Server Management

For many people getting started with Linux there’s an important debate to settle about which Linux distribution is best – it’s the battle of CentOS vs Ubuntu, and which one to go for. Let me save you some time – they are all best… it just depends on which distro is best for what! Many Linux …

Are you looking to boost the performance of your PHP applications? Look no further than Relay, the next-generation caching layer for PHP. Installing Relay on a RunCloud server is a straightforward process that can significantly enhance your application’s efficiency. In this post, we’ll guide you through the steps needed to get Relay up and running …

When browsing the internet, nothing is more frustrating than waiting for a website that takes seemingly forever to load.  This situation is exacerbated when the website fails to load entirely. In this article, we will discuss two common errors – namely DNS_PROBE_FINISHED_BAD_CONFIG and ERR_CONNECTION_TIMED_OUT that you might face when browsing the internet. We will take …

If you manage a server using FTP, then it is highly likely that at some point you will have edited a file. In FTP, you would have had to download the file to your computer, edit it, and then upload it back to replace the existing file. Although this works, it is rather tedious.  Do …

If you answered ‘Yes!’ to either of these questions, then you’re in the right place. Matomo is a free and open source web analytics platform that gives you insights into your website’s visitors, behavior, and conversions. In this post, we will show you how to host Matomo analytics on a RunCloud server and enjoy the …

Akamai, the global leader in content delivery network and cloud services, has recently acquired Linode, one of the oldest and most trusted cloud server providers in the market. Linode has been offering simple, affordable, and accessible cloud computing solutions to millions of customers since 2003. If you are looking for a reliable and cost-effective way …

Whether you’ve previously heard of uptime monitoring or not, it’s something any website owner needs to explore. Assuming you’re a website owner, you’ll almost certainly have found yourself in a situation where you’ve had to rush to update your site and address a bug that needed to be fixed ASAP. No matter how much testing …

One of the most valuable benefits of having computers take charge of many aspects of our lives is the way they can complete tasks over and over again, following a defined schedule without complaint. How do they do this? The answer is something called “cron jobs”. In this post, you’ll learn exactly what a cron …

Are you working on a bash script that needs to be executed without any human inputs? Do your scripts fail when the process of copying files encounters a problem? If you answered “yes” to either of these questions then you’re in the right place. In this post, we will take a quick look at the …