Website Management

Need to whitelist your Cloud Sites domain? Learn how to use your test link to identify your data center and find the correct outbound IP address ranges.

IIS — and also using classic ASP — defaults to providing very little error information. Fortunately, you can add a rule to your domain’s web.config file to display more detailed error messages.

This article describes how to bin-deploy an assembly. It’s common to use a third-party assembly to add features that aren’t found within the .NET framework. Learn about binary deployment with ASP.NET on Cloud Sites.

Before SNI, each SSL certificate required a dedicated IP. Now, Server Name Indication lets multiple secure websites share a single IP address.

Protect your site data. Learn how to download a Softaculous backup to your local computer for offline storage and emergency restoration.

Go beyond basic rsync commands. Explore common flags like -a and -z to compress files, preserve permissions, and automate server backups safely.

Install Memcached on Ubuntu 12.04+ to speed up dynamic sites by caching database content. Root access is required for setup.

Securely transfer files to your Cloud Sites account using SFTP. Learn how to configure an FTP client like FileZilla and safely upload your website data.

Safely upgrade MySQL on an unmanaged CentOS server. Learn how to handle backups, fix old password hashes, update binaries, and import tables via SSH.

You can change your backup plan at any time from your Cloud Sites control panel. With just a few clicks you can increase or decrease the number of sites in your plan. This tutorial walks you through the process of changing your current backup plan.

If you are using MySQL databases, you might need to occasionally check the version of MySQL that is installed on your server. It’s easy to check your MySQL version using either cPanel or the command line.

Secure your CentOS 7 server with FirewallD. Learn how to easily start, stop, enable, disable, and check the status of this dynamic firewall via SSH.