http://vpsbible.com/forums/ Setup Unmanaged VPS for Linux Noobs! en-US Tue, 22 May 2012 08:50:31 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://vpsbible.com/forums/search.php http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/hellooo-world#post-2983 Sun, 20 May 2012 12:49:23 +0000 cybercool 2983@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hi everyone in the forum and Guv. Its time to learn about vps seriously.</p> <p>I have a question, What is new site offer? This site (layout) is not changed since a long time.</p> <p>Thanks,</p> <p>[PS message to Guv: Hi Guv I just signed up for "Special New Site Offer" and after redirected from paypal i was getting some error (503)(after submitting signup form). By the way when i logged into my email i was surprised to see their are three mails] </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/correct-accesrights-for-wp-folders#post-2982 Fri, 18 May 2012 13:46:02 +0000 Renco Smeding 2982@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hi,</p> <p>Have a question.</p> <p>I have followed the instructions for serving multiple hosts with multiple sites. But I cannot upload media to the uploads directory.</p> <p>first I added:<br /> group webmasters</p> <p>next changed:<br /> usermod -a -G webmasters www-data</p> <p>The ownership of my uploads directory shows:</p> <p>ls- la:</p> <p>drwxr-sr-x 3 renco webmasters ... uploads</p> <p>What should I do to make this directory writeable for the webmasters group? Or do I need to change ownership from renco to www-data?</p> <p>Thanks in advance,</p> <p>Renco </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/need-a-dedicated-server#post-2979 Wed, 16 May 2012 08:27:20 +0000 shelley corbin 2979@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>hello, guv. Thanks for the tip, i have been following up on it and i have been looking the past three weeks and it doesnt appear that the dedi servers i can afford have DNS managers.<br /> "We do not offer DNS management, you will have to set that up yourself. We only provide rDNS and you will have to submit tickets with IP addresses and their corresponding host names and we can set that up in our records. "</p> <p>is there a link that will show me how to set up a DNS manager? </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/hello-1#post-2978 Thu, 10 May 2012 19:14:22 +0000 brian71 2978@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Okay, thanks for the reply. I does seem like a great deal, I'll probably sign up.</p> <p>I'm leaning strongly towards starting off with a Heroku account while I have a Linode as a backup/failover site (that likely would rarely be needed). That will give me a chance to get comfortable with managing a server myself (or reveal to me that I should outsource it). </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/hello-1#post-2977 Thu, 10 May 2012 01:17:05 +0000 Stu Rader 2977@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hi Brian - nothings perfect but VPS Bible rocks in many ways. I have 2, 512 Linodes set up, Ubuntu 10.04 lts /Nginx per the guides, they are extremely fast webservers. I have 1 with 5 work sites and the other with 8 clients. With 20 gig on the 8 site box I still have scads of room left... I use WordPress as a CMS for the most part.</p> <p>Filesystem Type Size Used Avail Use% Mounted on<br /> /dev/xvda ext3 18G 1.7G 16G 10% /<br /> devtmpfs devtmpfs 248M 112K 248M 1% /dev<br /> none tmpfs 248M 40K 248M 1% /var/run<br /> (note I have 2gb also set aside) and this for 20 bucks a month, you can't beat that.</p> <p>You will not find a question you may pose become interactive too quickly, sometimes never... but then I've asked some dumb questions while learning so it's like a lot of places. I would have paid a lot more for learning this elsewhere and gladly paid, but if you don't hit the walls you can't fix stuff either. I look forward to seeing if you check it out, I think it's paid me back in a big way.</p> <p>stu </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/hello-1#post-2976 Wed, 09 May 2012 16:47:40 +0000 brian71 2976@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>I found vpsbible through a link on stackoverflow. I thought I'd jump in and say "hi".</p> <p>I'm looking at deployment options for a Rails application, and I'm on the fence between setting up and managing a vps, or using a managed vps like heroku or engine yard. </p> <p>It looks like we can save alot of money by doing it ourselves. But I need to get up to speed, and fast! I'm considering subscribing to the tutorials here, but want to make sure that they are still being maintained and up to date.</p> <p>I'm looking at setting up a Linode with Ubuntu, Nginx, Unicorn, and Postgres. Will the tutorials here cover most of that?</p> <p>Thanks! </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/unable-to-import-database#post-2975 Wed, 09 May 2012 02:49:26 +0000 Stu Rader 2975@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Always tricky. Figured it out so only one db connection with individual users in each wordpress instance. Sometime I have to ask a question publicly so I force myself to answer it. </p> <p>mysql&gt; GRANT ALL PRIVILEGES ON yourDB.* TO gurudawn@localhost IDENTIFIED BY 'xYZvhz8(Xx=QF3620s';<br /> Query OK, 0 rows affected (0.00 sec)</p> <p>Change in wp-confiq.php and Bada bing:) </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/unable-to-import-database#post-2974 Wed, 09 May 2012 00:42:29 +0000 Stu Rader 2974@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>If the post above is in the wrong spot, please delete/move if need be. sry </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/unable-to-import-database#post-2973 Wed, 09 May 2012 00:39:55 +0000 Stu Rader 2973@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>So I love scanning the forums and found a lot of gold nuggets along the way, really appreciate the VPSBible Guv, cuz it really is just that. As things change slightly I have to review my security roadmap, and here's my biggest "to do" this summer:</p> <p>One one Linode 512 I have 8 wordpress instances, each set up successfully using the scripts from the Bible. One thing I overlooked.... is that on each and every install I used the same username and password for the databases so if using a phpmyadmin you can see every database with one login. I've found this to be a security hole and my question is simple. I understand I can change the username and password in wp-config. Of course I don't want to create 8 users on the machine. The "hole" is that there are plugins out there that are similar to phpmyadmin. So, if had a cohort with admin privileges he/she could install such a plugin and "see" ALL the db's. If I put a new password in wp-config, how do I also update the mysql password in the cli &lt;mysql&gt; and is this going to solve the issue? </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/your-server-does-not-support-command-line-zip#post-2971 Wed, 02 May 2012 17:41:31 +0000 Dave 2971@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hello,</p> <p>I am using a plugin call backupbuddy. I have a newly installed server using the latest vpsBible LEMP stack using ubuntu 10.04: <a href="http://vpsbible.com/vps-setup-guides/stackscripts/lemp-stack-lite-ubuntu-32bit-php-fpm/" rel="nofollow">http://vpsbible.com/vps-setup-guides/stackscripts/lemp-stack-lite-ubuntu-32bit-php-fpm/</a></p> <p>When I go to use the plugin, I get this error:</p> <p>"Your server does not support command line ZIP"</p> <p>and gives me this link to troubleshoot: <a href="http://ithemes.com/codex/page/BackupBuddy:_Frequent_Support_Issues#Compatibility_Mode" rel="nofollow">http://ithemes.com/codex/page/BackupBuddy:_Frequent_Support_Issues#Compatibility_Mode</a></p> <p>What I've done:</p> <p>I checked to see if php exec was enabled and it was.</p> <p>I typed "install zip" but nothing was installed, it said "0 packages upgraded, 0 newly installed, 0 to remove and 20 not upgraded." I did this on a different server I set up a couple years ago using the vpsBible ultimate guide and it fixed the problem.</p> <p>Any ideas?</p> <p>Thanks!</p> <p>Dave </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/screwed-up-code-and-commands#post-2967 Sun, 29 Apr 2012 15:47:19 +0000 textbook 2967@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>I don't know when it happened....but your scripts and commands became screwed up because there are html pieces in the snippets. Things like &lt;span&gt; at the beginning of a script and &lt;/span&gt; at the end. Or href tags....a perfect example is the wordpress installs. This is what i see...</p> <pre><code>&lt;span&gt;akismet &lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/akismet/trunk/&quot;&gt;http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/akismet/trunk/&lt;/a&#038;gt" rel="nofollow">http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/akismet/trunk/&quot;&gt;http://plugins.svn.wordpress.org/akismet/trunk/&lt;/a&#038;gt</a>; wp-phpmyadmin &lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://svn.wp-plugins.org/wp-phpmyadmin/&quot;&gt;http://svn.wp-plugins.org/wp-phpmyadmin/&lt;/a&#038;gt" rel="nofollow">http://svn.wp-plugins.org/wp-phpmyadmin/&quot;&gt;http://svn.wp-plugins.org/wp-phpmyadmin/&lt;/a&#038;gt</a>; wp-super-cache &lt;a href=&quot;<a href="http://svn.wp-plugins.org/wp-super-cache/trunk/&quot;&gt;http://svn.wp-plugins.org/wp-super-cache/trunk/&lt;/a&#038;gt" rel="nofollow">http://svn.wp-plugins.org/wp-super-cache/trunk/&quot;&gt;http://svn.wp-plugins.org/wp-super-cache/trunk/&lt;/a&#038;gt</a>; &lt;/span&gt;</code></pre> <p>Also....for your nginx rewrite....the way you are doing it is exactly how they tell you not to do it.</p> <p><a href="http://wiki.nginx.org/Pitfalls#Taxing_Rewrites" rel="nofollow">http://wiki.nginx.org/Pitfalls#Taxing_Rewrites</a></p> <p>It should be...</p> <p>rewrite ^ <a href="http://domain.com$request_uri" rel="nofollow">http://domain.com$request_uri</a>? permanent;</p> <p>I mean no disrespect....or anything...i just wanted to let you know.</p> <p>It took me 3 reinstalls before i noticed something was wrong with your snippets. lol</p> <p>I hope this helps anyone that might be having trouble. And again....i mean no disrespect. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/ola#post-2966 Sat, 28 Apr 2012 23:41:37 +0000 limaitba 2966@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Olá a todos e saudações do Brazil </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/vps-setup-guide-php-fpm-reboot#post-2965 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 06:30:36 +0000 the_guv 2965@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hi Jerry, your point is excellent, I'll readdress the [lack of] clarity of the document (which is covering the PHP option bases). Thank you.</p> <p>Do ignore that section. Simple as that. It would do no harm but is redundant for the FPM route. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/vps-setup-guide-php-fpm-reboot#post-2964 Wed, 25 Apr 2012 03:46:24 +0000 Jerry Lynds 2964@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>I am in the process of building a 2nd VPS using LEMP/nginx (as opposed to LAMP on the other). </p> <p>When installing PHP (section 11) I chose the PHP-FPM (<a href="http://vpsbible.com/php/php-fpm-mysql-nginx/" rel="nofollow">http://vpsbible.com/php/php-fpm-mysql-nginx/</a>) method, however, in section 14 (Serve Multiple Sites &amp; Blogs with Virtual Hosts) if I follow the guide religiously it appears at the section "Tweak Nginx for FastCGI Support" I would end up installing FastCGI and set this to load on system reboot (and not PHP-FPM).</p> <p>I have stopped here until I get an answer. How do I "Tweak Nginx for PHP-FPM Support" and set this to run on reboot or do I simply ignore this section in part 14? </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/cant-get-to-phpmyadmin-webpage#post-2963 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:48:22 +0000 the_guv 2963@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>!LOL! Wulfeous ...</p> <p>That is odd.</p> <p>Your A record is the key, bin the C cos it's unnecessary ... your vhost file looks fine.</p> <p>I suppose the A record had been recorded at Cloudflare? (I kinda suspect this is an issue, else more likely a misunderstanding of some kind, on their server/settings.)</p> <p>Er, I suppose you added the symlink! You know:-</p> <p>ln -s /path1/pma/ /path2/pma</p> <p>SqlBuddy is very nice, yes.</p> <p>One thing, I'd strongly suggest adding SSL protection to this kind of thing, where you're flashing your database about "in plain text (yikkkkkeeeeessss!)"</p> <p>... Just a thought, there's a tut here somewhere. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/need-a-dedicated-server#post-2962 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 13:39:43 +0000 the_guv 2962@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Yes. The setup procedure is, near as damn it, the same for any kind of VPS or dedicated provider.</p> <p>One tip, Shelley: look for a host with a DNS manager built into their control panel. That will save you a headache. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/need-a-dedicated-server#post-2961 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 06:15:02 +0000 shelley corbin 2961@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>thanks for responding. does that mean i could use your vps guide to set up a dedicated server as well? </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/resource-hog#post-2960 Tue, 24 Apr 2012 03:30:51 +0000 parkerj 2960@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Thank you, sir. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/resource-hog#post-2959 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:53:13 +0000 the_guv 2959@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>the "top" command will put you in the right direction, Parker. As will the logs and traffic services such as Woopra. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/need-a-dedicated-server#post-2958 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 23:50:24 +0000 the_guv 2958@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>"i will need to have a dedicated server"</p> <p>rather depends Shelley, on your traffic ... but the setup is the same, be it VPS, dedicated, any web server for that matter.</p> <p>Does that help? </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/cant-get-to-phpmyadmin-webpage#post-2957 Mon, 23 Apr 2012 01:34:23 +0000 Wulfeous 2957@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Still oddness. A different subdomain that I had setup alread, directs properly, and I was able to setup sqlbuddy on it, instead of phpmyadmin. It's not a bad replacement at all, actually. Worth checking out, if only for how simple it is to put into place and use.</p> <p>I'm just still unable to set up new subdomains. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/hostname-problem#post-2956 Sun, 22 Apr 2012 00:04:58 +0000 Wulfeous 2956@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>well... i hate to ask, but is 54321 representing your real port? :) </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/cant-get-to-phpmyadmin-webpage#post-2955 Sat, 21 Apr 2012 23:57:01 +0000 Wulfeous 2955@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Pretty confused on this one. can't seem to find any similar problems to work an answer out of, either.</p> <p>I've followed the phpmyadmin install guide of guv's, and am having trouble getting to it's page so that I can see my DB's.<br /> On cloudflare's DNS settings, I have an (example) A type entry of phpma to subdomain to my ip address.<br /> (I also already attempted changing it to a cName type that is a subdomain to mySite.com to no avail)</p> <p>No matter how I put it into cloudflare, when i go to phpma.mySite.com it instantly redirects straight to mySite.com instead of going to the phpmyadmin login.</p> <p>I am using 11.04, and it seems that the directories are a little different from the guide, but I'm pretty sure that I've accounted for it.</p> <p>my 'etc/nginx/sites-available/phpma.mySite.com' :<br /> <pre><code>server { listen 80; server_name phpma.mySite.com; access_log /home/myUser/public_html/mySite.com/log/phpmyadmin.access.log; error_log /home/myUser/public_html/mySite.com/log/phpmyadmin.error.log; location / { root /usr/share/phpmyadmin; index index.php; } # pass the PHP scripts to FastCGI server listening on 127.0.0.1:9000 # location ~ \.php$ { fastcgi_pass 127.0.0.1:9000; fastcgi_index index.php; include /etc/nginx/fastcgi_params; fastcgi_param SCRIPT_FILENAME /usr/share/phpmyadmin/$fastcgi_script_name; } }</code></pre> <p>I really don't see why I'm being redirected to the main site. Any idea's? </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/need-a-dedicated-server#post-2954 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 21:36:31 +0000 shelley corbin 2954@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>i have been told that in order to run with the big dogs in a certian industry i will need to have a dedicated server. i dont anything about them, are they like vps servers? i know they are the stage above servers and more expensive. but are they like vps in terms of managing? do they have managed and cheaper unmanaged? is there a site like this one for dedicated servers? thanks </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/resource-hog#post-2953 Thu, 19 Apr 2012 20:22:04 +0000 parkerj 2953@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Is there a tool I can use on an Nginx server to figure out what site is hogging up all the resources? </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/ubuntu-1204-in-beta#post-2952 Sun, 15 Apr 2012 18:44:53 +0000 shelley corbin 2952@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>thats a relief, thanks! </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/any-guides-for-setup-vps-using-debian-60-x86-minimal#post-2951 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 18:54:35 +0000 Abdul Karim 2951@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hello<br /> Please any help or any guide for setup VPS using debian-6.0-x86-minimal </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/nginx-upload-progress-module-config#post-2950 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 04:56:47 +0000 the_guv 2950@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hi Karl, I've never used that but have you tried the module reference at the nginx wiki? There should be a readme with the mod too, explaining the parameters. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/nginx-upload-progress-module-config#post-2949 Sat, 14 Apr 2012 01:35:48 +0000 Karl Gray 2949@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hi All,<br /> I have a vps set as per the set up instructions here... many thanks. I have just re-compiled nginx with the upload progress module, again thanks for the instructions for rebuilding without downtime etc.<br /> Now the question i am a little lost in getting the config files for nginx correct to use the upload progress mod. The server is up and running, the mod is there (nginx -V) i even get a response back when i try to up load i get { 'state' : 'starting' } but that's it and no more.<br /> So any pointers, suggestions would be greatly appreciated.</p> <p>Thanks<br /> Karlos </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/buddypress-wordpress-mu-nginx-rewrites#post-2948 Tue, 10 Apr 2012 12:11:26 +0000 the_guv 2948@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>hey pallefar, that's very sub-niche, so to say, and you may need to trawl some buddypress haunts for an answer but ...</p> <p>... first things first, were the pretty links working when you first setup WP and then, on converting to Multisite?</p> <p>(this could be a cookie issue, so bear that in mind as well.) </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/buddypress-wordpress-mu-nginx-rewrites#post-2946 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 13:54:33 +0000 pallefar 2946@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hi Guys</p> <p>I hope someone can help me with the rewrite in the nginx.conf for wordpress mu and buddypress. I have trouble with login in to buddypress after registering, even with my admin account it will not work. I can still go to wp-admin and it will show me as logged in. this is very weird.I am sure that it is a rewrite problem, as I have debugged the rest</p> <p>thanks in advacne </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/ubuntu-1204-in-beta#post-2945 Mon, 09 Apr 2012 04:55:19 +0000 the_guv 2945@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>It'll still be buggy Shelley, so "no". It would be bad advice to say yes, in fact, until the alpha has been out for at least a month, IMHO.</p> <p>10.04's supported till 2015 and the upgrade is generally a simple command so I'd not get het up about this anyway :) </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/ubuntu-1204-in-beta#post-2944 Sun, 08 Apr 2012 05:48:14 +0000 shelley corbin 2944@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>i need to set up my vps for my community site in the next 3 days. Ubuntu 12.04 in beta is now available. do you think its alright to use for my production site now? i mean, if i use lts 10.64 for my site, would i have to rebuild the server all over again to switch to lts 12.04?<br /> thanks guv </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/hostname-question-for-postfix#post-2943 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:49:21 +0000 the_guv 2943@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>hey textbook .. ditto <a href="http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/cannot-upload-wordpress-theme" rel="nofollow">http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/cannot-upload-wordpress-theme</a> .. catching up now, is this still an issue? lemme know. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/magento-and-nginx#post-2942 Fri, 06 Apr 2012 13:34:34 +0000 the_guv 2942@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>mcsmythe, that's damn kind of you, appreciated.</p> <p>magento tho, to be honest, isn't a priority. i'm still working on the new site, the second gen vpsBible 2.0, if you like, and the new default content, other than what we have here, concentrates more on the core server, such as alternative distros, admin and security, plus a wizard to chuck out bespoke scripts.</p> <p>... it's been a long time coming, and will be a couple months more yet, but it'll be here.</p> <p>(am i rambling? maybe i had too much whiskey too :P .. one tries!) </p>