http://vpsbible.com/forums/ Setup Unmanaged VPS for Linux Noobs! en-US Mon, 06 Feb 2012 08:41:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://vpsbible.com/forums/search.php http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/learn-javascript#post-2781 Fri, 03 Feb 2012 22:57:18 +0000 Marcus West 2781@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p><a href="http://www.codecademy.com" rel="nofollow">http://www.codecademy.com</a></p> <p>Want to learn to program? </p> <p>This is pretty cool, and Ruby/Python/PHP are in the works</p> <p>Cop a look at this guvn'r...or some such argot </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/unable-to-import-database#post-2780 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 13:28:16 +0000 perryb 2780@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>OK so the problem was actually down to me pasting the command in rather than typing it into the terminal - hence the split and and the resulting error </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/unable-to-import-database#post-2779 Tue, 31 Jan 2012 12:26:05 +0000 perryb 2779@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>I can log into mysql using:</p> <p><code>mysql -u root -p</code></p> <p>But if I try to import a database:</p> <pre><code>mysql -u root -p localhost example &lt; example.sql</code></pre> <p>I get kicked out with the following error (notice the split after 'root'):</p> <pre><code>$ mysql -u root ERROR 1045 (28000): Access denied for user &#039;root&#039;@&#039;localhost&#039; (using password: NO) $ -p exmple &lt; example.sql</code></pre> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/connection-refused#post-2778 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 21:54:41 +0000 the_guv 2778@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Jason, the scripts are really not recommended for noobs for the simple reason that you won't learn much about your server setup, and therefore about security.</p> <p>Your ssh variables are wrong and that's why you're locked out ;)</p> <p>If you must go the script route then, as it suggests on the Stack's page, use the variable (on the script) "PasswordAuthentication Yes" ... meaning you need not rely on the authentication key. Then again, there are other reasons you could be locked out, quite possibly your "ssh -p 54321 username@ip" syntax.</p> <p>The "Encrypt Data with OpenSSH &amp; Auto-Login with PuTTY" tutorial, adn the accompanying referenced guides, are what you need. This is really important so I'd suggest you scrap your setup (no big deal, that, so don't worry about overwriting with a new distro launch, it's how you learn) and practise setting up those keys in the tut I've mentioned ... here's the link:-</p> <p><a href="http://vpsbible.com/security/encrypt-data-with-openssh-auto-login-with-putty/" rel="nofollow">http://vpsbible.com/security/encrypt-data-with-openssh-auto-login-with-putty/</a> </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/connection-refused#post-2777 Sat, 28 Jan 2012 01:48:37 +0000 Jason Dunlop 2777@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hi there,</p> <p>I am having a problem to get the stack script to work.</p> <p>I have got as far as Log In Post-Script, but i'm not able to log back in, it just says connection refused. Anyway to undo?</p> <p>Sorry i am a Newbie.</p> <p>Cheers</p> <p>J </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/recursion#post-2776 Wed, 25 Jan 2012 11:24:20 +0000 Marcus West 2776@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>This is a pretty stupid question, but only because no-one actually seems to define recursive properly anywhere.</p> <p>when we chown -R (change ownership recursively) the ownership is referred down the chain, so .ssh and the authorized keys change ownership.</p> <p>But when you rm -r the action defers up the chain, and takes out the home file.</p> <p>Since recursion in Latin means going back, I assume the latter is a truer recursion. </p> <p>Does the direction of a recursion depend on the context? </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/redirects-301-etc#post-2775 Mon, 23 Jan 2012 14:21:01 +0000 Marcus West 2775@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>I really would like to get to the bottom of managing redirects in Nginx where there is no .htaccess file</p> <p>Enlightenment anyone? </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/high-io-rate-on-linode-server#post-2774 Sat, 21 Jan 2012 07:20:00 +0000 the_guv 2774@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hi David,</p> <p>Did you install XCache or similar? You should, as explained here and with the recommended settings, and I recommend the WP-Super-Cache plugin alongside your build.</p> <p>... With those installed, then monitor the I/O and report back here.</p> <p>A good tool for diagnosing IO is Munin or, if you're prepared to pay, Scout (with some choice plugins such as Device Input/Output) ... </p> <p>... keep an eye on your swap, particularly, because if you're digging deep into that then there is an issue, hopefully one of genuine traffic, rather than DoS attacks!</p> <p>But the I/O rate, *in itself*, is not an issue, and it may be that you're receiving Linode alerts simply because your threshhold's set too low. What is it, the standard 1000? The correct threshhold depends on your needs but you could set this comfortably, generally, at 5000 and some sysmins would say twice that for this server spec.</p> <p>That's a start for correct setup and troubleshooting. Let me know how you get on. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/mapping-domains-in-wordpress-mu#post-2773 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:31:57 +0000 perryb 2773@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Sorry, the link failed but the URL is in there somewhere - assumed &lt;a href etc... would work </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/mapping-domains-in-wordpress-mu#post-2772 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 17:28:27 +0000 perryb 2772@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Just a heads up: there is an old thread on here that asked about this, I think there is a solution there somewhere but it couldn't make head or tail of it.</p> <p>After digging around I finally found a solution that works for me - and obviously the starting point is the WP MU set up recommended by Olly's tutorial.</p> <p>Here is my tutorial on the topic. I haven't had any problems yet and adding new domains is a breeze.</p> <p>If anyone can see or has any issues with it please let me know.</p> <p>&lt;href a="http://pointatthemoon.co.uk/2012/01/mapping-domains-in-wordpress-multi-user-with-nginx/"&gt;Mapping domains in WordPress Multi User with Nginx </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/upgrading-wordpress#post-2771 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:53:48 +0000 the_guv 2771@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>LOL (for all the wrong reasons!)</p> <p>Sure Marcus, there ain't no recycle bin with Tux ;)</p> <p>For a dev box, I highly recommend a virtual machine such as with virtualbox. You can take "snapshots" of known good configurations, meaning you can revert to whatever snapshot when you, er "sudo rm etc ..."!!</p> <p>... and it's free, though you may be greedy like me and want a shedload of RAM for running a few at once, (f'rinstance, all hacking each other!!) </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/upgrading-wordpress#post-2770 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 14:01:52 +0000 Marcus West 2770@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hi Guv,</p> <p>Thanks.</p> <p>Yes, I got there in the end with the help of my server team before I got to see your reply</p> <p>I definitely followed the guides carefully...(you know as well as I do that this is about the only valid Nginx resource out there...a lot of them are gobbledygook)</p> <p>I think my mistake was trying to change permissions in wp-content rather than public...pretty simple stuff really but after a shell fork bomb and a server annhiliation, you get a bit jittery :)</p> <p>I wiped out a server the other day with an rm command... I'm getting myself a test environment to play in </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/high-io-rate-on-linode-server#post-2769 Thu, 19 Jan 2012 03:32:51 +0000 david jeters 2769@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hello Guvnr,</p> <p>I followed your setup for nginx, mysql, php5-fpm with wordpress on my linode 512 server. I get a high I/O rate on the server which I think means that server is hitting the hard disk pretty hard. It is noticeable on my wordpress site when I am creating or updating posts. I used to have WP cache installed on the webserver but that made it even slower. So I uninstalled it. What should I do to start troubleshooting the problem? </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/upgrading-wordpress#post-2768 Wed, 18 Jan 2012 14:32:10 +0000 the_guv 2768@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hi Marcus, </p> <p>This topic is covered here, in these forums, in some detail. However, for the benefit of any doubt, *prior to upgrading from the WP Dashboard (the easiest way but always backup first)*, at the terminal, logged into your server of course:-</p> <p>sudo chown -R www-data:webmasters /path/to/public</p> <p>And to revert to stricter, safer permissions after the update:-</p> <p>sudo chown -R USERNAME:webmasters /path/to/public</p> <p>... This is assuming you followed the guides here and, therefore, have the "webmasters" group properly set up. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/upgrading-wordpress#post-2767 Sat, 14 Jan 2012 01:39:32 +0000 Marcus West 2767@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Can someone explain to me how to upgrade Wordpress?</p> <p>I tried using subversion, but got nowhere.</p> <p>I tried using the bashr command and got a shell fork.</p> <p>I tried isolating the two commands in the bashr file, to permit me to upgrade, and it kept causing an error....</p> <p>Would really help to have a bit more clarity on this...cheers </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/symlinks-failing-to-work#post-2766 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:23:31 +0000 perryb 2766@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>In classic style I discover the solution as soon as I have posted the question:</p> <p>In my example above I use a relative path - this does not work (even though I can swear that it worked this way the first time I modified the symlink!).</p> <p>You need to use the full path, eg:</p> <p><code>ln -s /usr/local/nginx/sites-available/domain.com /usr/local/nginx/sites-enabled/domain.com</code></p> <p>[Slaps forehead and goes back into box] </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/symlinks-failing-to-work#post-2765 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 12:01:58 +0000 perryb 2765@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>I am really tearing my hair out here as I can't seem to find any precedent for this having Googled the problem:</p> <p>I modified my vhosts file, deleted the existing symlink then set it all up again the first time without any hitch at all:</p> <p><code>root@mail:/usr/local/nginx# ln -s sites-available/domain.com sites-enabled/domain.com</code></p> <p>Restart Nginx and off we go.</p> <p>Subsequently I have been going through the same process but the symlink always shows up highlighted red (indicating a broken symlink) if I list the contents of sites-enabled. </p> <p>I've checked and rechecked my syntax, zero spelling errors etc but the symlink refuses to work, the result being that my site is down.</p> <p>Any ideas anyone? </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/best-drupal-performance-instalation-stack#post-2764 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:39:58 +0000 the_guv 2764@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>sorry Juan, is there something specific that I can help with ;)</p> <p>the LAMP stackscript is a great starting point though, you can tweak post-install to your heart's content </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/configuring-dns-for-vps-no-control-panel#post-2763 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:38:07 +0000 the_guv 2763@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Ian, you'd need to add Bind9 to manually manage domains from the command line ... this can be tricky and, misconfigured, can be a security risk, which is why it's not currently in these noobie docs.</p> <p>frankly, unless you are happy for the learning curve, and plenty of googling, i'd strongly recommend swapping to a provider that has DNS management built into their control panel (which is generally the case). </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/virtual-hosts-site-b-redirects-to-site-a#post-2762 Fri, 13 Jan 2012 10:34:28 +0000 the_guv 2762@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>cheers Rolf and sorry for delay.</p> <p>did you follow the "Add a Site" cheatsheet?:-</p> <p><a href="http://vpsbible.com/web-servers/nginx-add-domains/" rel="nofollow">http://vpsbible.com/web-servers/nginx-add-domains/</a></p> <p>sounds like you've either omitted to create the symlink, your virtual host file points to the wrong site or that you haven't restarted nginx.</p> <p>as for the nginx.conf, no, all that's handled in the new site's own virtual host file.</p> <p>recap those three points and lemme know :) </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/virtual-hosts-site-b-redirects-to-site-a#post-2761 Mon, 09 Jan 2012 08:45:02 +0000 Rolf Haug 2761@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>First guv, this guide is amazing! It's a little hard to navigate through the jungle. But is all good when you have arrived at your destination.</p> <p>So, my question:</p> <p>I've followed your guide, and when I added a new vhost (Site B), it just links to Site A. I have tried 10 times so its obvious something I'm missing.</p> <p>When I remove the site-available/Site A, Site B redirects to nginx default.</p> <p>This is very frustrating and I would very much appreciate if you (or someone else) could help me sort this problem.</p> <p>Site A is a Codeigniter site, site B is a plain simple index.html</p> <p>My VPS is from a norwegian company and is running Ubuntu 10.4 LTS.</p> <p>Could it be something in the nginx config? </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/configuring-dns-for-vps-no-control-panel#post-2760 Sun, 08 Jan 2012 17:23:19 +0000 Ian Ratcliffe 2760@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>HI All,</p> <p>I'm currently following the guides on this site and I've come to the part where I have to "Add a Domain Zone".</p> <p>I have setup a new VPS with ChicagoVPS but in the Control Panel there is nowhere to add a new zone, etc. Do I need to used the control panel or can this be done via SSH? </p> <p>I have logged a support ticket but had no response.</p> <p>Thanks. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/best-drupal-performance-instalation-stack#post-2759 Sat, 07 Jan 2012 06:01:33 +0000 Juan Miguel Arbelaez 2759@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hello GUV<br /> Thank you very much for your valuable help<br /> would be wonderful to have your help in the installation of a lamp-server or Lemp server for drupal with improved performance and that is very difficult for the novice so having help from someone as skilled as you would be wonderful. Since Drupal is so versatile but a bit slow, would be marvelous an easy instalation on-site like Linode with all the good practices of your driving installation<br /> I leave here some link that illustrate the problem</p> <p>Here some links related</p> <p><a href="http://gotdrupal.com/videos/drupal-performance-boost" rel="nofollow">http://gotdrupal.com/videos/drupal-performance-boost</a></p> <p><a href="http://cruncht.com/75/drupal-performance-scalability/" rel="nofollow">http://cruncht.com/75/drupal-performance-scalability/</a></p> <p><a href="http://library.linode.com/application-stacks/project-mercury/ubuntu-10.04-lucid" rel="nofollow">http://library.linode.com/application-stacks/project-mercury/ubuntu-10.04-lucid</a></p> <p><a href="http://groups.drupal.org/node/50408" rel="nofollow">http://groups.drupal.org/node/50408</a></p> <p><a href="http://www.linode.com/stackscripts/view/?StackScriptID=353" rel="nofollow">http://www.linode.com/stackscripts/view/?StackScriptID=353</a> </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/really-can-not-find-out-my-way-in-the-website#post-2758 Fri, 06 Jan 2012 02:58:08 +0000 Abdul Karim 2758@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Strongly advising Drupal CMS </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/nginx-download-link#post-2757 Thu, 05 Jan 2012 00:27:04 +0000 Shaun Evans 2757@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hi gang ... </p> <p>First off BIG thanks to the Guv for all of this. Great site and really fantastic material.</p> <p>I was trying out the LEMP stackscripts this morning for the first time and couldn't get Nginx to run after the install. Looked back at the results and realized that the download link in the script was throwing a 404. I changed line 292 to:</p> <p><code>wget <a href="http://nginx.org/download/nginx-$NGX_VER.tar.gz" rel="nofollow">http://nginx.org/download/nginx-$NGX_VER.tar.gz</a> &amp;&amp; tar -zxvf nginx-$NGX_VER.tar.gz</code></p> <p>and all is well. Thought I'd post that up for any other noobs running into the same problem</p> <p>Thanks!</p> <p>Shaun </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/really-can-not-find-out-my-way-in-the-website#post-2756 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 20:29:53 +0000 the_guv 2756@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>hi Abdul,</p> <p>1. "Set Up The Ultimate VPS" - <a href="http://vpsbible.com/vps-setup-guides/ubuntu-nginx-vps-setup-guide/" rel="nofollow">http://vpsbible.com/vps-setup-guides/ubuntu-nginx-vps-setup-guide/</a><br /> 2. Ubuntu is best for noobs because the docs are **by far** 1. the fullest, 2. the easiest to understand and 3. with the largest community. </p> <p>In terms of security, these systems are equal.</p> <p>Otherwise, thanks for the feedback ...</p> <p>I agree with you that this site's navigation is poor. I'm currently rebuilding the thing and this issue is a key focus. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/really-can-not-find-out-my-way-in-the-website#post-2755 Wed, 04 Jan 2012 12:59:57 +0000 Abdul Karim 2755@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hello,<br /> Please I've two questions:<br /> 1) Please advise how to really start?<br /> 2) I've goggled a lot about which distribution to use with the VPS, and found many reviews go towards CentOS and Debian.<br /> But also found many are using Ubuntu and advise to use it and found more support for Ubuntu compared to other distributions.<br /> So is it really better for security and stability and performance for the long run to use CentOS or Debian or I can go with Ubuntu with no doubt?<br /> One last thing is that I do not have a previous background on Linux and just started a few days ago to look into it for the VPS hosting only.<br /> So for my situation … what is your advice? </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/how-long-will-it-take-until-my-account-is-activated#post-2754 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 20:49:50 +0000 the_guv 2754@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>it tests fine, Jack ... had to reset your password so will send you that now. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/how-long-will-it-take-until-my-account-is-activated#post-2753 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 18:51:37 +0000 Jack Kirsten 2753@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>I just signed up and I can't see the contents. I'm able to login but can't see the premium contents.</p> <p>Can you please fix this ASAP? I just sent an email as well.</p> <p>Thanks. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/app-always-running#post-2752 Mon, 02 Jan 2012 12:06:54 +0000 xere 2752@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hi, I am new. First, my history: I have a Wndows VPS because I should keep running a trading windows application continuosly, auto-scanning the stock market and so on... But a Windows VPS is expensive, more than a Linux one. I have done some research with Virtual Box, creating an Ubuntu machine, installing some apps as a lightweight graphical environment, a VNC server, ssh server, wine and the trading app, with a minimal RAM consumption.<br /> My question is: I need to keep running the VPS (adding the needed apps at the autostart) 24 hours/day and 365 days/year. But if I start a Putty session with an admin user (that is, a ssh session), when I close Putty, the session ends and the VPS stop?<br /> Then, I thought that a solution maybe, that I arrange the VPS for autologin, and just share the desktop via VNC (tightvnc, by instance) when I would see what is happening. Is this idea right, or are there another ways to do it? Thanks. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/varnish-tutorial#post-2751 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 18:11:44 +0000 Pooya k 2751@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>1+ again... the_guv you are not active at all... </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/varnish-tutorial#post-2750 Sat, 31 Dec 2011 17:39:50 +0000 od3n 2750@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>+1 would be great if you add it later </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/wordpress-reinstall-error-establishing-connection-to-database#post-2749 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:12:06 +0000 hanasazi 2749@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>And terrified to restart ANYthing! </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/wordpress-reinstall-error-establishing-connection-to-database#post-2748 Wed, 28 Dec 2011 22:10:31 +0000 hanasazi 2748@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>I'm having this problem and more! I'm a total noob to VPS and secure WP installations and losing hair by the minute with numerous re-installs. I got your book, Guv, WordPress Ultimate Security. And trying to catch up fast bc I'm working for a client and way behind schedule. I really need a hero right now, every instruction I try to implement results in database errors and/or 500 internal server errors. Can you, or someone, help me figure out what I'm doing wrong? host: ipower; unmanaged VPS with VHM and cPanel, RapidSSL Security Certificate. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/safe-secure-and-private-surfing-e-mail-voip-etc#post-2747 Fri, 23 Dec 2011 21:28:52 +0000 Carmine Iorio 2747@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>hi Guv,</p> <p>I'm asking you to consider providing direction, support and access to a network that is safe, secure and private while i'm using the internet.<br /> I know there is a huge global group of individuals who are feeling threatened with having no privacy while on the internet, e-mail, voip etc. for business, group and personal use, who have no one to turn to for trusted, competent and professional help, for folks like me who have the desire to learn, tech savy and understanding just living life consumes most of my time and it is unrealistic to believe i can and will do this on my own, its not going to happen.</p> <p>This is where The Guv comes in, as i don't know how, what or where i need to have safe, secure and private web access for my specific needs you could provide/direct someone like myself to/with resources specific to my needs and uses, software and network access:<br /> i would surf to The Guv's web page where i would select options i require, so for myself it is safe, secure and private surfing, e-mail, voip etc., i'm not building a web site or hosting a ftp nothing beyond safe, secure and private surfing, e-mail, voip etc., would then be directed to Olly's text, images and vids that explain web security for my specific needs, software for my specific needs install, setup and access to the network infrastructure?! that will provide for my specific needs for safe, secure and private surfing, e-mail, voip etc. If i'm mobile would i use web access from a hotspot, web access card or could i get safe, secure and private web access by going through the infrastructure you helped me setup? imagine the bell tolling for this kind of secure and private internet interface.</p> <p>Realizing this is not simple to conceive, organize, present and maintain, this can also be done in steps like targeting everyday people like me who do not want to run a web site, ftp etc. but simply conduct my internet interface in a safe, secure and private manner. if the interest is there the business model will be refined/adjusted for smooth operations and minimum personal time, then consideration for targeting another group could be done etc …,</p> <p>Thinking of you often as your business model for a specific need "VPN" included text, step by step vids and support, i've seen from you and your offering: interaction, competence, professionalism, gift of teaching, explaining and understanding, have not seen anything as through as your VPN site!.</p> <p>"ass, gas or grass nobody rides for free", i know this niche exists as i'm one of the needy (lol) and know many others who would also consider such a service, with an increase in business surely there would be incentives from software/ifrastructure etc. you would use/recommend/endorse, also thinking the whole key to any task is 99.9% preparation and organization to minimize personal time/support , don't want to spread Olly to thin, lol.</p> <p>hoping i have not stepped over the line with you simply seeing a serious need and trying to get help in resolution. I have nothing to sell or gain from you and simply an end user with specific needs that are not complicated but do require knowledge and guidance, heck i paid a sub for your website!</p> <p>thanks so much for your time and consideration<br /> carmine iorio<br /> fast1 </p>