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Posted in Windows Servers on Feb 17, 2019

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How to change the default location for temporary backup files on Linux?

Posted in Plesk Control Panel on Jan 26, 2019

Connect to the server via SSH.

Create a backup of Plesk variables' configuration file:

# cp -a /etc/psa/psa.conf{,.bkp}

Modify DUMP_TMP_D variable value in /etc/psa/psa.conf, so it will point to desired path:

# grep DUMP_TMP_D /etc/psa/psa.conf
DUMP_TMP_D /mnt/backupdrive/tmp

Set 1777/drwxrwxrwt permissions for the new directory:

# chmod 1777 /mnt/backupdrive/tmp

So that the result is as follows:

# ls -ld /mnt/backupdrive/tmp
drwxrwxrwt 53 root root 20480 Feb 8 21:39 /mnt/backupdrive/tmp

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How to change virtual hosts locations in Plesk for Linux

Posted in Plesk Control Panel on Jan 26, 2019

In Plesk for Linux, transvhosts.pl utility can be used to change the location for all virtual hosts:

# /usr/local/psa/bin/transvhosts.pl --help

In the following example, the location is changed to /home directory:

# /usr/local/psa/bin/transvhosts.pl --dest-dir /home --correct-scripts

/home is the new location which you want to set. You can define the location as per your requirement.

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How to change the location for Plesk backup files on a Linux server ?

Posted in Plesk Control Panel on Jan 26, 2019

By default, all backup data is stored in the directory /var/lib/psa/dumps.

To change the default backup location, follow these steps:

Connect to a Plesk server via SSH.

Create a new directory for backups. In these example, we are using /plesk_backups:

# mkdir /plesk_backups

Set necessary ownership for the created directory:

# chown psaadm:psaadm /plesk_backups

Modify the backup location in the Plesk configuration file /etc/psa/psa.conf:

Open the file /etc/psa/psa.conf in a text editor (for example, vi editor).

Change the value of DUMP_D to the created directory from step 2

# Backups directory
...

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How to change the default location of mailboxes in Plesk for Linux?

Posted in Plesk Control Panel on Jan 26, 2019

By default, Plesk stores all mailboxes in the /var/qmail/mailnames/ directory. How to change this location?

Connect to the server using SSH

Find what SMTP and IMAP/POP3 servers are in use:

# /usr/local/psa/admin/bin/mailmng --features | egrep 'SMTP_Server|IMAP_POP3_Server'
$features['SMTP_Server'] = "Postfix";
$features['IMAP_POP3_Server'] = "Dovecot";
$features['SMTP_Server_package'] = "postfix";
$features['IMAP_POP3_Server_package'] = "dovecot";

Stop the SMTP service:

# service postfix stop

Open the file /etc/psa/psa.conf and change the PLESK_MAILNAMES_D variable: specify a new location for...

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How To Reset Root Password On CentOS 7

Posted in Linux Servers on Jan 24, 2019

To get started, turn on the machine that you’ve forgotten the root password on. For CentOS 7 devices, you’ll be given 5 seconds at the boot menu to select the operating system kernel to boot into.

That 5 seconds is important, because allows for admins to select different kernels or edit existing kernel parameters before booting.

At the boot menu, press e to edit the existing kernel (Core) as shown below.

Next, scroll down to the list until you see the line underlined below ( ro ) . What we need to do is change that ro to rw and start into a bash shell. It should look like this rw init=/sysro...

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How to Create a maintenance backup plan in SQL Server 2016 R2

Posted in Windows Servers on Jan 05, 2019

When you create a maintenance backup plan in SQL Server 2016 R2, you must identify how you want the plan to be set up. In this example, the maintenance plan is set up with full backups, differentials, and transactions logs.

Check SQL Server Agent service

Verify that the SQL Server Agent service is running and set to automatic. The maintenance plan depends on this service to run.

1. On the server, open the Run dialog box, type in services.msc and press Enter.
2. Find the SQL Server Agent service in the list and double-click it.
3. Click the Recovery tab and set the failure value to Restart the Service...

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How to manage csf via command line in linux server

Posted in Linux Servers on Jan 02, 2019

We can install the csf firewall to secure the Linux servers. We can manage the firewall via command line easily. Please read our the following article and command structure.

Start the firewall rules

Csf -s

Example: #csf -s

Flush/Stop firewall rules (note: lfd may restart csf)

csf -f

Example: #csf -f

Restart the firewall rules

csf -r

Example: #csf -r

Deny an IP and add to /etc/csf/csf.deny

csf -d 

Example: #csf -d 103.129.97.14

Flush all IPs from the temporary IP entries

csf -tf

Example: #csf -tf

Remove an IP from the temporary IP ban or allow list

csf -tr

Example: #csf -tr 103.129.97.14

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Wishing you and your family a Merry Christmas

Posted in Linux Servers on Dec 25, 2018

We would like to make the better use of this opportunity and congratulate our partners, who are benefited from our work. Hope for a better performing season in the new year.

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Christmas Offers on Cloud Hosting and Dedicated Servers

Posted in Windows Servers on Dec 23, 2018

Christmas Offers on Cloud Hosting and Dedicated Servers get 10 % discount.

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