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How to install and configure LEMP (Nginx, MySQL and PHP) server on a Debian 6 (squeeze) VPS
Nginx is a free, open-source, high-performance HTTP server which unlike his ‘friends’, it does not rely on threaded handling of the requests but instead it uses a much more scalable event driven (asynchronous) architecture. This uses a very small and predictable amount of memory under heavy load. Nginx in combination with the simple and very robust FastCGI Process Manager for PHP (PHP-FPM) and the world most popular database server MySQL can give you a lot of power and performance while still using a small memory footprint.
The following article looks at how to install and configure this stack on one of our Debian based VPSes.
How to Reset MySQL Root Password
We will show you, how to reset MySQL root password. If you assigned a root password previously but have forgotten it, you can assign a new password. Resetting the root password of MySQL server, is fairly easy task, and it can be accomplished in less than 10 minutes.
Security Tips for Your Server
One of the first things you should do when running a Virtual Private Server (VPS) is to secure your server as much as possible. This way you will protect your server against various security attacks which may harm or even destroy your data.
Here are a few easy tips on how to improve the stability and security of your Virtual Private Server:
VPS Hosting vs Shared Hosting
A VPS or a virtual private server provides a complete resource isolation, meaning the hardware resources like CPU, hard disk space and memory assigned to a specific virtual server are dedicated and fully available to it at all times. In a shared hosting environment all accounts on the physical server share the resources of the host server and many resources are capped and limited in order to save the host server from unexpected overuse.
Virtual Users And Domains With Sendmail
The objective of this guide is to enable Sendmail’s virtual user table, which allows us to configure user-specific and domain-wide email aliases for multiple domains. These instructions assume you are using a CentOS virtual server.
Why is a Linux VPS a better choice than a Windows VPS
Linux VPS hosting has become very popular among businesses, programmers and developers nowadays, mainly due to its many advantages in terms of cost effectiveness, flexibility, better performance, security, stability, reliability and functionality of course. As an operating system GNU/Linux became the world’s most dominant hosting solution for Internet hosting businesses mainly because of the many benefits you’ll get by using it on your servers.
So, why is a Linux based VPS better choice than a Windows based VPS?