by Reeshma Mathews | Nov 12, 2018 | cPanel, Nginx, Server Administration
“I just want to let you know that next week we should be getting higher amount of traffic to our site… Do you think our site can handle if there are 4000 sessions within an hour?” Recently we were contacted by a server owner who wanted to improve his...
by Sijin George | Nov 10, 2018 | DirectAdmin, Server Management
Web hosting servers often need IP address change due to network restructuring, Spam blacklisting, change of service provider, etc. This IP change affects all services on the server. A mistake in the whole process can cause downtime for all the domains hosted on the...
by Reeshma Mathews | Nov 10, 2018 | Docker
Suppose you provide WordPress hosting using Docker containers to customers around the globe. Your customers would want to change time in Docker container to their time zones. In our role as Server Support Specialists for web hosting companies and infrastructure...
by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Nov 9, 2018 | Server Administration, WordPress
My WordPress wp admin page always redirects to login screen. I use the correct credentials. Please help me!! That was a recent support request we received at our Outsourced Tech Support Services where we resolve support queries for web hosts. The WordPress admin panel...
by Reeshma Mathews | Nov 9, 2018 | Docker
You’re running a web server in your Docker container. The web server is configured to listen on default HTTP ports – 80 for http and 443 for https (http-ssl). For security reasons, you want to change the port to which it is listening. How can you do...
by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Nov 8, 2018 | Nginx, Server Management
Nginx is the all-time favorite webserver and reverse proxy server for high traffic websites. It stays strong under high traffic, and help achieve high uptime. But like any other server, Nginx too is susceptible to configuration and connection issues that cause nginx...
by Sijin George | Nov 8, 2018 | Server Management
Web servers show 502 errors when they are unable to display a requested page – due to network error, security restrictions, and so on. 502 Connection failed is one such error reported by Fiddler, a web app debugging tool. It means that Fiddler’s request...
by Reeshma Mathews | Nov 7, 2018 | Docker
Migrations are inevitable in many scenarios. Hardware upgrades, data center changes, obsolete OS, all these can be trigger points for migration. In our role as Technical Support Providers for web hosting companies and infrastructure providers, we provision and manage...
by Sijin George | Nov 6, 2018 | Nginx, Server Administration
Lets-encrypt SSL is a great way to secure websites as they are free of cost. But, it comes with the overhead of frequent renewals, that is, every 3 months. And even a small mistake in the timely renewal of Lets-encrypt certificate can cause serious downtime for the...
by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Nov 6, 2018 | Server Management
Prestashop owners prefer mail() over SMTP to send emails, because it’s so easy to use. But, this can sometimes conflict with the server security settings and lead to errors. If my Prestashop emails don’t work, how do I receive order confirmation emails or...
