Basic Setup Web Server on Ubuntu 14.04

Step One — Basic Server Setup
Once your server is up and running, there are some standard procedures that you should complete in order to build a good foundation. We call this our initial server setup.

You should go through this guide before continuing, especially steps 1-4. This will show you how to get logged in, create a regular user account, and give that user administrative privileges.

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What is SFTP?

FTP, or “File Transfer Protocol” is a popular method of transferring files between two remote systems.

SFTP, which stands for SSH File Transfer Protocol, or Secure File Transfer Protocol, is a separate protocol packaged with SSH that works in a similar way over a secure connection. The advantage is the ability to leverage a secure connection to transfer files and traverse the filesystem on both the local and remote system.
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Configuring IIS Web Server for SSL

To enable SSL in IIS, you must first obtain a certificate that is used to encrypt and decrypt the information that is transferred over the network. IIS includes its own certificate request tool that you can use to send a certificate request to a certification authority. This tool simplifies the process of obtaining a certificate. If you use Apache, you must obtain the certificate manually.
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Trying to run rsync between two remote servers

I’m trying to run an rsync between two servers. I’m basing things off of this post: How to rsync files between two remotes?

What I find missing is how to facilitate the rsync (via ssh) when a key (the same key) is required for logging into each server.

Here’s the closest I’ve got:

ssh -i ~/path/to/pem/file.pem -R localhost:50000:SERVER2:22 ubuntu@SERVER1 ‘rsync -e “ssh -p 50000” -vur /home/ubuntu/test localhost:/home/ubuntu/test’
It seems like the initial connection works properly, however I can’t seem to figure out how to specific the key and username for SERVER2.
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How To Set Up an HTTPS Service in IIS

Configuring Your Web Server for SSL

To enable SSL in IIS, you must first obtain a certificate that is used to encrypt and decrypt the information that is transferred over the network. IIS includes its own certificate request tool that you can use to send a certificate request to a certification authority. This tool simplifies the process of obtaining a certificate. If you use Apache, you must obtain the certificate manually.
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How To Disable IIS Services

Disable IIS Services in IIS 4.0

  1. In Microsoft Windows NT 4.0, click Start, click Settings, click Control Panel, and then double-click Services.
  2. Scroll through the list of services, click to select the service that you want to disable, and then click Startup.
  3. Click to select Disabled, and then click OK.
  4. Repeat steps 2 and 3 for each service that you want to disable.
  5. To exit, click Close, and then close Control Panel.

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How to set up an IIS Website

Configure a default Web site

When you install IIS, it is preconfigured to serve as a default Web site; however, you may want to change some of the settings. To change the basic settings for the Web site and to emulate the steps that are required to set up Apache for the first time by using the configuration file:

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cPanel Recover InnoDB table Corruption

InnoDB force Recovery, There are many reasons available to get database corrupted. Make sure that you maintain a good backup schedule by running a cpanel backup in case of serious corruption or data loss issue or refer with Mysql knowledgebase.

InnoDB corruption can cause all of the databases running on that server to be inaccessible. Unfortunately some times you need to recover MySQL data from ibdata1. It’s many reasons why your getting corrupted Innodb files that cannot automatically be restored of the mysqld daemon. We can recover innodb table corruption in your  cpanel server.

 

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