Fix slow SSH and DNS in CentOS 6
by Danila Vershinin, September 6, 2015
Slow SSH can be a pain to work with. We have insight on the causes of slow SSH as well as quick fixes to make it faster
Read More...Server Email Setup
by Danila Vershinin, July 14, 2015
Setup email on your server without too much hassle!
Read More...Recommended VPS hosts in 2015
by Danila Vershinin,
List of recommended VPS hosts in 2015, reviewed by GetPageSpeed team
Read More...Want a faster website? PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix will never help you
by Danila Vershinin, May 7, 2015
Save yourself some time optimizing your website for performance by learning why Google PageSpeed Insights and GTmetrix are not good for the task
Read More...Reset MySQL root password in CentOS 6 / 7
by Danila Vershinin, November 7, 2014
Change MySQL root password or reset it easily with these simple SSH commands
Read More...FirewallD FTP rule: allow access to FTP service in CentOS 7
by Danila Vershinin, October 8, 2014
Sometimes you have to use tricks to accomplish a task. Even a trivial task might require special workarounds. Let’s enable access to FTP service on a CentOS 7 which comes with FirewallD as default firewall component in operating system. You might be fine without the workaround, but if you have an issue – you will have to use it.
Read More...Memcached
by Danila Vershinin, October 2, 2014
Caching is the most essential piece of the performance puzzle. What is the fastest cache storage? Of course, it’s RAM. Why not use the RAM of all available servers and put it up as single distributed cache storage for your busy internet application. Meet Memcached – it’s there, it’s free and it will do the task.
Read More...Monitor Servers with Monit on CentOS 6
by Danila Vershinin, September 18, 2014
If you want your server to be always available to visitors with zero downtime, then you should proactively monitor the services it runs. Apache and MySQL are the two main services most commonly found on a Linux web server. Here is the the complete tutorial on monitoring Apache and MySQL, with automatic restarts on failure by means of Monit on CentOS 6.
Read More...Linux Software Compilation Guide
by Danila Vershinin, September 16, 2014
Have you fetched a new VPS instance or own dedicated server? You might be interested in how to get your favorite programs installed using compilation. This is a good way to get latest software versions, especially for programs which are not available in standard repos.
Read More...CentOS SSH password-less login
by Danila Vershinin, September 14, 2014
It’s always nice to add more security to your server while actually increasing the comfort of logging in remotely. Meet password-less login using public key authentication. You can enable it within just a few minutes and save yourself the time to type in passwords.
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