By: Jason Sayre When shopping for a Minecraft server, you’re often presented with servers traditionally meant for one thing: hosting websites. By now, you’re used to running a java heavy server application that eats ram like candy. Your hosting company may not be used to these types of applications and
Backups play a critical role in server management by preserving data and allowing quick restoration in case of failure, corruption, or accidental deletion. In web hosting, especially with WHM/cPanel environments, regularly configuring backups becomes essential to protect websites, databases, emails, and other crucial information. cPanel simplifies the backup process with
After upgrading or with a newly installed version of Plesk, you may find yourself unable to set passwords for new database users. If you are experiencing this or are not able to do any kind of activity with the database users, check the MySQL error log. If the log shows:
MySQL is the world’s most popular open-source relational database management system. While most web applications connect to MySQL locally, many scenarios—such as remote data analysis, multi-server architectures, or external management tools—require enabling remote access via Port 3306. By default, Linux servers are secured to block these external connections. To enable
In Linux, log files display a timeline of events for specific processes and parts of the system. For example, there are log files for dpkg, which contain information on all the programs installed, updated, and removed from your system since the day it’s been running. Most Linux log files are
The Yellowdog Updater, Modified (YUM) is the primary package management tool for RPM-based Linux distributions like CentOS, RHEL, and Fedora. While YUM automates updates and dependency management effectively, it stores downloaded packages and metadata over time. If left unchecked, this cache can consume significant disk space or cause errors during
Viewing Text File Content The cat command allows you to read /view the contents of the text files without editing them. The easiest method of reading a file is to use the cat command followed by the filename, as shown in the example below: cat logfile.txt Moving Through Long Text
Quick Checking Your Apache Version Number If you need to check the Apache version number installed on your server, you can do so in one of a couple ways. In the default configuration, Apache will be set to display its version information on most of you error pages. This means
What is an MX Record? MX records, or mail exchange records, are special server settings that help control the way your email is routed. In terms of DNS, an MX record tells incoming mail which server can receive it, and then directs it to that server. In other words, if
Awstats showing blank page but all other Stats applications running fine. No logs for any of the stats program logged in /usr/local/cpanel/logs/error_log Reason: The memory assigned for the cpanel scripts and applications is falling short. In that case, increase the memory. WHM >> Tweak Settings >> Max cPanel process memory
Sometimes you receive the following error while browsing webmail: Warning: main(../config/config.php): failed to open stream: No such file or directory in /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/squirrelmail/functions/global.php on line 18 Fatal error: main(): Failed opening required ‘../config/config.php’ (include_path=’/usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/lib/php/:.’) in /usr/local/cpanel/base/3rdparty/squirrelmail/functions/global.php on line 18 As a fix for this, please execute the below command: /scripts/fixwebmail During