developers, who need to set up a LAMP (Linux, Apache, MySQL, PHP) stack on their server. It provides a step-by-step guide to installing and configuring each component of the LAMP stack on Ubuntu. This information is essential when you’re preparing a server to