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If you get Encryption error on login using root then try following. Login as root in shell/ssh1. try setting new password for root user. passwd if this does not help…

Elasticsearch is flexible and powerful open-source, distributed real-time search and analytics engine. Using a simple set of APIs provides the ability for full-text search. Elastic search is freely available under…

You can check the current version of apache by running /usr/sbin/httpd -v CustomBuild – current If you’re using custombuild (as most new boxes are), run the following cd /usr/local/directadmin/custombuild ./build…

Installing FTP on Windows Server 2012 (R2)

As of DA 1.50.0, DirectAdmin have added a new feature that allows you to make use of LetsEncrypt, a tool offering free basic SSL certificates.There is a script written in…

Connect to the server using RDP. Specify passive FTP port range in IIS Manager: 2.1. Open Internet Information Service (IIS) Manager: 2.2. In IIS Manager, go to server_hostname > FTP…

Sometimes inside WHM when clicking the “change hostname” link or by running /usr/local/cpanel/bin/set_hostname yourhostname.first2host.co.uk you may get presented with the following error message: "Your previous attempt to change the hostname…

For installing IIS, you need to login to server using RDP, using administrator access. Press the [Windows] key and select Server Manager. In the Server Manager Dashboard, click Manage > Add Roles…

You can switch DirectAdmin to use SSL instead of plain text. -> https instead of http on port 2222. Creating a Self-Signed Certificate If you do not have your own…

Increase your Linux server Internet speed with TCP BBR congestion control I recently read that TCP BBR has significantly increased throughput and reduced latency for connections on Google’s internal backbone…