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Forgotten Administrator Password / Cant login to Windows Server 2012 VPS
Here are some steps that will help in resetting your password: Instructions To reset the password on your Windows 2012 server, simply complete the following steps: Boot from the Mi...
How to Enable Automatic Security Updates on Your Ubuntu Server
Ubuntu includes a built-in tool called unattended-upgrades that automatically installs security updates for you, keeping your server protected without manual work. Note: This requi...
How to Reset the Root Password on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux or RHEL (GRUB2 Method)
How to Reset the Root Password on AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux or RHEL (GRUB2 Method) If you have lost or forgotten the root password on your Linux VPS or server, you can reset it by int...
How to SSH into your VPS
After receiving your VPS login details, the first thing you'll want to do is log in to the VPS. If you have never used a command line before, you may want to read our Knowledgebase...
Recover forgotten root password on CentOS 7
Synopsis Normally resetting the root password is a simple task if you’re logged in already with root privileges, however if you forget the password and need to change it things bec...
VPS hosting
Getting started with VPS hosting Log into the client area Navigate towards your VPS package and click on the 'Manage' button. The relevant VPS details will be displayed
What happens when you reach your VPS bandwidth limit?
If your VPS exceeds its bandwidth limit, our system will automatically suspend the service. You can upgrade the server's bandwidth to reactivate the VPS, or else wait until the ban...
Basic Linux Commands
Below is a brief guide for basic usage of a Linux shell (command line). Once you've mastered the commands to move between directories and search for files, using a shell will becom...
How do I upload files large or small to my VPS server?
We don't do posting and going to data centre anymore to upload files. Also uploading via any of the Internet Methods is affordable in todays time. We highly recommend FileZilla for...
How to Find the folder with most files / inodes?
To find the folder with most files or inodes run the following command: find / -xdev -printf '%h\n' | sort | uniq -c | sort -k 1 -n You can change / to any folder you wish.
How to find the most connections from IP address using netstat
Login via SSH onto your VPS. Run the following: netstat -antu | grep :80 | grep -v LISTEN | awk '{print $5}' | cut -d: -f1 | sort | uniq -c It should give you something like the fo...
Basic iptables usage
Iptables is a program that allows you to configure Linux's built-in firewall. By default, no rules are set, meaning the firewall will accept all connections. This guide covers the...
Find All Large Files On A Linux System
We can use find to search directories for files greater than 20MB, display the path and file size. In this example we're searching the entire file system, but you may choose to use...
‘/bin/rm: Argument list too long’ error
You may of come across this error like us when running the command rm -rf *, fortunately there is a workaround that should help:-  Try the following which is faster: find . -type f...