First update your linux machine using

To install ioncube loader on centos you can just follow the below simple commands on linux make sure you have logged in as root or have sudo access

First make sure you have crontab installed. Make sure php is working properly.

To open any port on a linux machines with iptables install you can follow these easy steps.

I will be using pureftp on in this tutorial as its more secure and fast.

For Linux users use the following command fuser -n tcp 80 or use sudo lsof -i :22 or use lsof|grep 862 ypbind 1529 root 5u IPv4 4681 TCP *:862 For Windows Users use the following command netstat -a -b -o -n

Lets suppose you got an empty dedicated server you ordered from a web hosting company and you want to start hosting websites which use php, mysql. Below are simple easy steps which you can take to setup your website in a few commands. 1. Install Apache There are many ways to install apache on your [...]

To install yum you need to first need to create a temp directory. on centos i normally use this directory to download rpms cd /usr/src/ now run the follow command once you are in that temp directory so that rpm is downloaded. http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/yum/yum-2.4.2-0.4.el4.rf.noarch.rpm to check the packages goto http://dag.wieers.com/rpm/packages/yum/ wget ftp://fr2.rpmfind.net/linux/PLD/dists/ac/ready/i386/libsqlite-2.8.15-1.i386.rpm wget ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/dag/redhat/el4/en/i386/dag/RPMS/python-elementtree-1.2.6-7.el4.rf.i386.rpm wget ftp://rpmfind.net/linux/dag/redhat/el4/en/i386/dag/RPMS/python-sqlite-0.5.0-1.2.el4.rf.i386.rpm [...]

if you have setup a new server and suddenly you find out that .htaccess configuration file is not working on your here is a quick solution to fix it. There might be 2 issues with your web server which could have caused this problem. 1. Make sure AccessFileName set to .htaccess To check this open [...]

I found this problem on my new CentOs 64 bit machine. I think the solution i found for it will work both on 32 bit and 64 bit machines. The trick is to get latest mysql from repo and install all extensions you need separately and it will work fine. First thing is to get [...]