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A blog discussing common issues of Linux, cPanel/WHM, Plesk, DirectAdmin, InterWorx

New Plesk versions 8.6+ comes with MSDE (Microsoft SQL Desktop Edition) by default so you just need to follow the below mentioned steps in order to configure it.In earlier Plesk versions, MSDE needs to be installed. This can be done by downloading the MSDE from Microsoft site or installing “msde” virtuozzo template. Virtuozzo template can be installed to VPS using VZMC or “vzpkgadd” command. Read the rest of this entry »

In Virtuozzo, we can migrate a VPS from one hardware node to another using “vzmigrate” command. The migration will also include the IP addresses so you do not have to go back and re-add them. We may need to clear the arp cache for the IP to begin routing to the new network device.  If you are stopping the VPS prior to the migration then arp cache should not be a problem. I am taking VZNodeA and VZNodeB for reference and migrating a VPS from VZNodeA to VZNodeB. Read the rest of this entry »

Nowadays everyone prefers watching a video rather than reading the text. Youtube has introduced a new concept for information sharing. There are several vendors who offer product to provide the  functionality like youtube and these softwares require some modules that are usually called video sharing modules. Here is a quick way to install these modules. Read the rest of this entry »

We need to migrate the data from a server to a new server often and it can be because of several factors like

• Old server is having hardware issues and need to be replaced completely
• Server is being upgraded and full data needs to be transferred
• The servers are being transferred from one data center to another

and many more. This script can be used to migrate all user data and the cPanel config files from Old server to new Server. Read the rest of this entry »

Backup option is available in both cPanel and WHM. Backup option in cPanel can not be set to automatic backups and the user has to login and manually generate the backup. Backup feature in WHM allows scheduled backups but Resellers are not provided with that option. As backup is a must thing so I wrote a small bash script that will backup the databases and the accounts data for all the accounts under the mentioned reseller and transfer the backup to a backup server. This script requires that the backup server should allow scp or rsync and supports SSH Authentication Keys.This script doesn’t need any update if the reseller adds new accounts or any user creates new databases. Read the rest of this entry »