http://vpsbible.com/forums/forum/welcome-to-the-vps-forums Setup Unmanaged VPS for Linux Noobs! en-US Wed, 23 May 2012 02:38:10 +0000 http://bbpress.org/?v=1.0.2 q http://vpsbible.com/forums/search.php http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/cant-add-new-topic#post-2801 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 16:25:03 +0000 the_guv 2801@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>hey Tony, I think you'd have more insight on this at the WP forums.</p> <p>Not an nginx/PHP thing from what you say.</p> <p>(One thing that would work for sure is to take any universal rules, CSS or otherwise, dropping them into a plugin and then network-activating that ... terribly trendy thing to do these days ;) </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/cant-add-new-topic#post-2800 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:57:10 +0000 Tony Cardozo 2800@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>I used your great WordPress 3 for Sub-Sites on LEMP stack to setup my linode server. Everything stack related installed great. But I was wondering if you had any insight on the following issue.</p> <p>I have a child theme installed and have modified the style.css as follows:</p> <p>Theme Name: Purple<br /> Author: Author<br /> Author URI: Domain<br /> Template: ParentTheme<br /> Version: 0.5.0</p> <p>(import statement here)</p> <p>Some css code..</p> <p>font-face {<br /> font-family: "BlackJackRegular";<br /> font-style: normal;<br /> font-weight: normal;<br /> src: url("fontfaces/BlackJack-fontfacekit/black_jack-webfont.eot?iefix") format("eot"),<br /> url("fontfaces/BlackJack-fontfacekit/black_jack-webfont.woff") format("woff"),<br /> url("fontfaces/BlackJack-fontfacekit/black_jack-webfont.ttf") format("truetype"),<br /> url("fontfaces/BlackJack-fontfacekit/black_jack-webfont.svg#webfontecqheqea") format("svg");<br /> }</p> <p>The problem I have is that the @fontface call doesn't work on the sub-sites. It works fine on the main domain but I assume it can't find the file on the sub-sites.</p> <p>The folders/files in question are in the child theme folder. Is there a different way I call to link the files? Is it a nginx setup issue?</p> <p>Will this be a problem again once I add domain mapping to the sub-sites?</p> <p>Thanks in advance for any help/insight.</p> <p>Sorry for all the post but it wouldn't let me post all the code. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/cant-add-new-topic#post-2799 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:54:44 +0000 Tony Cardozo 2799@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <br /> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/cant-add-new-topic#post-2798 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:51:41 +0000 Tony Cardozo 2798@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <br /> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/cant-add-new-topic#post-2797 Wed, 15 Feb 2012 11:48:20 +0000 Tony Cardozo 2797@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>I have posted/created a new topic three times but it doesn't show up. Am i doing something wrong?</p> <p>Finally got it to work below. I assume I was being blocked out because of some of the code I pasted..... just saw the put code between backticks. </p> <p>I'm an idiot. Sorry. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/cant-view-the-premium-content#post-2745 Wed, 21 Dec 2011 15:57:39 +0000 the_guv 2745@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>@Yoona ... as I have said to n00bian in this thread - <a href="http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/need-account-activation#post-2744" rel="nofollow">http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/need-account-activation#post-2744</a> - </p> <p>... please accept my apologies. I've activated your account but, seeing as this guide is pretty time-sensitive for folks wanting to set up a server *now*, let me know if you'd prefer a refund. Either way, I fully understand.</p> <p>I had to take a back seat on vpsB for a while but am working now on the next generation site which will be launching in the next few weeks.</p> <p>@mark (and new subscribers) ... the problem Yoona and n00bian have had was that, after subscribing via Paypal, they were redirected to a page on this site to register a username and password. They didn't fill in those details so the registration was incomplete.</p> <p>... the problem with this vpsBible system is that not everyone sees the new page, else assumes - understandably - that their subscription is complete with the Paypal process.</p> <p>I'm simplifying the subscription and membership process with the new site (which is frankly leagues better) but in the meantime, *whether or not you're already a non-subscribing (forum) member*, here's the process:-</p> <p>1. click the "subscribe" button on the homepage<br /> 2. fill out the Paypal form<br /> 3. ... you will be redirected to the vpsBible registration page ...<br /> 4. fill out the form, basically with your username and password.<br /> (5. you'll receive an *immediate* email confirming your membership)<br /> 6. log in and enjoy the content :)</p> <p>Again, apologies. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/cant-view-the-premium-content#post-2739 Sat, 17 Dec 2011 19:27:02 +0000 mark 2739@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>have you resolve with account activation? I want to subscribe...but if your account have not been activated...... </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/cant-view-the-premium-content#post-2738 Thu, 15 Dec 2011 06:50:41 +0000 Yoona 2738@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>I subscribed, how am I suppose to view the premium content? </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/postfix-and-email-aliases-for-other-domains-on-vps#post-2537 Thu, 18 Aug 2011 18:48:42 +0000 Benja 2537@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>the_guv, thanks! That is very helpful. Will look out for any new documentation on the email forwarding/aliases issues. I have seen some sort of aliases set-ups using exim but that is set up on apache2 and not sure if (i guess not) it can 'live' alongside PostFix.</p> <p>Will have another look at GA terms as regards commercial email forwarding. </p> <p>By the way i had a look at rackspace's email hosting but will wait for the_guv's findings, if at all. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/postfix-and-email-aliases-for-other-domains-on-vps#post-2531 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 09:47:56 +0000 the_guv 2531@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Benja, please note that Hushmail (hushmail.com by the way) is only a suggestion. I'll be investigating alternative premium email services myself in the coming months. The benefit of such services is added security - basically greater anonymity (such as 256k AES server-side encryption) from the big and growing "brother" that is Google. That comes at a price, and services will be debated here in due course. I'm not quite sure yet what is the best way to go but this issue is increasingly pressing ... so watch this space.</p> <p>Re GA's terms, no, I don't think there are problems there, of being in breach, even with the free service. </p> <p>Postfix helps to organize email separation, domain to domain. I'd recommend you to use it but not to worry, if your system is working for now then leave it as it is and wait for new documentation here, giving more detail on configuration options. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/postfix-and-email-aliases-for-other-domains-on-vps#post-2530 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 02:54:00 +0000 Benja 2530@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>the_guv</p> <p>Many thanks! Yes i am all GA. Will check out hushmail too. However, for the purposes i want the aliases set up for third party use (attached to a freemium service later) i may infringe G's terms and conditions and hence the need to set-up separate. </p> <p>Btw i do use GA on other domains on a VPS (in addition to the primary domain set-up) but didn't set up PostFix for them at all. Do i have to really? What advantage would that provide. I mean i always receive and send mail via GA, and since most are on WP.</p> <p>Otherwise i always have a catch all at GA, quite handy at times. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/postfix-and-email-aliases-for-other-domains-on-vps#post-2528 Tue, 16 Aug 2011 14:22:31 +0000 the_guv 2528@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>hi Benja,</p> <p>Do you use Google Apps or a similar service (Hushmail etc)? If so, that's the easiest way, using their tools.</p> <p>Ie, set up an account for Joe, give him/her, say, <a href="mailto:joe@somesite.com">joe@somesite.com</a> then alias whatever other emails to that account. In your case, sure, set up the domain in the usual way, per the bible (and therefore including the Postfix part), do whatever you want with the domain (don't waste it, maybe have it redirect to a prime domain as shown in the Admin docs), then setup GA or whatever email service for the mail.</p> <p>With decent email providers you can also set up catch-all accounts which is great for spam cos, when some scum (frankly) has listed <a href="mailto:someaddress@somesite.com">someaddress@somesite.com</a>, just blacklist that email. Now, that may sound like a pain but consider this ... if you use different email addresses for each and every site/forum/etc you visit and one gets spidered and spammed (or worse, starts sending spam by spoofing the address) then to blacklist that particular address is no big deal. </p> <p>... You can be hyper-protective about the addresses you cherish, such as <a href="mailto:benja@whatever.com">benja@whatever.com</a>, and treat the rest as throwaways.</p> <p>Happy days :) </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/postfix-and-email-aliases-for-other-domains-on-vps#post-2527 Mon, 15 Aug 2011 19:55:30 +0000 Benja 2527@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Dear All</p> <p>I need to set up email aliases for another domain name on the VPS box (to forward email to different email addresses) and may as well run a site for the domain. Any idea, any one, how i go about setting up aliases in PostFix? Does Exim handle this sort of thing better? </p> <p>Cheers</p> <p>Benja </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/cant-log-in-to-phpmyadmin#post-2475 Tue, 26 Jul 2011 07:04:28 +0000 Keith Powers 2475@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>I installed phpmyadmin per the tutorial but can't log in. I get the message "Connection to controluser as defined in your configuration failed". Can someone please help me </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/awstats#post-2193 Sun, 15 May 2011 08:30:16 +0000 cdroo 2193@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Personally I prefer, use and recommend<br /> <a href="http://piwik.org/" rel="nofollow">http://piwik.org/</a></p> <p>Like Google Analytics, quick and easy to install and config, accurate (as accurate at GA in my experience), free and seems to love Nginx. ;-) </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/awstats#post-2184 Thu, 05 May 2011 16:12:27 +0000 Alan Son 2184@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>How can I install Awstats on Nginx?</p> <p>Or is their a better solution? I want to see what files have been called on the server. I have a local flash application that pulls in mp3 files via an xml file held on the server and it is this activity I want to track. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/php-ssl-library#post-2182 Tue, 03 May 2011 15:32:54 +0000 Alan Son 2182@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>1. Is it possible to upgrade PHP SSL library?</p> <p>2. How can I tell if server to server HTTPS via PHP is possible on my server? </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/hi-1#post-2170 Mon, 18 Apr 2011 06:02:51 +0000 arrentan 2170@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hi, I am new on this marvellous VPS bible and I am currently getting a new VPS for my hosting account.</p> <p>I am getting a plain CenTOS 5 linux vps and I need help on how to setup it with LAMP and powered by Nginx. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/i-got-welcome-to-nginx-initially-but-after-symlink-creation-not-seeing#post-2030 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 21:13:26 +0000 Duan Do 2030@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>I'm much better sorted now. Thanks Guv!<br /> Sometimes it may take booting up a brand new distro to recover. Very do-able. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/i-got-welcome-to-nginx-initially-but-after-symlink-creation-not-seeing#post-2026 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 16:09:37 +0000 the_guv 2026@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Duan, if you follow the guide you'll be fine :P (You'll be needing those symlinks!)</p> <p>Wait for your site's DNS to trickle through, can take a day or so, although sometimes just an hour or so.</p> <p>Until you setup your site's virtual host file, and DNS is resolving, you'll get the "default" v'host picking things up and giving you the Welcome to Nginx page.</p> <p>Once you've set everything up read <a href="http://vpsbible.com/hosting/move-website-procedure/">Moving Day! How to Move Your Blog or Site</a> for a trick to bypass the DNS (while waiting for it) to resolve your site. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/i-got-welcome-to-nginx-initially-but-after-symlink-creation-not-seeing#post-2025 Fri, 25 Feb 2011 06:38:16 +0000 Duan Do 2025@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>I'm just trying to get back to “Welcome to nginx!”<br /> I've deleted the Symlinks I believe.<br /> I did a re-install.<br /> This is getting frustrating.</p> <p>If I can at least get nginx running then I can carry on with VPS Bible. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/i-got-welcome-to-nginx-initially-but-after-symlink-creation-not-seeing#post-2023 Thu, 24 Feb 2011 19:34:00 +0000 Duan Do 2023@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>I'm thinking since I got "Welcome to Nginx" before /usr/local/nginx/sites-available/default, perhaps I should delete that latest piece.</p> <p>If anyone knows start the filename really be: default? To reference the server I just have localhost within the file, not the actual server name.<br /> Help would be appreciated. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/i-got-welcome-to-nginx-initially-but-after-symlink-creation-not-seeing#post-2017 Wed, 23 Feb 2011 20:25:26 +0000 Duan Do 2017@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>I got "Welcome to NGINX" initially, which felt great, but after Symlink creation, and trying to reference my VPS's IP I'm not seeing any site and I'm getting an error.</p> <p>Oops! Google Chrome could not connect to 173.255.x.x<br /> Unable to connect<br /> Firefox can't establish a connection to the server at 173.255.x.x</p> <p>Has anyone experienced this?<br /> I don't quite understand what the symlink does here to help.<br /> I'd really like to punch through the tutorial for learning purposes and set up one site.<br /> Thanks Guv and all others. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/cannot-find-phpmysql-please-help#post-1602 Sun, 24 Oct 2010 09:59:33 +0000 the_guv 1602@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>no idea John :P</p> <p>you got a virtual host file to look at?</p> <p>.. probably it's syntax in there </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/cannot-find-phpmysql-please-help#post-1593 Fri, 22 Oct 2010 03:30:46 +0000 John Qin 1593@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>I fixed phpmyadmin not fund issue. CAnnot delete this post.</p> <p>But I still have one more question. why my page not working with wwww</p> <p><a href="http://domain.com/postinfo.php" rel="nofollow">http://domain.com/postinfo.php</a><br /> works.<br /> <a href="http://www.domain.com/postinfo.php" rel="nofollow">http://www.domain.com/postinfo.php</a><br /> not working. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/guvs-directory-structure#post-1302 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 22:42:20 +0000 the_guv 1302@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hi Ben .. well, you security concerns aren't with the directory structure, they're with the rights your users have over what files.</p> <p>But yes, the new directory structure makes it ^easier^ to setup multiple human user accounts - and a bit easier to then jail user accounts - and that's why I changed it.</p> <p>What human users do you have/plan to have? </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/guvs-directory-structure#post-1288 Mon, 02 Aug 2010 16:35:28 +0000 Anonymous 1288@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Hi Olly</p> <p>Well I'm on the orginal file structure:</p> <p>/home/public_html/</p> <p>Is there a security issue leaving that as it is, as I've a fair few sites running now on my wee VPS and changing all the files &amp; settings would be a bit of a chore!</p> <p>Cheers<br /> Ben. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/guvs-directory-structure#post-1231 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 22:03:15 +0000 Lee Livezey 1231@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Of course, (hand just hit head) isolating the web directory under a user does make sense for managing security.</p> <p>Thanks yet again! </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/guvs-directory-structure#post-1226 Sat, 24 Jul 2010 11:10:53 +0000 the_guv 1226@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>hey Lee .. no right nor wrong, both are a matter of preference.</p> <p>with the web directory though, it's a question of more easily managed security. to keep a human user's files together, web or otherwise, means they can be isolated more easily from other users and system files. </p> http://vpsbible.com/forums/topic/guvs-directory-structure#post-1218 Fri, 23 Jul 2010 19:04:51 +0000 Lee Livezey 1218@http://vpsbible.com/forums/ <p>Guv, Being a noob, I'm curious why you choose the directory structures:</p> <p>/usr/local/nginx, and<br /> /home/USERNAME/public_html/ for the CMS's.</p> <p>At least in the Drupal community, most folks seem to be using:<br /> /etc/nginx, and<br /> /var/www/Drupal/sites</p> <p>I know you've got a good reason and I'm probably being dense for asking. But, I could use another "flat forehead moment" of enlightenment!</p> <p>Thanks </p>