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Signs That You've Outgrown Shared Hosting and Should Upgrade to a VPS

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Sep 07, 2020
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This article was written by Dustin B. Cisneros of RackNerd, a seasoned hosting industry veteran who has contributed this article piece for the community. Sometimes, growth is inevitable - and it’s important to be planned and ready for it. Are you currently hosting your website on Shared Hosting? In this article, we’ll go over some signs to watch out for throughout your growth journey - we will be pointing out some signs t...

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Signs That You've Outgrown Shared Hosting and Should Upgrade to a VPS

Installing Docker Compose on Ubuntu 20.04

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Sep 06, 2020
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This article was contributed by Dustin B. Cisneros of RackNerd - LowEndBox appreciates your contribution as always! Looking for a KVM VPS to run your Docker applications on? Be sure to check out RackN...

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Installing Docker Compose on Ubuntu 20.04

How to Install Remote Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04 with XRDP

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Sep 03, 2020
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This article was contributed by Dustin B. Cisneros of RackNerd - LowEndBox appreciates your contribution as always! Looking for a KVM VPS to run Remote Desktop on? Be sure to check out RackNerd’s late...

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How to Install Remote Desktop on Ubuntu 20.04 with XRDP

Setup Detachable and Reattachable Terminal Sessions With tmux on your VPS

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Aug 31, 2020
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tmux (Terminal Multiplexer) is a program that you can use to have a detachable terminal session on your VPS. This means you can login, execute some commands, and then disconnect, returning hours or da...

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Setup Detachable and Reattachable Terminal Sessions With tmux on your VPS

Take Control of Your Cron Jobs With Rundeck

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Aug 29, 2020
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In this tutorial, we'll show you how to setup and get started with Rundeck, a free (as in beer) job control solution. Why Rundeck? For some simple needs, crontab suffices.  If you have a job you want...

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Take Control of Your Cron Jobs With Rundeck

Frequently Asked Questions: KVM VPS Explained

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Aug 27, 2020
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As part of our continued "Frequently Asked Questions" Series on Virtualization we've published a short starter's friendly FAQ On KVM based VPS plans. If you're looking to learn more beyond this articl...

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Frequently Asked Questions: KVM VPS Explained

Using Google Authenticator for SSH and Console Connections to Your VPS

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Aug 22, 2020
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In this tutorial, we're going to show you how to setup your VPS to use two-factor authentication for both normal SSH connections and console logins with Google Authenticator. What is Two-Factor Authen...

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Using Google Authenticator for SSH and Console Connections to Your VPS

How to Setup a Browser-Based Desktop with a Single Script

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Aug 20, 2020
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In August 2020, @dedipromo posted a neat script on LowEndTalk that he'd developed.  The script sets up Guacamole, Nginx, the xfce4 desktop GUI, Firefox, VNC, and Let's Encrypt.  After running it, you...

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How to Setup a Browser-Based Desktop with a Single Script

Catching Intruders With a Trip Wire: The AIDE Package

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Aug 20, 2020
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Your Linux VPS lives in a hostile, dangerous world: the Internet.  Left unsecured, your system is vulnerable to compromise, which can result in lost data, incurred charges, and general unpleasantness....

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Catching Intruders With a Trip Wire: The AIDE Package

How to install Webmin on Ubuntu 20.04

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Aug 18, 2020
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This article was contributed by Dustin B. Cisneros from RackNerd, a seasoned contributor of the hosting industry for 12+ years. If you are looking for VPS hosting services - take a look at their lates...

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How to install Webmin on Ubuntu 20.04

Billing Software/Platforms for Your Hosting Business Compared

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Aug 16, 2020
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Billing platforms make your life easier when running a hosting business, as billing platforms are just not limited to, billing your customers, but also to provide complete automation of services. Ever...

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Billing Software/Platforms for Your Hosting Business Compared

How to Run a TOR Node on Your VPS

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Aug 13, 2020
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TOR (The Onion Router) is FOSS software to allow onion routing. It is designed to defeat traffic analysis. In this tutorial, we'll talk about the three kinds of routers you can run to contribute to th...

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Create Your Own Self-Hosting Mailinator With inbucket

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Aug 12, 2020
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Does this sound familiar: you want to look at the content on some web site, but it requires you to sign up with your email address.  You know that if you do, you'll be spammed continuously until you g...

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Create Your Own Self-Hosting Mailinator With inbucket

How to Disable IPv6 on Ubuntu

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Aug 06, 2020
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This article was contributed by Dustin B. Cisneros of RackNerd. If you are considering a VPS hosting solution, take a look at RackNerd. RackNerd is an established brand, reputable reputation, and is a...

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How to Disable IPv6 on Ubuntu

Protect Your VPS With an Electronic Pitbull: Active Firewalls

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Aug 01, 2020
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A firewall is a security tool that blocks network traffic, with many different configuration options.  For example, you could configure your firewall to block all traffic except attempts to connect to...

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Protect Your VPS With an Electronic Pitbull: Active Firewalls

CentOS 6 End of Life is Coming! Upgrade to a new CentOS 7 VPS Now

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Jul 26, 2020
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This article was contributed by the folks at RackNerd - a provider of shared hosting, reseller hosting, VPS hosting, dedicated servers, DRaaS, colocation, and more.  CentOS 6 will reach End of Life on...

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CentOS 6 End of Life is Coming! Upgrade to a new CentOS 7 VPS Now

Easy File Sharing With sshfs

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Jul 19, 2020
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scp, sftp, and other protocols are useful for one-time file transfers, but what if you want to have a permanent connection that allows you to treat a remote filesystem as local? You could look at nfs,...

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Why (And When) To Use A VPS Instead of Shared Hosting

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Jul 17, 2020
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Have you ever wondered what the difference between a VPS and Shared Hosting account is? This article was contributed by RackNerd, a provider of shared hosting, VPS hosting, dedicated servers, DRaaS, C...

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Why (And When) To Use A VPS Instead of Shared Hosting

How to Enable Google's TCP BBR on a Linux VPS

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Jul 14, 2020
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This article was contributed by Dustin B. Cisneros of RackNerd - LowEndBox appreciates your contribution as always! Be sure to check out RackNerd’s latest LowEndBox specials if you are looking for a K...

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How to Enable Google's TCP BBR on a Linux VPS

What is a Hybrid Server? Hybrid Dedicated Servers Explained

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Jul 10, 2020
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Throughout the past year, you may have noticed more Hybrid Server offerings being featured here on LowEndBox. While this is a relatively new offering so to speak, the LowEndBox staff are working to ge...

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What is a Hybrid Server? Hybrid Dedicated Servers Explained

Best Web Hosting Control Panels after the cPanel Price Hike

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Jul 02, 2020
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Web Hosting Control Panels play a very important role in shared hosting as it provides easy management of web hosting, databases, DNS configuration and mail box. One of the most common control panel,...

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Best Web Hosting Control Panels after the cPanel Price Hike

What is Bandwidth? Bandwidth vs. Transfer Explained

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Jun 29, 2020
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This article was contributed by Dustin B. Cisneros of RackNerd. If you are looking for a VPS or web hosting service - be sure to check out RackNerd! For those who are new to the LowEndBox website comm...

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What is Bandwidth? Bandwidth vs. Transfer Explained

KVM VPS – What To Look For in a KVM VPS Provider

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Jun 12, 2020
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This article was contributed by Dustin B. Cisneros from RackNerd, a seasoned and knowledgeable contributor of the hosting industry for 12+ years. Whether you are looking for shared hosting, reseller h...

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KVM VPS – What To Look For in a KVM VPS Provider

Frequently Asked Questions: Los Angeles VPS

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Jun 07, 2020
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We know that many shoppers who visit LowEndBox to find a cheap VPS, cheap dedicated server or something else prefer that it be hosted in Los Angeles, California. The Los Angeles datacenter market is o...

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Frequently Asked Questions: Los Angeles VPS

Improved Server Security By Closing Ports With nmap Monitoring

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Jun 07, 2020
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A cardinal rule of security is to avoid running services you don't need.  A logical extension of that rule is to not expose ports to the public Internet unnecessarily. You may have a very good reason...

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Improved Server Security By Closing Ports With nmap Monitoring

How to Set Up Plex Media Server on Your Cheap VPS

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May 28, 2020
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With a huge portion of the world's population told to stay home, many people are looking for ways to fill the time. Setting up a home media server might be a great idea and help keep you and your love...

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Free SSL with NGINX and LetsEncrypt on Debian 10

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May 26, 2020
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Let's Encrypt is a free https certificate you can install on your cheap VPS for free, browser-validated https.  In this tutorial, we'll walk through setting up Let's Encrypt https on an nginx host run...

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Free SSL with NGINX and LetsEncrypt on Debian 10

cPanel Reseller Hosting - What’s new? The before and after!

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May 09, 2020
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This article was contributed by Dustin B. Cisneros from RackNerd, a seasoned and knowledgeable contributor of the hosting industry for 12+ years.  What is Reseller Hosting? Reseller Hosting is a form...

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cPanel Reseller Hosting - What’s new? The before and after!
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