Tips and Tricks Archives

How to Choose the Best Linux VPS Hosting for Your Website

January 5, 2023September 14, 2022 by Jeff Wilson

If you were to search for the “best Linux VPS,” you would most likely just get even more confused with all the industry jargon and tech-speak. What’s more, over half of all VPS servers run on a Linux system.

The biggest advantage of using a Linux system is that it is free and open-source. This means that hosting companies generally offer more affordable VPS packages with greater flexibility. Another major benefit is the significant security improvement. This already makes Linux VPS an attractive option for you.

So, how do you go about choosing the best Linux VPS hosting for your website?

Looking for full root access hosting is a good start. This means that the hosting company is willing to give you complete access to your own server and its resources.

A 99% or better still, a 100% up-time guarantee is another. No server can ever be up 100% of the time. Just like your mobile phone and your car will shut down from time to time so too can a server malfunction. A good hosting provider will have redundant systems in place to mitigate this, and if for whatever reason they cannot, they should at least offer a money-back guarantee for that period.

Did you know? - 96.3% of the top one million web servers run Linux.

What is a CDN and Why You Need It?

November 1, 2022September 7, 2022 by Jeff Wilson

Google indicated that they emphasize page load speed in their SEO rankings. What’s more, a site that loads in 1 second has a 5x higher conversion rate than a site that loads in 10 seconds.

This means that for 9 seconds of work you stand to make 5x the revenue!

Well, don’t quote us just yet as the math on that might not be exact, but hopefully you can see how crucial page load speed is to any modern business website.

This is where a Content Delivery Network (CDN) comes in. An essential factor for business website performance.

How to Install Fathom Analytics on Debian 11

October 5, 2022April 25, 2022 by Jeff Wilson

Fathom Analytics is the best alternative to Google Analytics. It is an open source web analytics application that offer privacy law compliance and simplicity. Fathom Analytics has a minimalist design and it is written in Go and ships as a single binary file. The installation of Fathom Analytics is pretty easy and straightforward. In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Fathom Analytics on Debian 11 VPS.

How to Fix Error 404 Not Found on WordPress

June 3, 2022January 24, 2022 by Jeff Wilson

When visiting a website, we might ever see an Error 404 Page Not Found message in the web browser. The issue is usually on the webserver, on the server level, or on the application level. Like any other HTTP status code, for example, error 502 on WordPress, an Error 404 page not found message is fairly easy to fix.

In this article, we will show you how to fix 404 error not found on WordPress. We will also explain what 404 errors are and what causes them.

Free Let’s Encrypt SSL Certificate Alternatives

June 3, 2022December 22, 2021 by Jeff Wilson

In this tutorial, we will talk about Free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate alternatives.

We are going to show you how to install a Free Let’s Encrypt SSL certificate and its alternatives such as BuyPass and ZeroSSL certificates. The SSL certificate is a digital certificate, that enables the encrypted collection to identify the identity of the website and improves its security.

The SSL certificate is required also to verify ownership of the website, prevent attackers from creating fake versions of the website, and keep user data secure. Let’s get started!

How to Configure Static IP Address on Ubuntu 20.04

October 3, 2022October 6, 2021 by Jeff Wilson

A static or fixed IP address is an IP address that does not change. Whether you reboot your device or home router, your device with a static IP address will get the same IP address. The opposite of a static IP address is the dynamic IP address. A device that does not have a static IP address will get a dynamic IP address assigned by the DHCP (Dynamic Host Configuration Protocol) server, and it may change from time to time.

configuring static ip address on ubuntu 20.04

By default, a device connected to your home router whether it’s using cable or connected through WiFi will most likely get a dynamic IP address. And, if you use your managed Ubuntu VPS also as an FTP server of web server you would want to configure a static IP address for it, so you can reach the server using the same IP address. In this tutorial, we will show you how to configure a static IP address on Ubuntu 20.04.

How to Handle Spikes in Website Traffic

July 25, 2022August 13, 2021 by Jeff Wilson

It’s exciting to see an increase in visitors to your website. More traffic usually means more cash – or, at the very least, more readers. However, traffic growth isn’t necessarily the product of organic growth. What if you have to deal with a sudden surge in website traffic?

How to Rewrite URLs with mod_rewrite for Apache on Ubuntu 20.04

June 3, 2022May 5, 2021 by Jeff Wilson

rewrite urls with mod_rewrite for apache on ubuntu 20.04

The mod_rewrite is an Apache module that uses a rule-based rewriting engine. It is used for translating and redirecting the requested URL to a new URL. It allows a URL to be changed dynamically. So the visitor never sees the URL change in the address bar. With mod_rewrite, you can rewrite an unlimited number of rules. This will allow you to rewrite the URL based on environment variables, HTTP headers, and server variables.

MongoDB Replica Set with Master-Slave Replication and Automated Failover

June 3, 2022April 28, 2021 by Jeff Wilson

A replica set is a group of MongoDB database nodes used for defining database clusters with master-slave replication and automated failover. A replica set contains a single primary node, multiple secondary nodes, and an arbiter node. The primary node receives all write operations while other nodes apply operations from the primary so that all nodes have the same data set.