Should You Change Your Windows RDP Port? Yes.
A colleague has a couple Windows VPSes which are getting hammered on the RDP port by attackers trying to get in. What's the easiest way to stop that?
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DediRock: Not Just Dedicated Servers! They Have Cheap VPSes in Buffalo and Los Angeles, Too!
DediRock isn't just dedicated servers! They have some cheap VPS offers for us in Buffalo, NY and Los Angeles, CA. Check 'em out!
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You Don't Want to Start a Hosting Company: A Parallel From History
Let's see, a market with a low barrier to entry, a reputation for cheap prices, and giant competitors...should you jump in?
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Get 20% Off (Recurring!) on Felware's Awesome Lineup of Cheap Dedicated Servers in Madison, Wisconsin!
Welcome back, Felware! They've got a 20% exclusive coupon code for us on their dedicated servers in Madison, Wisconsin. Cool!
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Enjoy VisualWebTechnologies' 65% Off Spring Sale!
VisualWebTechnologies is back with a 65% offer. What do you think? On offer is cPanel, cPanel reseller, DirectAdmin, and DirectAdmin reseller.
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NSD Tutorial Updated for 2024: Now With Zone Transfers!
I'm updating our guide to running an NSD authoritative DNS server to do proper zone transfers, like I showed you in the YouTube video tutorial. We go from scratch to having 2 redundant DNS servers in this howto.
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cPanel VPS Licenses for Only $4.00/Month! Dedicated for Only $4.50/Month! But There's One Important Detail...
Can you really get a cPanel license for $4.00/month? Or a cPanel dedicated server license for $4.50/month?
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Gloo.top - a Cool LowEndTalk Member Link Shortener You Should Check Out!
We love to highlight projects created by our members, and today we're taking a look at @noob404's link shortener, gloo.top.
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Setup a Highly Available Wordpress Site From Scratch, 2024 Edition! Part 7: Round-Robin DNS, Let’s Encrypt, & Conclusion
Three years ago, we published a series on building a highly-available Wordpress site from scratch. Now we're going to refresh the technology stack and bring it up to date for 2024. We're at the final part and now we're going to wrap up with round-robin DNS, Let's Encrypt, and a test of the HA setup.
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Let's Check In: sh97's Network Benchmark Script has Plenty of New Developments!
Last July we wrote about sh97's network benchmarking script, network-speed. He's been hard at work improving it. Let's check in!
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Setup a Highly Available Wordpress Site From Scratch, 2024 Edition! Part 6: MariaDB Multi-Master
Three years ago, we published a series on building a highly-available Wordpress site from scratch. Now we're going to refresh the technology stack and bring it up to date for 2024. In part six, we're setting up MariaDB multi-master replication using Galera.
Read MoreSetup a Highly Available Wordpress Site From Scratch, 2024 Edition! Part 5: Wordpress Install
Three years ago, we published a series on building a highly-available Wordpress site from scratch. Now we're going to refresh the technology stack and bring it up to date for 2024. In part five, we're using the Gluster install we did in the previous part to setup Wordpress.
Read MoreSetup a Highly Available Wordpress Site From Scratch, 2024 Edition! Part 4: Gluster
Three years ago, we published a series on building a highly-available Wordpress site from scratch. Now we're going to refresh the technology stack and bring it up to date for 2024. In part four, we're installing GlusterFS and getting it working on all three nodes.
Read MoreIntroducing a New Cheap Server Provider: Nuyek, Including Datacenter Pics!
Welcome, Nuyek! They just posted their Grand Opening thread on LowEndTalk last month. Let's take a peek.
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Setup a Highly Available Wordpress Site From Scratch, 2024 Edition! Part 3: Ansible
Three years ago, we published a series on building a highly-available Wordpress site from scratch. Now we're going to refresh the technology stack and bring it up to date for 2024. In part three, we'll leverage Ansible to make our setup fast and easy.
Read MoreColoCrossing's Spring Sale: Dedicated Servers from $30/Month, Cheap VPS with 20TB Bandwidth, Dedicated Core Cloud Metal, and MORE!
ColoCrossing is having a spring sale and they've got cheap dedicated servers, wonderful VPS offers, dedicated-core cloud metal servers, and a colocation bonus for you!
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Setup a Highly Available Wordpress Site From Scratch, 2024 Edition! Part 2: Ordering the VPSes
Three years ago, we published a series on building a highly-available Wordpress site from scratch. Now we're going to refresh the technology stack and bring it up to date for 2024. In part two, we'll step through provisioning these VMs at Hetzner.
Read MoreWant a FREE VPS? Yes, for Real! Check Out ErtixNodes
Want a FREE VPS? I do really mean free. Other than some sensible abuse precautions, this is a zero-cost, no credit card required free VPS offer from ErtixNodes. Check it out!
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Setup a Highly Available Wordpress Site From Scratch, 2024 Edition! Part 1: Introduction, Considerations, and Architecture
Three years ago, we published a series on building a highly-available Wordpress site from scratch. Now we're going to refresh the technology stack and bring it up to date for 2024. In part one, we're covering some background, design considerations, and architecture.
Read MoreLooking for a Cheap Domain and Don't Care About the TLD?
Recently I was looking for a cheap domain and didn't care about the TLD. Here's a quick overview of the cheapest of the cheap.
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The Coolest Project Ever: bashvm
Today we're going to take a look at a really cool project: bashvm.com. This project allows you to create, modify, and manage virtual machines using - you guessed it - bash. The entire environment is coded as a bash shell script. That's really neat!
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ByteHosting Has a Hot Deal for Us in Germany! Wow!
Another huge RAM offer from ByteHosting, and it's awesome! Tons of CPU, RAM, and storage in Germany for a ridiculously low price.
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Luxvps: Less Than €6/Month for 4 Cores/20GB RAM in Frankfurt, Germany!
It's time for another big RAM offer from Luxvps! On offer is =big RAM system for very cheap in Frankfurt, Germany.
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QuadraNet Acquired by Edge Centres
QuadraNet has been acquired by Edge Centres, expanding the latter's US footprint. This was reported in Datacenter Dynamics...oh wait, they pulled the article.
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Have You Tried DartNode Yet? Maybe You Should!
DartNode has a cheap VPS offer for you...and a tease about some cheap dedicated servers coming up!
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MetalVPS: Clueless Administrator, No Billing Panel - What the Heck?
Do you want a VPS from a clueless administrator? Maybe you do! Check out Not_Oles' pet project.
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PikaPods: Spin Up Tons of Apps for Cheap on This Awesome Service! Let's Do a Deep Dive
One of my favorite services is PikaPods, which allows you to effortlessly spin up nearly 80 apps (and growing) including development, database, monitoring, collaboration, note-taking, and more. Let's dive in!
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We are Social Butterflies! Check Us Out Wherever You Browse, View, or Tap!
Confession time: we want to grow our social media presence. Besides the economic reasons, it's also part of our core mission to educate people who are paying way too much for hosting services.
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