A computer program running as a service, a physical computer dedicated to running one or more such services or a software/hardware system such as a database server, file server, mail server, or print server.
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How would I tell if a prospective client website is under DDoS attack?
I have a person asking me whether the DDoS Mitigation Service they're using is worth it. This is out of my expertise, but clearly at some point someone sold this service to the client.
Assuming I ...
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What does a domain register do? (e.g namecheap) [closed]
I have a basic understanding of how domains work, and would like to fill in some gaps.
Lets say you make a server request for google.com how do you get the IP Address?
Do you request your ISP, ...
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Measure server performance
I'm using a shared hosting for my website. How to find out if the performance of the server changes?
I'm asking because my hosting company told me that some other site on the server is slowing down ...
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1answer
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command-line zip not working [closed]
I have a Wordpress site on a Debian/Linux dedicated server, with a Backupbuddy plugin for making automatic backups.
The plugin, however, gives an error 'Your server does not support command line ...
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2answers
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Should WHMCS hacking attemps that never succeed be important to me?
I have WHMCS and I use it with no problem for my hosting purposes.
Almost every 2 or 3 days, I can see a spam with malicious content submitted as a new ticket that tries to hack.
The last one was:
...
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1answer
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How to diagnose slow loading web pages?
Pages at my domain sometimes load very slow.
The domain is registered at 101domain, server is in Europe.
Reply from 91.185.209.164: bytes=32 time=60ms TTL=60
Reply from 91.185.209.164: bytes=32 ...
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What could cause my website to only be accessible via SSH?
So I just switched to a new VPS and have had some issues. I have setup a basic LAMP stack on Centos 6.2. I'm a programmer, but have a decent amount of knowledge in service administration since I work ...
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Server move - DNS change time [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
best practice to migrate server
I'm planning on moving a large active forum to a new server soon. However, the main issue I have is the time it will take for the DNS to ...
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Creating an encrypted, web-based proxy
I have moved to Asia where my internet connection is censored and I'd like to check my messages from social sites which happen to be blocked.
As virtually all proxy servers are blocked in this ...
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Installing Wordpress on LAMP server but Using a Directory on Windows Server
The main site is running on a windows server. I want to install and run wordpress from a LINUX box at the following Directory.
example.com/blog/
What is the most suitable method to make this work? ...
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159 views
Which operating system for my first VPS? [closed]
I'm starting to host my first web app on a VPS but I dont yet have any experience managing a server. I want to minimize the costs of hosting but also reduce the hassles which a 1 man startup can bear ...
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DNS and non-root site
I've set up a Zope/Plone web server on 10.10.10.10:8080. I will have several sites hosted on this server. Each site will be located below the root e.g. 10.10.10.10:8080/Mysite1, ...
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Any solutions for transferring media between Mobile Clients [closed]
Please bear with me as I am a complete beginner at this but looking to learn.
I am looking for a service or any advice in a solution to transfer media from Mobile to Mobile.
Say I want to send a ...
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2answers
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Good Book for Managing a Linux Web Server?
I'm being thrust into the role of managing my own web server. I will have access to some managed support, but I need a comprehensive resource I can turn to that covers: command line basics, apache and ...
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2answers
259 views
Better to get a host with more CPUs or less but more powerful
I'm evaluating some dedicated servers with the aim of possibly moving to them.
One thing that is confusing to me is that there's a big price difference between servers with more CPU's compared to one ...
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4answers
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Host your own website and dns server
I pay yearly big money for my websites' hostings, domain registrars .. etc.
My ip is dynamic and provider allows http port. In my local webserver, I can access to my websites like that: localhost:80 ...
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Port Forwarding to Server not Working, but Remote Management Does
As I said in my other (deleted) question, I am now running the Abyss Web Server because of its simplicity. However, almost everything works until I found out I can't connect to it when I type in my ...
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1answer
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Backing up Web Server Locally
As an added backup, I'd love to have an external hard drive sitting here with my Mac that backs up our web server. Is there any way to have a total backup initially done of the entire web server, with ...
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My php.ini configuration is being ignored - how can I override the error reporting level in my PHP scripts?
Just migrated to a new server, and its error reporting level for PHP is higher than the server we migrated from. It's showing warnings and notes about deprecated PHP.
While obviously, the long term ...
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2answers
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Is there additional overhead for status code 500s?
We have these web applications that require specific information in a query string. If that information is not provided, the applications throw an error. It seems to me that we should explicitly ...
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4answers
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How to host a single website on multiple servers?
I'm planning on releasing an iOS app that downloads video from my server. If hundreds of people on the launch day try to do this, then my website and the services that my server provides will clearly ...
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1answer
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Setting up a server at home to host a Webservice created using .NET
I am presently working on localhost. I have created few web services(.asmx) using Visual Studio 2008 and .NET Framework 3.5.
At the same time I have a mobile application (client) that consumes these ...
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Good Place for File/Backup Dedicated Server? [duplicate]
Possible Duplicate:
How to find web hosting that meets my requirements?
I'm looking for a cheap dedicated server for file hosting / backup only. Basically I just want something with minimal ...
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Monitoring load/resource drain of individual scripts on apache
We have a website and for some reason lately its been grinding our server to a halt. It has had a spike of traffic, but even still that spike is only possibly 1k or 2k.
We installed eAccelerator PHP ...
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649 views
What is the list of requirements to build a webserver at home? [closed]
Please i am researching to check the programs and hardware devices i need to build my own webserver.
Any trusted links, ideas or solutions are highly appreciated!
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Storing Downloadable Content Securely
For a site where users can purchase videos for download.
What would be the best way to store the media? Any other helpful considerations are more than welcome.
Outside the root directory?
Seperate ...
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1answer
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Is a cloud server enough for a video converting service?
I was wondering if my cloud server can do it , or I must have a dedicated server .. It's a service for for video converting , the specifcations of the server now is medium , but as the member number ...
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1answer
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Everything needed to run a high-traffic web site
I'm an experienced front-end web developer, while my back-end experience has occurred only within the context of Drupal. Basically, the deeper things go into the back end, the more inexperienced I am. ...
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1answer
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FFmpeg & Installation on phpmyadmin
I am attempting to have an interface in which people can upload music files and listen to them through the site. The biggest problem obviously is that someone who uploads an audio track in mp3 format ...
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File “/home/v/s/vsdev/web/public_html/index.php” is not in document root of Vhost “/domains/d/e/dev.vacancysoft.com/web/public_html/” [closed]
I've got a dev site running under http://dev.vacancysoft.com/
As you go there you can see the error and I really searched the web for the solution but couldn't find any.
It all started with the UID ...
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1answer
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Recommendations for Setup of Test Environment
We host several sites on a Cloud server. It constantly seems to be getting picked up by Google, but our clients need to be able to access there in progress builds to add content. This brings with it ...
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How to Point a Dreamhost Domain Name to a GoDaddy Server
I have a domain name example.com with Dreamhost. I also own a dedicated server with GoDaddy.
(1) How do I configure the domain name system, so that the Dreamhost domain name is hosted at the GoDaddy ...
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Is it a bad idea to start a forum in a shared web hosting server?
I'm launching a forum for foreigners in Taiwan. Right now, I don't have much money so I purchased a shared web hosting server at Dreamhost (The Happy Hosting Plan, which is around 9 US dollars a ...
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Why chmod 777 is not secure?
chmod 777 file change the permissions of the file file to read, write,
and execute for all.
Ok, so the file can be manipulated in any way by any script on the server. But why is this not ...
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PHP Problem: mysqli extension? [closed]
I'm having an issue with PHP on my Godaddy Virtual Dedicated Server. I've run a couple simple PHP scripts and one included:
$mysqli = new mysqli($host, $user, $pass, $db);
which throws the ...
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1answer
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Hosting server application for global SME
We are planning to set up a complete ERP and CRM system for a medium-sized global company, that might turn into a essential tool for all locations once deployed. For now these locations include USA, ...
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1answer
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Verify / setup LAMP via SSH
I am a PHP coder and have next to none experience in system administration. One of my clients has obtained a VPS from HostGator. The logins I was sent, take me to Parallels Infrastructure Manager, ...
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1answer
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What should you do differently when designing websites for an embedded web server
When designing a website to be accessed from an embedded webserver such as KLone, what do you need to do differently compared to a 'standard' web server. I'm talking about considerations at the front ...
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what would happen to my domains if my domain provider company bankrupted
I am thinking to transfer all my domains to one registerer so that the control will be easy.
But I am a little bit worried about the following question;
what would happen to my domains if my domain ...
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Mobile redirect strategy
Looking for help on deciding how to redirect users to a mobile optimized version of my site (m.mysite.com).
Looking at two methods:
Server configuration (.htaccess or even varnish)
Webapp (php)
...
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2answers
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How can I diagnose an Internal Server Error?
I was trying to host a zend-framework project on new host provider.
After uploading everything and configuring the database connection I have encountered Internal Server Error message. My service ...
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Server error - Is it from my host provider side or sytax error?
I get this error message
Server error
The website encountered an error while
retrieving http://mywebsite.com/. It
may be down for maintenance or
configured incorrectly. Here are some
...
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1answer
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Site overthrown by Turkish hackers
Go ahead, laugh. I forgot to remove the default admin/admin account on my blog. SOmebody got in and has replaced my homepage with some internet graffiti. I've used .htaccess to replace the page with a ...
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Storing data on server [closed]
1.How am I supposed to store data on server, using not only: databases,text files and images?
And how someone could implement storing data in fb's graph api ...
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2answers
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How could a web developer go about offering free hosting to clients that buy a website?
Lots of web design companies offer a year free hosting service when purchasing a website. How do they offer this service? Do these companies use their own server to host sites or do they buy a years ...
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3answers
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Is it possible to install joomla on a windows server?
Is it possible to install joomla on a windows server and what might be the difficulties of going about and doing so. Our client has a windows dedicated box and they want joomla placed on their ...
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Suggestions on a Music Server
We have been using gnump3d as the music server for some 3 years in our college. But as of now the development of it has stopped and it is not that much reliable anymore, as it crashes whenever the ...
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How can i check how many users can visit my website at the same time?
i have my website on a shared webhosting account.
I would like to check how many people can visit my site at the same time without the server slowing down or crashing.
I don't have SSH, if that makes ...
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How to begin trouble shooting an sql injection attack?
noob here... I paid someone to find out why my joomla site was slowing down and exceeding bandwidth etc.
They told me that I was experiencing an sql injection attack through my RSS feed, they did ...
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Where can I find good web hosting reviews?
I'm trying to choose a new hosting service for a WordPress blog, I've stumbled upon several services and most of them look good, so I was trying to find reviews from current user to see what they have ...
