Site & Server Administration

Can you suggest anything?

invalid@example.com (Jonathan993) — Fri, 13 Feb 2026 20:27:20 +0000

Lately, I don't like the performance of my website, sometimes it slows down, sometimes it lags. And I need it to work faster, fly, so to speak. Can you suggest anything? The most important thing I need is fast work.

What do you suggest as a good server to run big site

invalid@example.com (algerianoo) — Thu, 05 Feb 2026 21:13:00 +0000

i want to run big site for earn money on short links with 50 k members and 5 k alexa ranking
What do you suggest as a good server And what is best hosting that offer a good dedicated server

web hosting service ai host

invalid@example.com (Mark H.) — Tue, 13 Jan 2026 12:28:40 +0000

Wondering whether AI is helpful in hosting. What advantages an AI agent would have in hosting. I have been recommended to use AI hosting for web hosting service. This will host one application and some websites. Web hosting service by AI host seems like it offers good hosting service. Is AI hosting were tech is going?

How to deal with a sudden intensive bot traffic from many ASNs/IPs to a vBulletin4 forum + Cloudflar

invalid@example.com (postcd) — Tue, 30 Dec 2025 04:21:22 +0000

Hello, I wanted to share my experience how I have rather successfully eliminated intensive bot traffic from many ASNs and subnets using free Cloudflare account + I would like your feedback on what that traffic is and if i could do it better way, maybe even without Cloudflare...

My vbulletin4 forum website went down due to a CPU limit reached on a shared hosting account.
According to a logs, the reason was many visitors, sometimes several per second.
They did not come from the same IP or...

How to deal with a sudden intensive bot traffic from many ASNs/IPs to a vBulletin4 forum + Cloudflar

Is self-hosting worth the hassle?

invalid@example.com (GreenHost.Cloud) — Fri, 07 Nov 2025 11:58:21 +0000

Self-hosting can seem appealing to tech-savvy individuals, but is it practical in today’s fast-paced digital landscape? What are the real risks and rewards of managing your own server?

Do you know any Free VPS with USA ip working now for at least 1 month?

invalid@example.com (heartdragon) — Tue, 21 Oct 2025 22:45:39 +0000

Hi, do you know any free vps service? I have tried with azure but i need to know any another alternative. I ask for free because i just want to do tests with it. Many thanks

SEO and Web Hosting, Can your host impact your rankings?

invalid@example.com (GreenHost.Cloud) — Mon, 11 Aug 2025 22:27:43 +0000

Many claim that your web hosting provider can affect your SEO rankings. But how significant is this influence? What is the actual impact of server speed, uptime, and location on your search engine visibility? What is your opinion?

Need advice on video hosting for anime website development

invalid@example.com (Kues) — Tue, 29 Apr 2025 08:07:54 +0000

Hi everyone, I'm new to the forum. I'm planning to develop an anime website, now I'm looking for video hosting to make my default player. I've considered many hosts such as: RPMShare, Filemoon, Voe, Earnvids, StreamHG,... Can anyone with experience in this field give me some suggestions? Thank you very much everyone

Lightbulb Exploring Video Hosting Services – Real Experiences from the Community?

invalid@example.com (loreleilysa) — Mon, 28 Apr 2025 02:58:05 +0000

Hello everyone,

I'm exploring third-party video hosting options and currently considering: UpnShare, Filemoon, Doodstream, Mega, and pCloud.
Each has its pros and cons, but I’d love to hear your real experiences before deciding.
Has anyone been using these services for a long time? I would love to hear your experiences and insights!

Thank you!

The hidden costs of hosting service

invalid@example.com (GreenHost.Cloud) — Sun, 16 Mar 2025 09:42:08 +0000

I encounter numerous complaints daily regarding hidden hosting costs, such as fees for activating backup features, transferring services between users within the same provider, and more. However, the most unusual charge I've come across is a fee for resending login information for the hosting control panel.
What’s the strangest hidden cost you have ever encountered?

Shared vs Dedicated Hosting, Are you getting what you pay for?

invalid@example.com (GreenHost.Cloud) — Mon, 24 Feb 2025 10:08:48 +0000

It’s often said that you get what you pay for, but is that always true in the world of web hosting? Let’s discuss whether shared hosting can truly meet the needs of a growing business or if dedicated hosting is the only way to ensure performance and security.
Let me know your opinions.

Which IPv6 to set for my nameservers? ("No AAAA records for any NS")

invalid@example.com (postcd) — Thu, 13 Feb 2025 07:18:56 +0000

Hello,
my domain.com is using nameservers of my otherdomain.com
ns1.otherdomain.com
ns2.otherdomain.com

and https://ip6.nl/#domain.com complained that:

DNS servers IPv6: No AAAA records for any NS
IPv6-only DNS: Doesn't work

after i have setup new ns1 and ns2 AAAA records to the possibly Cloudflare dns IPv6:
2606:4700:4700::1001
2606:4700:4700::1111

It started showing these on ip6.nl yet it still says IPv6-only DNS does not work. domain.com hosting server provider says they...

Which IPv6 to set for my nameservers? ("No AAAA records for any NS")

How do you protect your website?

invalid@example.com (GreenHost.Cloud) — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 16:10:18 +0000

Website security is more important than ever, especially with rising cyber threats. What measures do you take to ensure your website is secure? Do you use any special tools or practices?
I'll introduce some items, and I’d like to see how closely your list matches mine.

1- Using HTTPS
2- Regular Updates
3- Strong Password Policies
4- Two-Factor Authentication (2FA)
5- Firewalls and Intrusion Detection Systems
6- Regular Backups
7- Content Security Policy (CSP)
8- Vulnerability Scanning
9-...

How do you protect your website?

Backup Plans. Are You Prepared?

invalid@example.com (GreenHost.Cloud) — Tue, 04 Feb 2025 10:24:23 +0000

When disaster strikes, will your website survive? Share your strategies for creating effective backup plans with your web host! What tools do you use, and how often do you back up?

Remote access to Active Directory outside of the network

invalid@example.com (alexo) — Thu, 30 Jan 2025 10:33:30 +0000

Hi Gigital Point,
I have a such issue and will appreciate if you can advice me the best way to do it. One of my clients have their own local server in their office and active directory installed overthere. Now they need grant access to 4 users from other city/country access to their local server and they gonna work with their local files. What's the easiest method to do it

1. Setup one computer in office for that need, allocate 4gb ram for each user, create 4 users on that computer and they...

Remote access to Active Directory outside of the network

The Importance of data Backups!

invalid@example.com (GreenHost.Cloud) — Mon, 13 Jan 2025 12:17:13 +0000

I have been active in various forums for quite some time, and one of the most common issues I encounter is businesses losing data due to negligence in backing up their websites. It's alarming how many companies underestimate the importance of regular backups until it's too late. A single technical glitch, cyberattack, or server failure can lead to irreversible data loss, resulting in significant costs in both time and money, as well as potential damage to their reputation.

In addition to...

The Importance of data Backups!

How to choose the right hosting for your needs?

invalid@example.com (MivoCloud) — Tue, 03 Dec 2024 13:19:28 +0000

Hi guys, I've been thinking and realized that many people don't know what to look for when choosing a hosting service. And because of this, I would like to describe here the basics of choosing hosting companies and servers.
I want to point out the following points that you should pay attention to when choosing a hosting company.

1. Do companies have their own data center?
It is important to know this because it depends on how quickly the technical work will be carried out, whether...

How to choose the right hosting for your needs?

How to install Wazuh server and agent on ubuntu in 5 minutes

invalid@example.com (MivoCloud) — Thu, 21 Nov 2024 08:54:53 +0000

Surely you heard about Wazuh. Wazuh is a free and open source security platform that unifies XDR and SIEM capabilities. It protects workloads across on-premises, virtualized, containerized, and cloud-based environments.

Commands Used:
sudo apt update && sudo apt install curl apt-transport-https unzip wget libcap2-bin software-properties-common lsb-release gnupg2
curl -sO https://packages.wazuh.com/4.5/wazuh-install.sh && chmod 744 wazuh-install.sh...

How to install Wazuh server and agent on ubuntu in 5 minutes

Do you suggest to stay on a MariaDB while developer is using MySQL?

invalid@example.com (postcd) — Sat, 05 Oct 2024 13:28:22 +0000

Script developer has on their repository a MySQL 5.x support. When I have told him that I am having MariaDB (I am not aware a bout any issue of my website), the developer told me:

Yet Oracle people says that MariaDB is "diverging more and more" and the process to migrate will be more complicated.

My new control panel (Virtualmin) default DB server is MariaDB...

Do you suggest to stay on a MariaDB while developer is using MySQL?

Redirect to https:// from non-SSL

invalid@example.com (jaguar34) — Sat, 18 May 2024 12:37:26 +0000

What should be the code in .htaccess for redirecting to https version of website from Non-SSL? The website is html based

Which Server Hardware is Better?

invalid@example.com (vahing) — Sat, 18 May 2024 09:22:58 +0000

I have come to the conclusion that I have to upgrade my current dedicated server. Now, the question is what is the better solution:

Variant 1:

HP DL165 G7 with AMD Opteron 6164 HE Chipset
2 x Opteron 6164 HE, 24 Cores (2x12)
16 GB DDR3-RAM ECC

Price: 199$ a month

Variant 2:

HP DL120 G7 with Intel Xeon E3-1270 Chipset
Xeon E3-1270, Quadcore
8 GB DDR3-RAM ECC

Price: 99$ a month. Please note that if I am going with Variant 2 then I would rent...

Which Server Hardware is Better?

Hard driver recovery

invalid@example.com (LongBeachIsland) — Mon, 06 May 2024 21:25:07 +0000

Sorry but this was the best place I could think to post this. On my personal computer windows xp I recently had some strange happenings with my harddrive. Gave me an error when trying to access a folder. Then I did a scandsk with a restart. I was then presented with about a 6 hour blue screen of recovering orphaned files. Yes not sounding too good at this point. The bad thing is now that it is all over with I noticed a lot of my files no longer work. Especially a lot of my stock...

Hard driver recovery

Which Captcha is Most Effective???

invalid@example.com (seomanualsubmission) — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 18:55:57 +0000

Hi,

I am rebuilding my website RS Seo Solution because there were some script injection issue in past.

I am using captcha with our all forms (Contact us, request for quote etc.) but still receiving about 10+ SPAM queries per day. Are they submitting queries manually by pass our captcha ???? or My Captcha is not Working and they are submitting garbage queries from any tools ???

Please suggest me that how can i stop this types of SPAM queries ???

Need Help to remove Malware in wocommerce

invalid@example.com (swiftsaves) — Mon, 22 Apr 2024 18:53:51 +0000

We run a wocommerce website, was one of the best performing it had a malware attack through some unsecure plugin, We have tried everythign to remove the and have no sucess, do not want to do a new load as all the customer data and design will be lost.

Plugins dont work any suggestions of help will be much apprciated.

thank you

Virtual Box Linux installation & USB

invalid@example.com (jaguar34) — Mon, 25 Mar 2024 07:24:55 +0000

I want to install Linux on Virtual Box. Will it detect USB devices like Pen Drive to move files? Basically I want to download files on linux in virtual box, copy paste to pen drive, and then copy these pen drive files to main Windows 8.1 OS. Will this be possible?

Large Memory Cache Issues

invalid@example.com (JokerJill) — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 20:41:20 +0000

Hello linuxers,

I'm running a CentOS server (specs below) with 32 GB memory. My problem is 18.49 GB of the 32GB is used by cache. That seems to be a lot. Is that a good thing or cache is using too much? I'm running a cryptocurrency website. I cache a lot of stuff because I'm using API to pull cryptocurrency prices like the ones on this page: https://www.cryptozink.io/live-cryptocurrency-coins-prices/.

Is cache keeping the site from running out of memory or it's using too much and I should...

Large Memory Cache Issues

DNS providers

invalid@example.com (networkking) — Sun, 17 Mar 2024 10:27:24 +0000

Hey guys,
I just wanted to ask what managed DNS providers are you using and what is your experience with them? We are currently looking at a couple of providers and I think constellix our manager's favorite so far, of course, we are still researching other providers like ns1 and azure. Since there have been a decent amount of outages in the last couple of weeks I really want to know "who I'm getting in bed with". So any feedback would be helpful! And for those of you who are not familiar...

DNS providers

Docket Cache plugin

invalid@example.com (draligus) — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 23:13:11 +0000

I have installed Docket Cache plugin.
But in internet, i could not find any full information about settings of this plugin.
They say that, it is the best plugin for caching in wordpress...

Thanks for any help in advanced...

Domain, DNS Problem!

invalid@example.com (draligus) — Sun, 17 Dec 2023 23:11:12 +0000

I bought my domain from godaddy.com years ago. I have not changed my domain register company for years. However, I have changed the company I buy hosting service from many times.

Currently, I am buying hosting service from a company other than Godaddy.com. (The company I bought hosting service from is HOSTINGER)

I have been having DNS problems for about the last 1 month.

I receive an email from Godaddy.com almost every day. Sometimes 2 times a day.

** The email comes like this:

DNS...

Domain, DNS Problem!

For what purposes do you use a VPS?

invalid@example.com (1Gbits) — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 12:57:32 +0000

We know that you can use a VPS for many things, including but not limited to: web host, VPN server, game server, VoIP, test server, managing multiple websites etc. Are there any other ways that you use the VPS?

Update WordPress/PHP

invalid@example.com (FabioSelau) — Wed, 06 Dec 2023 12:56:03 +0000

Currently on the blog of my website Camisas Seleção Brasileira I am using WordPress but in a very old version.

How to update without breaking plugins, themes...?

Is there a release log in WordPress that says the version has a high risk of breaking third-party plugins?

Thx

Elevate Your Website with a WordPress Custom Landing Page

invalid@example.com (RonaldWPDev) — Thu, 12 Oct 2023 08:21:31 +0000

In the domains of web development and internet marketing, landing pages are essential for drawing in and keeping users. They guarantee great conversion rates and are an essential component of every successful marketing effort. But did you know that you can make original and personalized landing pages with WordPress? We'll look at how a WordPress custom landing page might improve your website in this post.

1. What is a Landing Page?

1.1 The Essence of a Landing Page
The main purpose of...

Elevate Your Website with a WordPress Custom Landing Page

How To Increase Traffic?

invalid@example.com (doe62655) — Sat, 30 Sep 2023 18:19:34 +0000

I have recently started a blog. I have got a domain name for it. And I would like to know if anybody can tell me how to increase traffic. I will be very grateful for your input.

Putty SSH - Not able to type in login password

invalid@example.com (mg3hockey) — Wed, 23 Aug 2023 10:52:28 +0000

Hey guys,

I am having a problem logging in with SSH. I am able to type in the host I want to log into.

Then when the black screen asks for the user name I type in root and then when it moves down to the password line I can not type in the password. I just logged into today using the same computer and details.

I restarted my computer..server is fine...any thoughts?

Oracle Always Free 4OCPU, 24GB ram, 200GB Storage, Load Balancer Ubuntu 22.04

invalid@example.com (izlik) — Sat, 07 Jan 2023 12:46:49 +0000

I have been trying the Oracle Always Free ARM Ampere with 4OCPU, 24GB ram, 200GB Storage, Load Balancer for a month now running on Ubuntu 22.04 and i run 10 websites on it and the load in under 1.00 all the time. If you have not yet gotten one go get one before they stop giving them out.

The one bad thing so far is that the support for free tier is limited so i have setup a Subreddit for us all to help each other out.

https://www.reddit.com/r/OracleAlwaysFree/

Oracle Always Free 4OCPU, 24GB ram, 200GB Storage, Load Balancer Ubuntu 22.04

optimize website on magento

invalid@example.com (Joley) — Thu, 15 Dec 2022 16:22:53 +0000

Hi all. Please tell me tools or services to optimize my site. It is made on Magento 2.

how to block SemrushBot

invalid@example.com (JEET) — Sun, 11 Dec 2022 02:28:58 +0000

Hi,
I want to block SemrushBot using htaccess file.
How to do it?

Its just using my bandwidth and the info collected is being used by my competition to outrank me in google etc. huh...
I want to "completely" block it out. Not even my favicon of 1kb...
Thanks

How to optimization CodeIgniter website Speed?

invalid@example.com (ashrafnarail) — Wed, 23 Nov 2022 11:23:33 +0000

My website made with CodeIgniter and have lots of images. Its super slow. How can improve website speed. I am reducing all images and converting jpg to webp format.
Please suggest me.
https://prfbd.org/

Alteryx server with okta integration saml

invalid@example.com (pavangcc) — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 11:15:22 +0000

I am setting up Alteryx server with Okta auth saml. I am getting blank screen or error 500 when verifying IDP page. one reason i can think of my metadata file is not present in Alteryx server(I am not sure if this is the ONLY reason).Can somebody guide me where i need to put my metadata file in Alteryx server. If I enter the metadata url, i am getting 404 error. it should show xml document.

I'm unable to identify the problem with my emails

invalid@example.com (f0rtem) — Tue, 13 Sep 2022 06:56:36 +0000

Hello,

I am attempting to set up my server on Cloudflare, and I am aware that it does not serve mail. So I disabled Proxied DNS in Cloudflare for my mail and installed Let's Encrypt SSL on the server side for my mail.

Also, my hosting provider automatically blocks port 25, so I wondered if that could be the problem.

There are my plesk DNS records:
View attachment 271209
Cloudflare DNS:
View attachment 271210

OS version
Ubuntu 22.04
Plesk version
Plesk Obsidian 18.0.44...

I'm unable to identify the problem with my emails

How to make 24/7 protection against hosting shutdown?

invalid@example.com (Kaspum) — Thu, 01 Sep 2022 09:55:59 +0000

Hello

I rent a server on one of the hosting. Sometimes (every few months) there are problems due to which the site may be unavailable for 10 - 60 minutes, or even several hours. Because of this, traffic is lost, an obvious problem.

Is there a way to make an online clone of the site in HTML format so that if the main hosting is unavailable (an error), the HTML forum + third-party advertising scripts are given.

I've heard that some people make websites in HTML + Google Search Site format in...

How to make 24/7 protection against hosting shutdown?

How to solve cross domain problems?

invalid@example.com (Drew6) — Thu, 18 Aug 2022 07:22:01 +0000

After a cross domain problem occurs, the browser is vulnerable to XSS, CSFR and other network attacks. How can we effectively avoid it?

How to update PHP?

invalid@example.com (Sumon Rheza) — Mon, 09 May 2022 06:25:14 +0000

Can anyone teach me How to Update PHP version ?

Whitelist user-agent "criticalcss.com" in Wordpress website

invalid@example.com (mrweb) — Tue, 15 Feb 2022 13:35:31 +0000

Hello,

I registered with criticalcss to improve my website performance but I need to whitelist user-agent "criticalcss.com" first. I asked them how to do it but they never wrote back. Any idea how to do that?

Thanks

What Does x64 and x86 Mean?

invalid@example.com (gobbly2100) — Fri, 28 Jan 2022 01:24:51 +0000

Hey,

What does the x64 and x86 part mean with operating systems?

I thought it was for how many bit the OS is so Vista would be x64 for example but I have a folder for x86 programs but what is that?

Google Firestore rules

invalid@example.com (sarahk) — Mon, 24 Jan 2022 21:17:27 +0000

My rules look like this

rules_version = '2';
service cloud.firestore {
  match /databases/{database}/documents {  
    match /news/{storyId}{
      allow read;
    }
  }
}

Code (markup):

but when I try to read a list of 'news' I'm declined. For instance, if I use this in the playground:

/databases/(default)/documents/news

Code (markup):

The rules seem pretty simple so I'm surprised by this. Any ideas where I've gone wrong?

What software platform does exists like AWS or Azure?

invalid@example.com (jaguar34) — Tue, 11 Jan 2022 00:42:31 +0000

What software platform does exists like AWS or Azure? which I can use to build my own cloud platform or any other software for building cloud platform on Dell Servers?

Serverless versus Shared Hosting

invalid@example.com (sarahk) — Tue, 21 Dec 2021 12:36:58 +0000

I'm looking and learning about Serverless hosting and I just can't shake the feeling that it's like a step back from Shared Hosting.

You gain security because nobody else is running code on the server but you lose your database and your emails. It feels like you're scattering your info across multiple services, none of which are cheap.

I'm probably going to choose Serverless via Google for my next project because of the speed and they have a (relatively) local data centre but maybe I...

Serverless versus Shared Hosting

Has kubuntu 20 functionality "Freeze Task manager"?

invalid@example.com (mstdmstd) — Tue, 26 Oct 2021 20:10:29 +0000

New kubuntu 20 seems has no functionality "Freeze Task manager".
Just exclude acassional removing of menu items in Task manager.
But prior kubuntu had such functionality.

Can I add such functionality in kubuntu 20 ?


  $ uname -a
  Linux master-laptop 5.11.0-37-generic #41~20.04.2-Ubuntu SMP Fri Sep 24 09:06:38 UTC 2021 x86_64 x86_64 x86_64 GNU/Linux
  $ lsb_release -d; uname -r; uname -i
  Description:  Ubuntu 20.04.3 LTS
  5.11.0-37-generic
  x86_64
  $ plasmashell -v...

Code (markup):

Has kubuntu 20 functionality "Freeze Task manager"?

I failed to install indicator-brightness on ubuntu 20

invalid@example.com (mstdmstd) — Fri, 24 Sep 2021 08:03:11 +0000

Hello,
I tried to install indicator-brightness, but got errors :


master@master-laptop:/mnt/_work_sdb8/wwwroot/lar/Hostels4J$ sudo add-apt-repository 
ppa:indicator-brightness/ppa
[sudo] password for master:
PPA for the indicator-brightness for the Unity panel.
More info: https://launchpad.net/~indicator-brightness/+archive/ubuntu/ppa
Press [ENTER] to continue or Ctrl-c to cancel adding it.

Hit:1 http://ua.archive.ubuntu.com/ubuntu focal InRelease
Hit:2...

Code (markup):

I failed to install indicator-brightness on ubuntu 20