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Archiving old content (tar gzip) In this article we'll explain how and why you should archive your old content - particularly... CSF Error: *WARNING* Binary location for [HOST] [/usr/bin/host] in /etc/csf/csf.conf is either incorrect, is not installed or is not executable Following the install of CSF (ConfigServer Security & Firewall) on some servers, you may... CSF Error: *WARNING* URLGET set to use LWP but perl module is not installed, reverting to HTTP::Tiny Following the install of CSF (ConfigServer Security & Firewall) on some servers, you may... Choosing the best DNS resolvers for a server Customers often ask us what we'd recommend they use as DNS resolvers on their server. This... Clone the partition table of a GPT disk Let's say you've a server running a software RAID setup with multiple HDDs or SSDs, but one of... Counting inodes / number of files per directory From time to time we experince confusion over storage space utilisation. Namely, "where did all... Defragment an ext4 filesystem First of all, there's almost no need to ever defragment an ext4 filesystem. No, really, we mean... Deleting many files - the easy way If you've ever gone in to a directory, for example a mail or log directory, and wanted to clear... Enable Connection Pool mode for LSAPI with cPanel and CloudLinux If you're running a cPanel + WHM server atop the CloudLinux OS, you're probably already using its... Finding large files in Linux Suddenly you've found that your servers' disk is 90% full but have no idea where all the space... Growing / expanding ZFS pools on Linux So you've installed ZFS for Linux on your virtual server, and then ran out of space. Not a... How to force reboot a Linux machine Sometimes we find ourselves in sticky situations, where devices have locked up, or multiple disk... How to resize LVM partitions Sometimes when users install their operating systems from ISOs manually, they choose to install... Improve CSF iptables performance with ipset Servers running iptables with CSF firewall can become slow and bogged down while processing the... Monitoring network connections with netstat Netstat is a useful Linux tool to help understand who is connected to/from your server, which... Speed up & secure cloud servers with more Entropy In Linux, Entropy refers to randomness that is generated by a virtual random number generator,... Troubleshooting a hacked server It is an unfortunate fact of life that web servers get hacked, through many different vectors... Use mysqldump to backup a database Almost all modern websites run with the help of a MySQL backend. Whether it's Wordpress, Magento,...
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