by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Jan 25, 2019 | Server Administration
Website owners often use telnet client as the primary tool to perform basic network connectivity tests. And, if telnet doesn’t connect to the server, it throws errors that can be hard to understand. One such error is “telnet localhost 25 connection...
by Sijin George | Jan 25, 2019 | Linode
Mails are really critical for any web based application. And, what if you do not want to maintain a mail server ? Luckily, Linode server support email forwarding. It simply sends mail from Linode server to another existing email address. At Bobcares, we often get...
by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Jan 24, 2019 | Server Management
Being unable to send emails can have a negative effect on your business. You want to send an important business email, but it end up in an error. Quite frustrating, right? And, one such error often received by website owners is “dovecot imap-login aborted...
by Sijin George | Jan 24, 2019 | Linode
Adding Linode private IP address is a good move in securing server traffic. But, is that all enough? No. Unfortunately, a Linode private IP address gives access to all users on the same data center. It needs additional methods to secure server. That’s why, we...
by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Jan 23, 2019 | MySQL
I am getting “cannot connect to mysql server (10060)” error while trying to access my MySQL database remotely. Please help! That was a recent support ticket received at our Server Management Services department where we manage our customer servers. Website...
by Sijin George | Jan 23, 2019 | Linode
Linode owners often need to download disk images for future use or for backup purpose. And, at times wrong procedure can result in data loss during disk image download. At Bobcares, we help Linode customers to properly backup disk images as part of our Managed Cloud...
by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Jan 22, 2019 | Server Management
PuTTY provides a convenient way to access servers. But, things can go wrong when it can’t communicate with the server, and users see an error like “localhost connection refused” in their PuTTY client. Is this a server side or a client side problem?...
by Sijin George | Jan 22, 2019 | cPanel, Linode
We are considering to make a switch from the standard model with dedicated servers and cPanel, to Linode cPanel servers. Can you help us? That was recent support request we received at our Managed Cloud Services from a Web Hosting provider. Top notch web hosting...
by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Jan 21, 2019 | DDoS, Nginx, Server Management
It’s a shocking fact that hackers are using new methods for DDoS attacks every day. And, that makes DDoS protection a crucial step in server security. At Bobcares, we help server owners to implement DDoS protection on their servers as part of our Dedicated...
by Sijin George | Jan 21, 2019 | Linode
Cloning simply helps in creating an exact replica of your Linode server. This replica can be useful in load sharing or as a backup server. Unfortunately, following wrong steps while cloning can result in problems with the server. At Bobcares, we help Linode customers...
