by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Dec 23, 2018 | DigitalOcean
SSH clients like PuTTY, OpenSSH, etc. provides users with a seamless way to manage their servers. But, users can occasionally come up with server side errors, like ‘SSH connection refused’ in their DigitalOcean Droplets. How can I fix it with this little...
by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Dec 22, 2018 | DigitalOcean, Server Administration
Managing a server can be really hard! As server attacks increase day by day, Droplet owners use different methods to secure their server. And, one such thing is to disable root login in their Droplets. At Bobcares, we help DigitalOcean Droplet owners disable root...
by Sijin George | Dec 22, 2018 | DigitalOcean
Mail function in web applications is a great feature to reach out to your online customers. It uses the mail protocol called SMTP. But, what if SMTP is blocked on your DigitalOcean Droplet ? All emails will fail! DigitalOcean Droplets can have SMTP blocked due to...
by Sijin George | Dec 21, 2018 | DigitalOcean, Linode
Every cloud hosting provider has its own pros and cons. If one is cheap, other one would be more stable. And, people often tend to switch between major providers like DigitalOcean, Linode, etc. This involves migration of data from Linode to DigitalOcean or vice-versa....
by Sijin George | Dec 20, 2018 | DigitalOcean, MySQL
There can be times when you need to connect to the database from outside your office network. And, for this to work, we need to enable remote MySQL connection in your DigitalOcean Droplet. However, due to security risks, web hosts restrict this remote access only to...
by Sijin George | Dec 19, 2018 | DigitalOcean
Hosting applications like Tomcat, Jenkins, etc. will require your DigitalOcean Droplet to allow connections on port 8080. This requires Droplet firewall modification. At times, even after changes in firewall, the application can fail due to improper firewall set up....
