Block all subnets of a certain country using iptables
Hi everybody, We were experiencing extremely high loads on one of our web-servers, generating enormous loads on Apache, eventually resulting in the server running out of memory and just locking up....
View ArticleAny lowendscript with NGINX/MySQL/PHP & Mail Server with Frontend?
Hello! I'm searching for a lowendscript which contain these services: Nginx MySQL PHP PHPMyAdmin Mail Server Mail Frontend Is there any script with contain these services? If not, is there a mail...
View ArticleLEB Setup script for Debian 6 VPS - Nginx, MySQL, IPtables, etc..
A couple years ago LEA created a debian install script that helped to setup a web server while removing most of the unneeded bloat. However, the script was missing a firewall (like IPTables), used...
View ArticleParse simple config files in Python
I was looking for a clean way to parse simple config files in Python, i.e. var = val, and came up with this. It parses variables into a namedtuple. Maybe someone else will find it useful. from...
View ArticleCheck deta center detail and server configuration with a IP
Hi, Is there any way by which I can find out data center name / detail and web server configuration by Web Server IP address.
View ArticleTutorial: Basic website and database backups with Duplicity
This tutorial will show you how you can back up your website and database with Duplicity. Duplicity is a very useful tool to make remote unassisted backups. The backups can be incremental, encrypted,...
View ArticleDedicated Ram/ Guaranteed Ram... an oldie but a goody that deserves being...
After reading another thread here and after answering a similar question a few times on IRC I thought I would bring this one back in to the lime light....
View ArticleQuick Trick: Drop All Tables in MySQL Database in One Step
Neat little trick I learned today: mysqldump -u${user} -p${pass} -h ${host} --add-drop-table --no-data ${database} | grep ^DROP | mysql -u${user} -p${pass} -h ${host} ${database}
View Articlenginx failed to start after apt-get upgrade
Recently if did an apt-get update and apt-get upgrade on my debian 6 VPS and after that the nginx started showing the below error /etc/init.d/nginx restart Restarting nginx: nginxnginx: [emerg] bind()...
View ArticleBackuping to Box.com (WebDAV) from shell
Ok, so having a recent deal of 50 Gb free Box.com accounts I've decided it would be nice to backup my sites there. My sites are already backed by a 3rd party software to my other LEBs. It stores it in...
View ArticleImprove LET search
I think pretty much everyone around here knows how awful LET's search is. If you don't, go ahead, try it. I'll wait. Yeah, could use some work, right? You know who does a better job with search?...
View ArticleHow to Block WHMCS licensedebug
So I was recently reminded (thanks @Spencer) that if you call any WHMCS .php with ?licensedebug&forceremote, you get back some info that frankly I'm not wild about giving out. For example:...
View ArticleHow to Setup Ruby on Rails for CentOS or Fedora
This tutorial will guide you through setting up a basic Ruby on Rails environment, installing: Ruby 1.8.7 RubyGems 1.8.15 Rails 3.1.3 Sqlite3 This tutorial was written for CentOS, Fedora, and other...
View ArticleHow to Install VNC w/ GNOME on Debian VPS
VNC is a remote desktop sharing system that will allow you to connect your home PC to a GUI (graphical interface) hosted on your VPS, for easy remote management. This guide will walk you through the...
View Article[Tutorial] Changing outgoing SMTP email on Postfix MTA.
We, at VelociHOST would like to start building a comprehensive tutorial section on our knowledgebase to help the community on giving what we all needed at the beginning of our journey. But we want it...
View ArticleYet another "install a VNC" tutorial
this is another one, but using Openbox. It will reduce the idle RAM usage to aprox. 22mb. apt-get update apt-get install openbox vnc4server iceweasel menu obconf obmenu mkdir /etc/vnc echo...
View ArticleRun shell commands in Python
I've been working with Python lately, and frequently need to execute shell commands. So, I came up with this module to do this in normalized fashion. Maybe someone else will find it useful. I stake no...
View ArticleHow to set up your own distributed, redundant, and encrypted storage grid in...
If you have a few different VPSes, you'll most likely have a significant amount of unused storage space across all of them. This guide will be a quick introduction to setting up and using Tahoe-LAFS, a...
View ArticleHow to block lowend ads and Google spying on your activity
For folks not running adblock software already or running on limited resources where such software might consume too many resources, there is this. This will work on all major OSes. Why block these ads...
View Article[TURORIAL] How to make backups of your CentOS Virtual Private Server (VPS).
When you work with a VPS or even any kind of server architecture, is extremely important to backup your data as a precautionary measure against data loss from failures or corruption from handling your...
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