Hi, To be honest, I've been using shared hosting only and don't have any experience about how to manage a server. Now, it's time go for a Virtual Dedicated Server for new project and I have few questions about Godaddy VDS: - Is it easy to manage? Is there some control panel, or I will have to learn Linux line commands? - How about security: Do I need to install and configure by myself or is available already? Thank you in advance!
Hi Mr. Submit in all honesty you need to be asking godaddy these questions. They will be able to provide more reliable answers to your questions. I can honestly say, go with a managed VPS. Saves you a lot of time and money.
Generally control panel is an optional feature for VDS. You can add it to your VDS by paying some additional amount. I am not sure about Godaddy VDS plan. If you do not have knowledge about Linux command, I would suggest to include this as it becomes easy to manage sites using control panel. This depends on the plan you select. If you have managed VDS then they should do this for you or else you will need to do it from your end. Kailash
Most VPS/VDS (unmanaged) come with HyperVM nowdays on which you can use LxAdmin to manage your server (an alternatives to WHM/cPanel). You probably have an option to rebuild your server with Centos5 hostinabox option so use that or you can install LxAdmin manually later on via ssh. You need to learn a few command line so that you can optimized your VDS. If you having a hard time using pico you can use nano as text editor or you can edit it the file via HyperVM file manager. If you are asking about "mod_security" you might want to add it on your own. If you asking about ddos protection, you should refer to your hoster. If you asking about hardedning your VDS you can install "suhosin". LxAdmin come with clamav for virus scanning. The rest is depend on which mod u use for php. I suggest you use mod_suphp as this provide more security rather than mod_php.