Questions tagged [vps]
VPS stands for Virtual Private Server and usually refers to a single instance of a virtual machine leased for private running on a shared physical machine. Notice that Stackoverflow is for programming questions only, and configuration questions for these servers are typically off-topic.
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What is difference between Lightsail and EC2? [closed]
Recently Amazon launched Lightsail. Is there any difference between them? If yes, then what's the difference? Are Lightsail instances more powerful than EC2?
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Should I choose KVM or OpenVZ for my VPS? [closed]
My VPS provider gives me the choice between KVM and OpenVZ. What is the best choice for a VPS with 128MB or 256MB RAM?
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Hosting two domains using only one VPS? [closed]
Is it possible? Someone told me it is but I'm not sure.
If its possible, how should I do it? I have one /www folder where my website lies. How can I configure 2 different sites?
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Could not create work tree dir 'example.com'.: Permission denied
I have got a virtual private server with nginx Virtual Hosts setup (Server Blocks).
I've installed Git and got my ssh keys authenticated with GitHub.
I have my website running in
~/var/www/example....
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What's best Drupal deployment strategy? [closed]
I am working on my first Drupal project on XAMPP in my MacBook. It's a prototype and receives positive feedback from my client.
I am going to deploy the project on a Linux VPS two weeks later. Is ...
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AllowZoneDrifting - Firewalld: What is it and should I disable it?
I am new here, so please forgive me if I am asking something silly.
I have created a DO droplet on CentOS 8. After installing firewalld, I checked its status and it gives a warning.
Apr 24 05:56:...
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Warning: Stopping docker.service, but it can still be activated by: docker.socket
I've reinstalled Docker. When I'm trying to start Docker, everything is fine:
# /etc/init.d/docker start
[ ok ] Starting docker (via systemctl): docker.service.
until I want to stop Docker service ...
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Using BitBucket Pipelines to Deploy onto VPS via SSH Access
I have been trying to wrap my head around how to utilise BitBucket's Pipelines to auto-deploy my (Laravel) application onto a Vultr Server instance.
I have the following steps I do manually, which I ...
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Where can I get a virtual machine online? [closed]
I am looking for some VPS/ Virtual machine which should be available all the time and I must be able to access it from any computer having internet.
I know a few paid services but just wondering If I ...
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PM2 process disappears after reboot
I am using PM2 to run my node app as a service. My Node app is RAM Hungry so it consumes around 300 to 800mb of ram depending on traffic. My DigitalOcean droplet has 1GB RAM.
Sometimes out of the ...
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ssh in vscode error: Permission denied (publickey,password)
So I'm using the "Remote - SSH" plugin in VSCode to connect to my VPS and edit my code. I lost the connection, then had to hard-reset it after 30+ min. Now I can't access it with VSCode anymore [putty ...
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puppeteer not working on vps but running locally
I wrote a little puppeteer program that let me log into twitter and check a few things. Locally on mac OS Catalina, it is working but on VPS ubuntu 18.04 lts not working. And shows me a log at the ...
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Need some help choosing between Amazon EC2 and VPS [closed]
At my company we are looking at hosting a blog and a CMS . We are still in the process of building the product and havent made it live yet. We are looking at some hosting options. We need to have ...
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Can the GUI of an RDP session remain active after disconnect
I'm running automated testing procedures that emulates keystrokes and mouseclicks 24/7.
Although it runs fine locally, on an RDP session it stops running once minimized or disconnected. Apparently, ...
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How to install sqlite on Debian
I need to install SQLite on my Debian VPS server. Can someone help me out? Kindly give me steps because I'm a newbie here and have no idea.
Thank you
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NodeJS Managed Hostings vs VPS [closed]
There are a bunch of managed cloud based hosting services for nodejs out there which seem relatively new and some still in Beta.
Yet another path to host a nodejs app is setting up a stack on a VPS ...
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How do I know which linux user Wordpress uses for plugin installation
I'm trying to setup Wordpress to be able to install plugins via SFTP (SSH) on a Centos 6 VPS.
I've been able to modify wp-config so it uses the right credentials with user as my SFTP user.
Now I ...
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Capistrano mkdir permission denied
When I run cap production deploy I get cannot create directory ‘/var/www/application/repo’: Permission denied.
So far I've created deploy user like:
adduser deploy
adduser deploy sudo
and I use ...
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laravel5: chdir(): No such file or directory (errno 2)
I have a problem when deploy website build on laravel 5 into VPS server, but on local machine it work fine.
My page is http://easyway.vn/ current page display blank with error
Failed to load ...
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Call to undefined function Symfony\Polyfill\Mbstring\iconv_strlen()
My project works fine on localhost but not working online and this is the error:
Fatal error: Call to undefined function Symfony\Polyfill\Mbstring\iconv_strlen() in /home/stram/public_html/vendor/...
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Finding the right VPS [closed]
The market is flooded with VPS (virtual private server) hosting options. It seems everyone and their mother has a overloaded server in his/her closet. Enterprise options always seem priced insanely ...
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Unable to resolve Ruby error (missing psych)
Whenever I run something with Ruby on my server, I get the following error:
/usr/local/rvm/rubies/ruby-1.9.3-p194/lib/ruby/1.9.1/yaml.rb:56:in `<top (required)>':
It seems your ruby ...
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Set default version of Php in CentOS 7
I have two versions of PHP in opt/remi folder php56 and php72
but when I php -v on cmd it shows:
Copyright (c) 1997-2016 The PHP Group
Zend Engine v2.6.0, Copyright (c) 1998-2016 Zend Technologies
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Extract text from doc and docx
I would like to know how can I read the contents of a doc or docx. I'm using a Linux VPS and PHP, but if there is a simpler solution using other language, please let me know, as long as it works under ...
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Open local text application to edit remote text file using ssh?
So i am in a VPS terminal using ssh.
In normal case I could just run locally
mate <file>
and it fires up TextMate with that file.
Is it possible to use the same command and somehow open the ...
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linode vs amazon ec2 vs heroku for project with amazon s3
I have a project in ruby on rails 3.1 like flickr, tumblr, pinterest...etc with a lot of pictures for maintenance.
My project have database Mongodb.
I'm using amazon s3 for host pictures.
I want to ...
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Are Amazon Lightsail instances managed / automatically updated?
I have been looking into Amazon Lightsail, but there is one thing that I haven't been able to find any information on.
Are instances managed and updated automatically? In particular, I thinking of OS ...
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How to start Sidekiq worker on Ubuntu VPS (Digitalocean)
I already setup Redis, Sidekiq and Rails app, I can access it form //url/sidekiq, but how do I start the Sidekiq worker on a VPS? On my local I do:
bundle exec sidekiq -q carrierwave,5 default
What ...
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unable to connect to system bus: failed to connect to socket /var/run/dbus/system_bus_socket [closed]
I started to use a new VPS system with ubuntu 12.04
After following the commands here I installed php, mysql, apache2
PHP and apache are working great but when I run :
service mysql start
I get ...
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Which Apache2 modules can I safely disable?
These are my enabled mods:
alias
auth_basic
authz_default
authz_groupfile
authz_host
authz_user
autoindex
deflate
dir
env
mime
negotiation
php5
reqtimeout
rewrite
setenvif
status
I'm attempting to ...
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Deploy nodejs app to bluehost
I have a VPS in bluehost, I installed node and npm through SSH and I've managed to run a node app in www.mywebsite.com:3000, so I have two questions:
1) How do I run the app.js so when it 'listens' ...
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SMTP AUTH extension not supported by server in python 2.4
This is my normal code in my VPS hosting which provide python 2.4
def mail(receiver,Message):
import smtplib
try:
s=smtplib.SMTP()
s.connect("smtp.gmail.com",465)
s....
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Java seems to ignore -Xms and -Xmx options
I'd like to run a very simple bot written in java on my VPS.
I want to limit jvm memory to let's say 10MB (I doubt it would need any more).
I'm running the bot with the following command:
java -...
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Django: vps or shared hosting? [closed]
I am new to web development and everything involved with it. Im finishing my website in django and i will soon have to find a hosting and deploy it. I heard there are vps or shared hosting types. So ...
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Custom 404 shows "File not found" for php files instead of redirecting
I'm trying to create a custom 404 error page.
What I have so far works very well with all unexisting documents, folders, images, htmls, etc. - opens my custom 404 page (with output Custom 404!)
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Remote Postgresql - extremely slow
I have setup PostgreSQL on a VPS I own - the software that accesses the database is a program called PokerTracker.
PokerTracker logs all your hands and statistics whilst playing online poker.
I ...
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Lowest Spec VPS to run Ruby on Rails [closed]
I want to get started with my first Ruby on Rails application.
It will pull an image, and some text about the image display both, and have a small box to write some text about the image, which will ...
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Running my own server with a "developers background"? [closed]
I have a couple of different projects running for the moment - some PHP apps and a few WordPress instances, which all currently are kept at a web hosting company. The contract period time is about to ...
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Are there any "gotchas" in deploying a Cassandra cluster to a set of Linode VPS instances?
I am learning about the Apache Cassandra database [sic].
Does anyone have any good/bad experiences with deploying Cassandra to less than dedicated hardware like the offerings of Linode or Slicehost? ...
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Oracle XE Database Configuration failed
I am trying to create an oracle xe database in my vps.
VPS OS : Cent OS.
When try to run
/etc/init.d/oracle-xe configure
it throws an error Database confiration failed and to check the logs but ...
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Wordpress issue: after migration only homepage works
A few days ago I tried transferring my wordpress website from shared hosting to vps but I've run into a problem.
After following many guides/tutorials and googling myself I can't figure out why it's ...
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Multiple Domains on a VPS with Apache
I am planning on getting a VPS soon and have two sites I want to host. I have my local vhosts setup for my development environment using host file to port it correctly.
My question is hopefully ...
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a2enmod command not found in apache server using cpanel in linux vps
after going to /etc/httpd/conf/httpd.conf and even after changing
Allow override none -> Allow override All , and then restarting the server using
service httpd restart
and then i type the ...
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How to LogIn as root in Google Cloud Compute Engine?
I don't know why Internet giant Google has no instant chat support or ticketing support system for their services.
I have created a new instance under Google cloud compute engine with linux centos-6. ...
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Using wget to download a ZIP file
I'm having trouble using wget for my Debian 7.0 VPS server hosted by OVH.
I'm trying to download a ZIP file from MediaFire, and when I connected via SSH I typed,
wget http://download1472.mediafire....
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Laravel 5 not getting any error logs
I installed Laravel 5 on a new VPS, I was running everything fine but I noticed I wasn't getting any Laravel errors the system would only fire a server 500 error at me which is no help when debugging ...
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nginx/apache redirection for output port on docker container on vps
I'm a linux noob in admin of docker container using apache or nginx on VPS.
I use an OVH classic Vps (4go ram, 25Go SSD) with already installed image of ubuntu 15.04 + docker.
Install of docker ...
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pip install require tls/ssl
I have got a problem with install python on my OVH vps server kubuntu 14.04 desktop. What i need to do ?
:~/Desktop# python get-pip.py
pip is configured with locations that require TLS/SSL, ...
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How do I block someone else's domain pointing to my Apache hosted website?
Hi I am running my website in Linux VPS with dedicated IP few weeks ago I found someone else domain is pointing to my website
Ex :: mydomain.com === server my site content
otherdomain....
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MySQL slots under PHP / PDO
I'm evaluating a migration to pdo on some hosts (VPS) but it seems to come at a price of more memory required.
Q: in php.ini, there's a setting:
pdo_mysql.cache_size = 2000
I can't find much ...
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