Server Management

Trying to understand the difference between FTP and SFTP? Using FTP (or SFTP) is the easiest way to connect directly to your server – but what are the differences between the two protocols & which should you use? In this article, we’ll compare FTP vs. SFTP as commonly used data transfer protocols, go through their advantages …

A Domain Name System, or DNS, acts as a bridge between your device and the website you want to visit. Without it, you’d have to manually input the IP address of every site you want to visit instead of using a human-readable domain name. Slow DNS servers can result in poor load times, and, in …

WordPress is the world’s leading (and by far the most popular) content management system (CMS) – currently powering over 40% of all websites on the internet & continuing to gain market share year after year. After all, it’s trusted by prestigious brands like Bloomberg, the BBC, and TechCrunch – just to name a few – …

A proper backup and disaster recovery solution is an absolute necessity for anyone running a website. Whether it’s something going wrong with a server/infrastructure provider or a change on the application level that takes your site down, you need to be ready to handle it fast. Fortunately, setting a backup solution that’s actually usable and …

With AWS, Amazon’s cloud computing platform, you can create virtual servers in the cloud using either Amazon EC2 or Amazon Lightsail. Amazon EC2 is for highly configurable and performant environments, while Amazon Lightsail is for easy-to-use and affordable ones. This tutorial will guide you through hosting your web applications on Amazon EC2. You can also …

The Google Cloud Platform (GCP) is a suite of cloud computing services offered by Google. All GCP data centers are connected through Google’s backbone network – one of the biggest and fastest in the world. RunCloud is a cloud server management tool that allows you to maintain full control of your server, and host multiple …

Vultr is a cloud server provider that aims to make it easy for developers and businesses to deploy their infrastructure on its advanced cloud platform. It has become one of the leading choices for hosting websites. Vultr has a global presence with 32 data centers across the world – You can select the server location …

We are happy to announce that RunCloud One-Click Droplet is available on DigitalOcean Marketplace. RunCloud One-Click Droplet allows you to spin your new DigitalOcean servers with RunCloud images and straightly manage your servers inside RunCloud Panel afterward. No need to connect your droplet through IP Address or spin the server inside our panel again. Step …

NGINX is one of the most popular and powerful web servers in the world. Many websites and web applications use NGINX, and customize it with their own configurations to optimize performance, security, and functionality. However, creating and managing custom NGINX configs can be challenging and time-consuming, especially if you have to log into the Linux …