by Sijin George | Jan 1, 2019 | DigitalOcean
Enabling backups at DigitalOcean will create a snapshot of your Droplet once a week. But, what if you have a dynamic website and data keeps changing? A weekly backup will not be enough and you need to look for daily backup options. At Bobcares, we help cloud owners to...
by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Dec 31, 2018 | DigitalOcean, Server Administration
When I access my server via SSH, it returns permission denied (publickey) error in my DigitalOcean Droplet. What’s wrong with my server? That was a recent support ticket received at our DigitalOcean Managed Services department where we resolve support queries...
by Sijin George | Dec 31, 2018 | DigitalOcean
A door without a lock easily allows a thief in! So as a server without firewall. Therefore, security firewall is a necessity in any DigitalOcean Droplet. The options to enable security in Droplets include DigitalOcean’s cloud firewall, program called UFW, etc....
by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Dec 30, 2018 | Server Management
Email errors are difficult to deal with, especially when they show unclear error codes like “SMTP 554 transaction failed”. The error shows that the email transaction between the sender and the receiver has failed. But, why did it fail? How can we fix this?...
by Sijin George | Dec 29, 2018 | DigitalOcean, Server Administration
Databases are really critical for the proper working of websites. These databases undergo frequent read, write of data and can easily become corrupt. Therefore, it is important to have a proper database backup for data recovery. At Bobcares, we help DigitalOcean...
by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Dec 29, 2018 | Server Management, WordPress
There is nothing more irritating than your website displaying a blank screen with an error message. “504 Gateway Timeout” is one such common error in WordPress websites. At Bobcares, we resolve such complex website errors as part of our Server Management...
by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Dec 28, 2018 | Magento, Server Management
Today when I log in, my Magento admin URL shows a 404 error page. Please fix this. That was a recent support ticket received at out Server Support department where we resolve support queries for web hosts. Magento store owners face this error after installing or...
by Sijin George | Dec 28, 2018 | DigitalOcean
The immediate reaction when you see that your DigitalOcean packages need updates could be: “I’m busy now, will do it later.” OR “Update can break my working apps, I will update, but not now!” Unfortunately, these excuses can make your...
by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Dec 27, 2018 | DigitalOcean, Server Administration
A root user is the most privileged user on DigitalOcean Droplets and has complete power on it. But, what if the root user loses or forgets the password? So, how do they login? At Bobcares, we often receive requests from DigitalOcean Droplet owners to reset their root...
by Sijin George | Dec 27, 2018 | DigitalOcean
The option to easily create replica of your app server is one of the biggest advantage of Cloud solutions. But, there is no one-click option to clone your Droplet. It involves a series of steps to securely create a copy of your server. At Bobcares, we help customers...
