Category: advanced

How to Disable SSH Login for the Root User

In this document, we will show you to disable the SSH root login to your server. A major security hole is to allow direct root access without any restrictions. This is an open door for hackers. They can attempt to brute force your root password and potentially get access to your server if the password

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What is Railgun and How to Enable Railgun For Your Account

As of January 31, 2024, Cloudflare has officially deprecated cPanel Cloudflare Plugin & Railgun related services and no longer available for use. In this article, we will discuss Railgun, Cloudflare’s most advanced caching mechanism for dynamic contents that increase website performance. Before we go ahead, click here to know more about Cloudflare and the benefits

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How to Install and Manage WordPress Sites With WP-CLI

The following steps are meant to be run with root privileges on a server (VPS hosting). This feature comes preinstalled with our shared/reseller hosting accounts. This tutorial will help you to install and manage WordPress with the WP-CLI. WP-CLI provides a command line interface for WordPress. WP-CLI provides users the tools necessary to install and update plugins, create databases without

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Setting up Storage VPS for use with JetBackup – JetBackup on Storage VPS

This guide will be similar to our previous guide on setting up JetBackup with our SSH & FTP Storage however, we will be backing up to a Storage VPS. If you’re using our SSH/FTP Storage and not a Storage VPS, please view our Setting up JetBackup with SSH/FTP Storage guide: https://www.veerotech.net/kb/setting-up-ftp-ssh-storage-for-use-with-jetbackup-jetbackup-ssh-storage/ This guide assumes your Storage

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How to Create a php Info File and View PHP Information – phpinfo.php

Quick steps: Log into cPanel Open File Manager Locate your current working directory (eg public_html) create new file: phpinfo.php Enter the following code: <? phpinfo(); ?> Save the file and navigate to the phpinfo.php file from your website The PHP installed on your hosting account and/or server has various settings that are configured. Depending on the

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How to Install MySQL on CentOS 7

This guide will outlined how to install MySQL on CentOS 7. MySQL is a widely used database management platform used by various applications. Many applications such as WordPress, Joomla and others rely on MySQL databases to function. MySQL however, must be installed with a few different steps since it’s no longer the default in the

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How to Create MySQL Databases and Users Via the Command Line

This article explains how to create a new MySQL database and user using the command line. If MySQL is not installed yet, follow our guide to install MySQL on CentOS 7 first. Quick Steps:  Login to the Database Server as the root user.   Create a new user with the command “CREATE DATABASE databasename;“  Select the

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Ghost 503 error – ghost blog displays 503 error

If you have an installation of the Ghost blogging platform and experience a 503 error, you can follow the steps below which should resolve the issue. Note: Ghost installation requirements have been changed since v1.0.0 and now require an unmanaged VPS plan to host it. Quick Steps: Navigate to Softaculous in cPanel. In the list

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