How to Install and Configure phpMyAdmin on Ubuntu 14.04

Installing phpMyAdmin To install phpMyAdmin on your Ubuntu 14.04 server, just follow these 10 easy steps! First, log in to your Ubuntu server with root user using your favorite SSH client Next, you’ll want to update your operating system with all the latest packages. To do this, use the command:

How to Install Nginx on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS

What is Nginx? Nginx is a free, open-source, high performance web server. It cache’s static content such as images and html files and retrieves them without having to access Apache, thus improving speed, memory usage, and processor overhead.   Installing Nginx on Ubuntu 14.04 LTS To install Nginx on your

How to install PIP on Ubuntu

In this guide we’ll be covering the process to install PIP on Ubuntu using the command line. By following these simple steps, you can install PIP quickly and easily. What is PIP? PIP stands for Pip Installs Packages. It is a package manager for the Python programming language that allows

Why Customer Service Is Key When Choosing a Data Center

Choosing a data center isn’t a small decision. Renting equipment in a data center — or moving in your own equipment for colocation — is a major investment that should serve you for years. You already know that a data center should have tight security, excellent network speed, reliable local

Colocation for Disaster Recovery

I have spent the last 15 years with web hosting and data centers consuming my every day. Over the years, I have had the privilege of seeing a lot of data centers and hosting operations in person. Early on, when we didn’t have data centers of our own, we would

GPU Now Available with Hivelocity Servers

Hivelocity, a dedicated server, cloud hosting, and infrastructure services provider to customers from over 130 countries, has announced the availability of Graphic Processing Units (GPU) with most dedicated servers and private clouds. Adding a GPU to new or existing servers is done with ease through the Hivelocity cart or ticket

Attention: Dirty Cow Exploit Affects Linux Servers- Information and Instruction

Shortcode: Attention, A recent exploit known as Dirty Cow has been discovered that affects Linux servers. You can find information regarding this exploit at; https://access.redhat.com/security/vulnerabilities/2706661 https://thehackernews.com/2016/10/linux-kernel-exploit.html https://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=1384344 At this time if you have KernelCare your server should already be patched. To check that kernelcare has patched your server you can

Future Proof Dedicated Servers Versus Amazon Cloud

First, let me explain what a “Future Proof Dedicated Server” is. The idea is to provide a bare-metal server that has so much power and bandwidth included day one, the need to scale in the future becomes moot. With that said, if down the road the need to add more

How Does a Content Delivery Network (CDN) Work?

With the launch of our Content Delivery Network or “CDN” product just around the corner, we want to ensure our customers fully understand what a CDN is, how it works, and what it costs when compared to traditional dedicated servers. Additionally, we want to explain what our CDN product will

Secure network time protocol (NTP)

Follow the templates below to secure your server from being used in a DDOS attack. CISCO IOS This is a template IOS configuration that should work for most sites, but pay attention to the comments and notes. If your IOS devices synchronize with a device that is capable of MD5