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Is it safe to use 777 for my public html folder?
Define safe.
It's not a best practice. Depending on the scope of your install (e.g. who has access to the system) it may not be a big deal - for example if the only purpose of this machine is to run ...
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Point DNS to VPS IP address on Namecheap
Here's the setup you want:
An 'A Record' pointing to your VPS server IP. In this case, example.com. Or: "A Record | @ | VPS IP address"
A Cname record stating the subdomain (www) is the same as the ...
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Can I get bill-shocked by Linode?
There is no way at this point to do that with Linode. Having used them a while back as a provider I believe they sent emails at the time to alert when usage approached 100% of the plan allowance so ...
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Can I get bill-shocked by Linode?
You could use VNstat to send you hourly reports via a cron, and then manually shut down your http server via a shell on your mobile device.
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Server timeout from outside, network unreachable from inside
Contacted Linode support about the issue, and their first suggestion was to flip the auto-configure networking option on the server to enabled and reboot. This is apparently an option that Linode ...
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How can I alias a subdomain to an external site using DNS?
I would use an A record in the DNS.
Say you have site linode.com at 10.0.0.1 and site strikingly.com at 10.0.0.3, the DNS entry would be something like that for www:
A 10.0.0.1
www ...
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Point DNS to VPS IP address on Namecheap
As per my experience, here are the basic steps -
Add Linode nameservers as custom nameserver with the domain. You may find this option from your NameCheap account.
After couple of hours, check if ...
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