Here is an interesting project in which we had to design and build a strong, reliable, redundant, and cost-efficient private cloud. We used XCP-NG as a XenServer-based HyperVisor, and opensource technologies for the VM(s) running inside. BareMetal servers were rented
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Dealing with aggressive bot scanners
Google is your friend, but sometimes their crawler can be a little bit aggressive consuming resources from your webservers (and sometimes even crashing it). With static sites or at least sites that are using a decent cache, this shouldn’t be
Litespeed Geo Location Redirect
Here we will use a geolocation DB combined with a Litespeed webserver to redirect visitors on our site to a different version or language of the site based on their location. In this example, we are using Centos 7 and
JetBackup :: Restore on steroids !
NOTE: Please Use this guide with proper caution. Running this script can cause a spike on your server’s load if not monitored properly. UPDATE: In JetBackup 5, task processing is now service based which allows for simultaneous processing for up
cPanel :: Safely restore an account after enabling NGiNX
cPanel now officially supports Nginx as a web server (completely replaces Apache). You can read more about their implementation in their official documentation here. We’ve been playing around with it, and while everything seemed to be working out of the
CentOS :: Connecting iSCSI device
In this guide we will see how to add an iSCSI device into XenServer (version 6.5 and above). In this guide we will use iSCSI device mapped into a FreeNAS box. You can see here how to create iSCSI device
XenServer :: Connecting iSCSI SR
In this guide we will see how to add an iSCSI device into XenServer (version 6.5 and above). You can see here how to create iSCSI device using FreeNAS. Note: Server’s IQN is shown in the general tab (server, not
Jetbackup :: Better safe then sorry
JetBackup version 4+ introduced a fancy new filtering system. You can filter your backup job to do almost anything letting you squeeze the most out of your backup job. While having so many filter options can be powerful, sometimes you
JetBackup Cheat Sheet :: Automatically Acknowledge Alerts
JetBackup version 4+ introduced a fancy new alerts system in which you can easily get an overview of your notifications in one central place. There are 3 types of alerts : Information, Warning & Critical . You can also get
cPanel – Preventing users from downloading / restoring accounts
As hosting providers, you sometimes have to deal with huge account backups (over 100GB per account for example). JetBackup will make your life easier backing up these huge accounts, however restoring them is not always something we want to do.