by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Dec 26, 2018 | Technical Support
Email errors are quite irritating, especially if they are abstruse like this “554 invalid DNS PTR resource record”. Here, the error message shows that the recipient rejects the email because of the invalid PTR record. But, what’s this PTR record? Do...
by Sijin George | Dec 26, 2018 | DigitalOcean, MySQL, Server Administration
Access restriction with passwords is a great way to secure the MySQL database server. But, if you do not remember the password, no one can access it. Forgetting MySQL password is a common scenario that happens in newly created servers or Droplets. And, all you can do...
by Sijin George | Dec 25, 2018 | Server Management
Amazon Machine Image (AMI) serves as the basic unit of cloud solutions. It saves time and effort in creating several similar applications. But, what if there is a vulnerability in the AMI ? Then, that becomes a total disaster! That’s why, hardening AMI is really...
by Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Dec 24, 2018 | DigitalOcean
phpMyAdmin provides Droplet owners with a user-friendly interface for MySQL database management. But, sometimes Droplet owners need to uninstall phpMyAdmin, because it’s unusable, outdated, or unnecessary. At Bobcares, we often receive requests from users to...
by Sijin George | Dec 24, 2018 | Magento, Plesk, Server Administration
Magento is so popular and that’s why it is a juicy target of cyber attackers. Does that mean using Magento for my website is a risk ? No. Luckily, Magento offers too many security features to avoid attacks on your shop. And, Fail2ban largely helps to block these...
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 Lakshmi Vijayakumar | Dec 21, 2018 | cPanel, Server Administration
“cPanel login invalid” – This message can be very frustrating, especially when you are SURE that you gave the correct username and password. I gave the correct cPanel credentials. Then, why do I get this error all the time? At Bobcares, we often...
