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Enable private networking Vultr - Step by Step Process ?
This article covers how to enable private networking vultr for our customers. Vultr provides many flexible networking options for your cloud servers. Private networks do not have DHCP. When deploying a Vultr cloud server with private networking, you must manually configure the private adapters or supply your own DHCP server.
To setup a private IP address:
- Allocate an IP range.
- Go to the VPC networks page in the Cloud Console. Open the VPC networks page.
- Under Name, click the VPC network in which you want to create a private Cloud Data Fusion instance.
- On the VPC network details page, click the Private service connection tab.
- Click Allocate IP range.
Install DirectAdmin on AlmaLinux - Step by Step Process ?
This article covers how to install Directadmin on Almalinux. AlmaLinux OS is an open-source, community-driven project that intends to fill the gap left by the demise of the CentOS stable release. AlmaLinux OS is a 1:1 binary compatible fork of RHEL 8 guided and built by the community.
Operating systems supported by DirectAdmin:
- CloudLinux - 6.x 64-bit, 7.x 64-bit, 8.x 64-bit.
- AlmaLinux / RHEL / CentOS - 7.x 64-bit, 8.x 64-bit.
- Debian - 8.x 64-bit, 9.x 64-bit, 10.x 64-bit, 11.x 64-bit ALPHA.
- Ubuntu - 16.04 64-bit, 18.04 64-bit, 20.04 64-bit.
- FreeBSD - 11.x 64-bit, 12.x 64-bit.
To Install Directadmin on Almalinux:
Login as root to your server, download the installation script, and run it.
bash <(curl -Ss https://www.directadmin.com/setup.sh || wget -O - https://www.directadmin.com/setup.sh) auto
Main Features of AlmaLinux:
1. Stable, production-ready, RHEL-based
AlmaLinux is an enterprise-grade server Operating System and a stable Linux distribution with normal releases. AlmaLinux is able to run critical workloads.
2. Easy to switch from CentOS
AlmaLinux will be a 1:1 binary compatible fork of RHEL, which implies that the applications and administrations will stay viable, so switching is simple from CentOS to AlmaLinux.
3. Free Operating System, and supported by Cloudlinux
CloudLinux offers a support commitment with Patches and maintenance through 2029 for AlmaLinux with a great investment. They also deliver AlmaLinux free of limitations, fees, and charges.
WordPress Error Establishing a Database Connection: Fix this Vultr error
This article covers how to resolve Vultr database error. This condition can happen for a variety of reasons: low RAM or disk space, database corruption, plugin errors, misbehaving themes, incorrect password, MySQL errors, and more.
To fix Vultr Error establishing a database connection (WordPress):
1. Free up some RAM or upgrade the VPS to have more RAM, around 1GB or so should work.
2. Create a cron job in /etc/crontab which checks on the status on the database and restarts it if the process dies. Have the job run every few minutes. If your site runs into heavy traffic, the cron job will restart the database and connections to Wordpress will work again.
3. Also, you could try tweaking the following variables in the "/etc/my.cnf" file:
innodb_buffer_pool_size
table_open_cache
4. You can try to rebuild Nginx PHP-FPM MariaDB.
5. You can restart mysql:
/etc/init.d/mysqld start
Configure Proxy Settings on Windows Using Group Policy
This article covers how to configure Proxy Settings on Windows using Group Policy. In earlier versions of Microsoft Windows, Internet Explorer Maintenance (IEM) could be used to configure a subset of Internet Explorer settings in an environment using Group Policy. In Windows 8, the IEM settings were deprecated in favor of Group Policy Preferences, Administrative Templates (.admx), and the Internet Explorer Administration Kit 10 (IEAK 10).
To Configure proxy settings using Group Policy Management (To Create an Internet Explorer item):
- Open the Group Policy Management Console. Right-click the Group Policy object (GPO) that should contain the new preference item, and then click Edit.
- In the console tree under User Configuration, expand the Preferences folder, and then expand the Control Panel Settings folder.
- Right-click the Internet Settings node, point to New, and select Internet Explorer 10.
- In the New Internet Explorer 10 Properties dialog box, enter the Internet options for Group Policy to configure.
- Click the Common tab, configure any options, and then type your comments in the Description box.
- Click OK.
- The new preference item appears in the details pane.
Securing RDP Connections with Trusted SSL/TLS Certificates
This article covers how to secure RDP Connections with Trusted SSL/TLS Certificates.
To Check What Certificate RDP Is Using
You can check the thumbprint of the certificate the server is using. Windows Key+R > Regedit {Enter} > Navigate to:
HKEY_LOCAL_MACHINE
> SYSTEM > CurrentControlSet > Control > Terminal Server > WinStations > TemplateCertificate
You can check this with the actual Certificate> Windows Key+R > mmc {enter} > File > Add/Remove Snap-in > Certificates > Local Computer > Open Certificates > Personal > Certificates > Locate the certificate you ‘Think’ RDP is using and you can compare its thumbprint with the registry key.
Access Nagios Network Analyzer Reports - How to do it ?
This article covers how to access Nagios Network Analyzer Reports. This is done by configuring the Nagios Network Analyzer Component within Nagios XI. Having the Network Analyzer reports available in Nagios XI will allow quick and easy access to your Nagios Network Analyzer Network Report and Network Query report.
