January 27, 2021

Know about Zimbra mail Server Collaboration

Server Management,

 Zimbra Mail Server a free email server for open source users, which will provide calendar and collaboration solutions. The Zimbra mail server has a GUI interface to manage the administrator console. The Collaboration of Zimbra includes the Zimbra MTA, the Zimbra LDAP server, and the Zimbra mailbox server. Since all components are installed in one…

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December 21, 2020

Fix NGINX: 504 Gateway Time-out error

Server Management,

You might be facing the Nginx 504 gateway time out error due to various reasons, so let’s see what is causing the 504 gateway time out error in Nginx. Factors causing Nginx 504 gateway time-out error: Check your back end server: If there are too many requests or if there are any long-running requests, then…

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December 8, 2020

Is it possible to run Proxmox on a bare metal server with pfSense?

Server Management,

There is always the possibility of running Proxmox on a bare metal server with pfsense as a virtual machine. In such a scenario, it is better to understand how the setup works and tweaks which will give optimal performance. Yes, Proxmox can install at the top of Debian, and it is a software stack that…

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November 23, 2020

Solve Bottleneck using Proxmox Backup Server 1.0

Server Management,

You know that backup is a central aspect of IT administration. The need to recover from data loss is fundamental and it increases with virtualization. Proxmox already shipped a backup tool called vzdump and can make consistent snapshots of running LXC containers and KVM virtual machines. However, vzdump only allows for full backups. If you…

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October 27, 2020

Installing OpenSSH on Windows Servers

Server Management,

Now, it’s easy to transfer your data over a network from one device to another with an FTP connection for your client. But we all know that FTP is not that safe, hence you can use SFTP, which is secure and prevent unauthorized access. Isn’t that great that you gain free security! We will take…

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January 17, 2020

Run multiple PHP versions on the same server

Server Management,

You would have faced the trouble of keep swapping the PHP version depending on the task in hand you need to use. With this solution, you can install multiple PHP versions in the system and make them work simultaneously. To run two or more PHP versions for different sites on the same LAMP stack by…

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May 7, 2019

Email alert ! when someone logs into your server as root

Server Management,

Email Alert: It’s very crucial to keep track of what is happening with servers and who logs into the server as far as the security of the server is concerned. Any user who gains root access can do whatever he wants. So its highly necessary to Setup an Email alert when something anonymous takes place.…

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May 25, 2018

How to Install and Configure ProFTPD on Linux Server

Server Management,

In a web hosting environment, running an FTP server is an essential function and it gives the client access to file servers. In this blog post, let s look at how to install and configure ProFTPD on a Linux server.The File Transfer Protocol (FTP) is a standard network protocol used for the transfer of files…

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October 23, 2017

6 Critical Steps to Follow in Case of a Server Hack

Server Management,

This is exactly the case with the internet today. There has been a surge in the number of web languages, content management platforms and online applications, all for the benefit of you and me of course. But the inadvertent drawback of this expansion is that there are now more vulnerabilities and options for hackers to…

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April 7, 2017

Five ways to optimize your Nginx server

Server Management,

Nginx is an open-source HTTP(web) server and reverse proxy, and an IMAP/POP3 proxy server (email server). It was developed to tackle the C10K problem that web servers in use at the time, which was largely Apache, were facing. C10K is simply a numeronym that stands for concurrently handling 10000 connections. Nginx was designed with the…

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