We’ve already covered basic monitoring of MySQL on cPanel/WHM servers. However, sometimes it may be necessary to perform advanced in-depth analysis of what’s going on behind the scenes of MySQL operations. Right, when mytop is not an answer – innotop comes to play. What is innotop innotop is a MySQL . . . Read more
You’re probably already aware of a great alternative to native ‘top’ utility called ‘htop’. In short – it provides a better top-like experience. Now what if one needs a similar tool for MySQL specifically? The answer is called ‘mytop’. Background cPanel does not provide any tools for monitoring MySQL. In . . . Read more
As mentioned before, we at WebHostingBuzz believe that backups is a server job, not something WordPress should be taking care of. However, we also understand that it ‘s not always possible to use server-side backup routines. There can be several reasons of not being able to use external backup tools: . . . Read more
Data loss is probably the worst nightmare… Bad news is that there’s no guaranteed way to avoid it – hacking, hardware failure, human error (could be even yours!) do happen. After you’ve invested time and money to build and develop your website, it’s important to protect your investments – make . . . Read more
As soon as you’ve ordered a VPS at WebHostingBuzz and received access credentials, we highly recommend to follow a few simple steps to ensure safe, secure and worry-free VPS instance. Even though one of the major advantages of virtualization is that a virtual private server would not be able to . . . Read more
This article describes basic, yet essential security practices for end users. We at WebHostingBuzz advise all our customers to follow these simple rules. Please, note that keeping your workstation (PC, laptop, netbook, etc) secure will also prevent certain problems happening on your websites, e.g. those caused by stolen passwords to . . . Read more
This article covers setting up an email account in Outlook 2011 for Mac OS X. Outlook 2011 is a new version of Microsoft Outlook specially for Mac. You can set up Outlook 2011 to send and receive email via your email service at WebHostingBuzz. Make sure you have the latest . . . Read more
1. What is an affiliate program? How does it work? An affiliate program is a revenue sharing program where the affiliate drives traffic and sales to a merchant’s web site in exchange for referral commissions. When a visitor to your site clicks on the affiliate link to our site and . . . Read more
In some specific cases you may need to change PHP version in your web hosting account at WebHostingBuzz. We have implemented a server setup model that allows each customer to choose which version of PHP to use. Default PHP version The first step is to determine the default PHP version on . . . Read more
This article is about PHP safe mode – one of the most controversial PHP security features. [alert]PHP Safe Mode is disabled on all servers at WebHostingBuzz, read on if you want to know why.[/alert] What is PHP safe mode PHP safe mode was one of the attempts to solve security problems of . . . Read more
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Wowza Media Server is the high-performance, high-value unified streaming media and video software. It is used for live or on-demand streaming to websites, computers, mobile devices and IPTV/OTT endpoints. [alert style="info"]Wowza isn’t a free software, however they offer limited developer licences and free trial licences for 30 days.[/alert] This tutorial . . . Read more
In the following article we’ll explain what is a phpinfo page, how to create and use one, and why it might be helpful. Using phpinfo page PHP Info, or in fact phpinfo() is a standard PHP function that outputs many technical details of PHP installation. It allows to see the PHP . . . Read more
Below is the list of Apache modules that are loaded on all Shared Hosting servers at WebHostingBuzz. core_module (static) authn_file_module (static) authn_default_module (static) authz_host_module (static) authz_groupfile_module (static) authz_user_module (static) authz_default_module (static) auth_basic_module (static) include_module (static) filter_module (static) deflate_module (static) log_config_module (static) log_forensic_module (static) logio_module (static) env_module (static) expires_module (static) headers_module . . . Read more
When a domain has been moved from one server to another an issue with SSH logins may occur. The warning dialog that most SSH programs give will look like this: @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ @ WARNING: REMOTE HOST IDENTIFICATION HAS CHANGED! @ @@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@@ IT IS POSSIBLE THAT SOMEONE IS DOING SOMETHING NASTY! Someone . . . Read more
In some cases you may need to enable non-localhost connections to MySQL database. It’s easy to do on any Linux-based VPS or dedicated server. Follow these steps: 1. Connect to your server via SSH as root: 2. Log into MySQL as root: mysql -uroot -p Enter the following command: GRANT . . . Read more
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The status of a domain name can be seen in WHOIS information. In this article we will explain what the most common domain status codes mean. Active This status is set by the registry. The domain name can be modified by the registrar and can be renewed. The domain will . . . Read more
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The PHP option allow_url_include allows to include a remote file as PHP code (so it’ll be actually executed on a local server) via a URL. For security reasons you should never use this feature. If a web software claims to require this feature you should look into alternative and never . . . Read more
If you’ve noticed traces of iframe injection attack on your website, you can use the following steps to try reverse the damage. [alert]Backup your data prior to beginning this procedure.[/alert] Use the following command to search for affected files in your web directory. find . -type f | xargs grep . . . Read more
So you have just made some changes to your website but they are not displaying immediately when you look at the page.The very first thing you should try in this case is to either ‘force’ the page to reload from the server, or clear browser cache on your computer. Force . . . Read more
For those users who use cPanel/WHM on their virtual or dedicated servers the following article describes common system paths and utilities. Paths of Base Modules PHP /usr/bin/php MySQL /var/lib/mysql Sendmail /usr/bin/sendmail ImageMagick /usr/local/bin/convert or /usr/bin/convert Tomcat /usr/local/jakarta/tomcat Perl /usr/bin/perl Ruby /usr/lib/ruby/ Ruby Gems /usr/lib/ruby/gems FFMPEG /usr/bin/ffmpeg Mplayer /usr/bin/mplayer LAME /usr/local/bin/lame . . . Read more
So you’ve just uploaded a file and it appears as 0 bytes on your server. Most likely there was a problem with the upload: The file was corrupted during transfer. This could have been caused by connectivity glitch between your PC and server Full disk space on the server. If . . . Read more
Add the following snipper to your .htaccess file in order to have your domain redirect to www. even if typed without that part. Just make sure where it says “webhostingbuzz.com” to fill in your actual domain on both lines 2 and 3. RewriteEngine on RewriteCond %{HTTP_HOST} !^www.webhostingbuzz.com$ RewriteRule ^(.*)$ http://www.webhostingbuzz.com/$1 . . . Read more
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