Find a complete guide to Magento Optimization on a cPanel VPS. The
step by step instructions to do this yourself.
A complete guide to Magento Optimization on a cPanel VPS. The step by
step instructions to do this yourself are below.
We also offer this...
Learn how to migrate your website with no downtime! Follow our advice
to move your website without downtime.
Follow this advice to move your website to VPSBlocks without downtime:
* Firstly, sign up with us. Make sure you do NOT cancel your old
host...
GETTING MY VPS BACK ONLINE OR GETTING ACCESS AGAIN
1. If it's a cPanel server check to ensure it's not reachable through
a different internet connection (such as 3g/4g on your mobile phone).
If it is it means you have simply blocked yourself in the fire...
Wish to change operating system to another one? You can do so by
following the mentioned instructions in our tutorial.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can administer all...
Improving your website for optimal loading times is essentially a
culmination of three elements.
VPS VS SHARED HOSTING
A VPS (Virtual Private Server or Virtual Dedicated Server) gives you a
big advantage over shared hosting. You can configure it exactly...
Step-by-step tips on how to upgrade RAM or memory of your PC. Follow
VPSBlocks to upgrade today!
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can administer all your VPSs, change
accou...
Find question & answers on upgrading your desktop PC's processor, CPU
cores. Log on to VPSBlocks to do it yourself.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can administer all yo...
Complete tutorials about installing & using free control panel on a
VPS. Do it yourself by following VPSBlocks.
cPanel is great as a complete hosting package. But if you don't need
features like a web based file manager, VestaCP is a free control
panel ...
All related questions & answer on installing zPanel for Ubuntu server.
A self help guide to solve issues.
zPanel is a free alternative to cPanel. It's very easy to setup if you
follow the below instructions:
1. Login to your server via SSH (see:
https...
Learn how to increase additional free space on your hard disk.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can administer all your VPSs, change
account details, place new orders etc.
...
SLOW access via an IPV6 from a VPS in Australia? Here is the solution
to solve slowness accessing through your VPS.
Due to the way most operating systems work, IPv6 is preferred before
IPv4 when available - however the world isn't fully IPv6 ready even
...
If there isn't enough memory allocated on a server tasks may hang on
the server. Find step by step tips to solve it.
Find excellent tutorial on restart on task hang. Know how to setup the
server so it restarts if this occurs automatically.
Sometimes o...
Learn how to reprovision, reinstall, setup your VPS again. Follow step
by step tutorial guidelines and do it yourself.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can administer all y...
Change hostname or server name of a Linux system. Learn following step
by step tips to do it yourself.
To change the hostname on your actual VPS, you need to login via SSH
(see:
https://www.vpsblocks.com.au/support/Knowledgebase/Article/View/41/0/how-do...
Manage your DNS records directly through us by pointing the name
server to our existing domain. Follow the steps to know more.
If you wish to manage your DNS records directly through us you need to
set the name servers for your existing domain to ours. ...
Read this article & know how to cancel a service. This method works
for any services including VPS, SPAM Filtering, DNS Zones or
Licensing.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
password you can adminis...
To upload files to your server you need an FTP client installed on
your computer. You can download FileZilla for free at
http://filezilla-project.org/download.php
[http://filezilla-project.org/download.php]. If you use Windows on
your computer then downlo...
Now all cients can check their bandwidth by downloading our API
document. Read this article to know more.
All clients can check their bandwidth using our API. For details on
doing this please download the API document at
http://www.vpsblocks.com.au/file...
You can set up an SSH tunnel then access it as if it were local. Find
step by step tutorial to do it yourself.
FOR THOSE WHO USE MYSQL WORKBENCH OR OTHER MYSQL MANAGERS.
By default cPanel hosts are configured to NOT ALLOW the access to
MySQL server re...
If you purchase a Fantastico License you will need to install it to
your cPanel installation. This is extremely easy to do.
First you need to enable ioncube:
* Login to WHM (you will have been provided access in the VPS setup
email)
* Go to 'tweak...
Read the full knowledgebase article and know how you can cancel a
clients account.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
password you can administer all your VPSs, change account details,
place new orde...
This article explains how to add the incoming SPAM filter to any
domain you host with VPSBlocks. We partner with SPAM Experts who
provide a fantastic SPAM filter including a full control panel,
quarantine, whitelist/blacklist, filter settings, full report...
If you have an existing VPS & would like to upgrade resources, but
don't want to upgrade to next block level, read this.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can administer a...
Find details about errors When Parking Domains in cPanel. Learn to
identify most common error & solve errors.
The most common error states:
Using nameservers with the following IPs: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx
Sorry, the domain is already pointed to an IP address...
Read how to modify your reverse DNS entry / PTR record for any IPs you
own by doing the following.
HOW TO MODIFY YOUR REVERSE DNS ENTRY / PTR RECORD
When you create a VPS the domain you specify on the order form will
automatically be entered as the re...
Learn how to disable directory listing or browsing in cPanel? Read
easy 'how to' guidelines and do it yourself.
When you browse to your website and access a directory that has no
index.html, index.htm or index.php file, by default a list of all the
file...
Find instructions on how to create a new DNS record in name servers.
Read step by step tutorial to learn & do it yourself
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can administer ...
HOW TO TRACK ONLY OUTGOING CONNECTION TO CERTAIN PORTS ON LINUX
MACHINES USING NETSTAT
Sometimes it's required to filter incoming connections and listening
ports in netstat output and monitor it continuously.
Below is the example of that:
> watch -n5...
Learn how to refer people to VPSBlocks and earn affiliate commissions
easily.
Referring people to VPSBlocks and earning affiliate commissions is
easy.
HOW TO SETUP REFERRALS
1. Go to https://portal.controlmyvps.com.au
[https://portal.controlmyvps.co...
Specify Network Profiles (Domain, Public, Private) associated with
Windows Firewall settings for your Windows servers.
In Windows if you have an internal network adapter, and an external
network adapter and make the server a domain controller, it will
a...
This article explains the basic functionality of the SPAM Experts
control panel. It is for users who have purchased incoming SPAM
filtering. For help on ordering SPAM filtering please click here
[https://www.vpsblocks.com.au/support/Knowledgebase/Article/...
Simple steps on how to change your account password. Step by step
method for new learners.
This article explain how to change the your account level password.
This password is the one you use in combination with your email
address to login to the portal...
Find how to add additional services to your existing VPS on VPSBlocks.
A step by step tutorial for self learners.
To add additional services to your existing VPS:
Login at https://portal.controlmyvps.com.au
[https://www.vpsblocks.com.au/Login.aspx] us...
Follow simple instructions to rebuild Apache through cPanel for best
performance. A quick guide for fast learners.
To rebuild Apache through cPanel follow these instructions:
* Login to WHM as Root and follow the path
Main >> Software >> EasyApache (...
WINDOWS 2012 R2
To install .NET 3.5 you need to do the following
1. Mount the Windows 2012 R2 DVD, see:
https://www.vpsblocks.com.au/support/Knowledgebase/Article/View/33/0/mount-a-dvd
2. Open a powershell window and type: Install-WindowsFeature...
Find out details about red hat support for the Common Vulnerability.
Learn it youself by following step by step tutorial.
OVERVIEW
The Google Security Team
[https://googleonlinesecurity.blogspot.com/2016/02/cve-2015-7547-glibc-getaddrinfo-stack.html]
a...
CREATING A URL MONITOR FOR YOUR VPS
First you need to login to the VPSBlocks portal, and navigate to the
Monitors tab on the left hand panel. The screen shots below are
slightly outdated, but the functionality is the same.
We provide you with the abil...
Migrate accounts from one cPanel server to an another is easier. Learn
to migrate accounts from another cPanel server.
Copying accounts from an old cPanel server to a new one is very easy.
To migrate from one cPanel server to another, please do this:
1...
By default we block all traffic from China for security reasons. This
includes email as well as web and any other traffic. Most hackings and
DDOS attacks originate from China, and therefore in the interests of
reducing the risk to our network and our clie...
This article explain how to change the password we store for your VPS.
The password is used by VPSBlocks staff if they need to access your
VPS for administrative or support purposes so it's best if you keep it
updated if you change your root/administrator...
If you purchase server management VPSBlocks will be able to help
manage your server.
We will do the following on request:
* Update System Software
* Configure System Software
* Help with software installations
* Help in the event of issues rel...
Step-by-step tips on how to create a private network between your
Virtual Machines.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can administer all your VPSs, change
account details,...
When you do major changes such as upgrading your kernel you might want
an easy way to rollback any changes you make.
You can create a SnapShot of your VPS which exists for 48 hours
allowing you to easily roll back your VPS to when the SnapShot was
taken...
In case your Apache struggling with a lot of "scrapers" requests,
which leads to abnormally high LA (load average) please do as
described below:
* Login to your VPS via SSH as root (link here -
https://www.vpsblocks.com.au/support/Knowledgebase/Articl...
If you order a cPanel VPS, MySQL will be installed automatically for
you.
For any other VPS you can easily set up your own MySQL server on your
VPS.
To add new licenses to your existing VPSs you need to:
1. Login to https://portal.controlmyvps.com.au/Cloud.aspx
[https://portal.controlmyvps.com.au/Cloud.aspx] using your EMAIL
ADDRESS and password.
2. Click on 'Licensing' on the left hand menu
3. ...
If you want to change your VPS name this can be done through the
portal. Be aware however that your VPS name is simply the name we use
to identify your VPS.
This must be in the format either:
* something.yourdomain.com (if you own a domain name)
*...
When you try to create a redirect through cPanel, sometimes, you may
come across an error message similar to the one below.
> Apache detected an error in the Rewrite config.
> Syntax error on line x of
> /home/user/public_html/.htaccess.xxxxxxxxxxxxxxxx...
If you are trying to take a snapshot of a Windows VPS that is also a
domain controller this may fail. There is a bug in the hypervisor that
stops normal production snapshots from being taken of Windows servers
that are also running the domain controller r...
If you need to transfer ownership of a VPS to another party, you need
to do the following:
* If the new owner does not have an account with VPSBlocks, they
should create one at https://www.vpsblocks.com.au/clients/register.php
[https://www.vpsblocks.c...
We get asked regularly by prospective clients what speed is your
bandwidth. In a data center (DC) networking environment it's not
possible to answer this question. Networking in a DC is very different
from a connection to your ISP.
We pay for bandwi...
BANDWIDTH USAGE REPORTING
We monitor bandwidth at the NIC level. Your monthly bandwidth
allowance is calculated based on a calendar month.
You are alerted via email if:
1. You exceed 10% of your monthly bandwidth allocation in a single
day.
2. You...
This article explains how to request a restoration of an existing
backup.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can administer all your VPSs, change
account details, place new...
If you have a VPS that you wish to download the virtual disk for, you
can do that directly through the portal.
PORTAL LOGIN EXPLAINED
If you login to the portal website using your email address and
account level password you can administer all your VPSs...
First, you should optimise the performance of your website and the
server configuration. We recommend you read and follow suggestions at:
https://www.vpsblocks.com.au/support/Knowledgebase/Article/View/311/0/improving-website-performance
[https://www.vpsb...
If you see this error, it's likely that there is no session.save_path
listed in the php.ini for phpmyadmin.
To fix this:
* Login to your server via SSH [1]
* Type: cd /usr/local/cpanel/3rdparty/etc/phpmyadmin/
* Type: nano php.ini
* Look f...
Login to your VPS via SSH (we recommend using putty [1])
Perform the following commands one by one:
rm -fv cmq.tgz
wget http://www.configserver.com/free/cmq.tgz [2]
tar -xzf cmq.tgz
cd cmq
sh install.sh
Once these commands have been performed, log...
If you run Wordpress on HTTP-only host or instance which is behind
HTTPS proxy it is highly possible you will get infinite redirect loop
to HTTPS.
To fix that you need to modify the file wp-config.php and add
following lines:
if($_SERVER['HTTP_X_FORWA...
If you use SPAMExperts or another email filtering service that
forwards to your cPanel mail server, you need to ensure that
cPanel/exim doesn't check the SPF record for mail forwarded from your
filtering server, otherwise legitimate mail will be bounced. ...
Please note that installing mod_cloudflare is not working anymore at
least since January 2021.
Instead you need tp install mod_remoteip.
It can be done via:
1. Yum installer with command: yum install ea-apache24-mod_remoteip
or
2. Using WHM -> Easy...
If you are getting bounce back messages when sending emails from your
server to Outlook, Hotmail or MSN, and the bounce back contains the
following:
550 5.7.1 Unfortunately, messages from [x.x.x.x] weren't sent. Please
contact your Internet service provi...
If you have an emergency server down situation outside of our normal
phone hours for immediate service please call (1300) 839 448 and press
extension 5. You will be asked to leave a brief message including your
name and your VPS name. This will page one o...
Complete tutorials about installing & using free control panel on a
VPS. Do it yourself by following VPSBlocks.
cPanel is great as a complete hosting package. But if you don't need
features like a web based file manager, HestiaCP is a free control
panel...
You can view the VPSBlocks SLA at any time at
https://www.vpsblocks.com.au/files/VPSBlocks%20Service%20Level%20Agreement.pdf
[https://www.vpsblocks.com.au/files/VPSBlocks%20Service%20Level%20Agreement.pdf]