How to access your cloud server with Root or Admin Credentials

Windows Cloud Servers HOW TO START RDP ON A PC (XP/VISTA/7/8) – From your Windows 7 desktop, Click the Start button – Click the “Run” menu option – type ‘mstsc’ (without the ‘ quotes) and press ENTER on your keyboard – Enter your Server Name, username and password (listed above).  Note:  You may be prompted […]

Setting file/folder permissions from Plesk control panel for Windows

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What is a HOSTS file and how do you edit it?

The HOSTS file on your Windows PC or MAC is used by the operating system as a place to lookup hostnames for IP addresses before checking DNS.  Let’s explain:When you need to go to www.somedomain.com, your computer needs to actually “resolve” that name to an IP address… i.e., what is the IP address of the […]

Domain Registration vs Transfer vs Delegation

DOMAIN REGISTRATION To get a site up on the Internet you first need to have your domain name (let’s say “yourdomain.com”) registered with an Internet/Domain Name Registrar. “Registering” the domain name reserves it for your use (some people say you’re “buying” the name, but in reality, it’s more like leasing… it gets reserved for your […]

Easy DNN Installs

Installing DNN 7 can be streamlined to make the process faster.  In this article we will show how to install DNN using the Plesk App installer.  The one downside to the Plesk App installer for DNN is that DNN doesn’t package the latest version.  We will still use the installer to do the heavy lifting, […]

CentOS 6 Keepalived Script Enhancements

Keepalived is a robust load balancing and high availability solution for Linux distributions.  An update has been released that improves upon keepalived’s scripting capabilities. Excerpt from redhat errata website… “This update creates a new directory, /usr/libexec/keepalived/, in which the user can place scripts executable by the keepalived service. These include both tracking scripts and notification […]