by Reeshma Mathews | Dec 13, 2016 | Server Management
Users sending messages with attachments to recipients hosted in Exchange servers can end up receiving bounce mails due these attachments. Our Support Engineers support hundreds of Exchange servers for web hosts, web designers and other online businesses. In these...
by Reeshma Mathews | Dec 12, 2016 | Docker, Server Management
Due to its ‘light-weight’ reputation, container technologies such as Docker and LXC get a lot of attention from online businesses these days. Docker and LXC are suited for different purposes. But in the flurry of information floating in the internet, these...
by Reeshma Mathews | Dec 10, 2016 | Server Management
Did you know that each PHP version is fully supported only for two years from its initial stable release? Unsupported versions are vulnerable to security exploits, which is why you need to timely update PHP versions. In the case of AWS, PHP upgrade should be performed...
by Reeshma Mathews | Dec 9, 2016 | Docker, Server Management
Docker containers can be used to host applications ranging from one-time testing to 24/7 web hosting instances. Depending on its purpose, the system setup can vary. Every Docker machine runs a ‘docker’ daemon, which is required for the containers to...
by Reeshma Mathews | Dec 9, 2016 | Docker, Server Administration, Server Management, Technical Support
Though Docker containers are sometimes referred as ‘light-weight VMs’, they are not VMs (virtual machines). Both serve different purposes, and hence one cannot replace the other. Their underlying architecture is what differentiates Docker from Virtual...
by Visakh S | Dec 8, 2016 | Server Administration
On Dec 6th, a Command Execution Vulnerability was disclosed in the open source webmail software called RoundCube. Using this vulnerability, an attacker can easily execute arbitrary system commands, which could be used to inject malware or take control of the server....
by Reeshma Mathews | Dec 6, 2016 | Docker, Server Management, Technical Support
In an ideal world, where nothing ever goes wrong, high availability is a topic that never matters. But sadly, the real world scenario is way too different from this ideal situation. Service failures and machine crashes can happen in the most unexpected times. Such...
by Reeshma Mathews | Dec 1, 2016 | Docker, Server Administration, Server Management, Technical Support
A survey on Docker conducted by O’Reilly Media and Ruxit, revealed that more than 93% of respondents prefer containers for development, testing or production. Quick deployment, easy scalability and container isolation makes Docker suitable for use in application...
by Reeshma Mathews | Nov 29, 2016 | Apache, Docker
In our previous post on Docker web hosting, we saw the benefits of Docker that makes it suitable for specialized hosting at low costs. In web hosting, there are many key components such as web server, email server, dns server, etc. that are required for the website...
by Reeshma Mathews | Nov 29, 2016 | Apache, cPanel, Technical Support
PHP is a commonly used scripting language for websites, and its configuration settings can be managed using a server-wide php.ini file. Most shared hosting providers enforce server-wide php ini settings on all users. But some software such as WordPress, Joomla, etc....
