Websites

  1. 2 min read

    If you have a lot of old backup files, you might want to delete some of them from your server. Backups can be quite large and storing a lot of them on your server can slow down your websites. You’ll generally do this for manual backups: your scheduled backups will automatically rotate out.

  2. 4 min read

    If you have multiple cPanel accounts and domains on your server, you may want to look into CloudLinux as a way to help restrict the amount of memory each user can access with their site. CloudLinux partitions, allocates and limits server resources like memory, CPU and connections for each user. This makes sure that users don’t jeopardize the stability of the server and cause sites to slow down or in the worst case, stop loading completely.

  3. 4 min read

    cPanel has a number of tools you can use to view your website statistics on a per site basis. Viewing the information in the Metrics section of cPanel, you can view the visitors to your webserver, errors, bandwidth use as well as FTP logins and usage statistics using Webalizer. This article will go through the Metrics section of cPanel to help you understand the information found in each place.

  4. 1 min read

    While configuring some web applications in Cloud Sites, you might need to provide the absolute path, full path, or web root for your website. No matter if you’re using Linux or Windows, it’s easy to find your website’s filepath in Cloud Sites. If you don’t know whether you need the Linux or Windows path, consult a web developer or the web application vendor, or contact us for a recommendation.

  5. 2 min read

    A certificate signing request (CSR) is information generated by your server that is necessary to apply for a SSL certificate. It contains information about your website, but it’s encoded. Instead of trying to learn the notation and encode a CSR yourself, the Cloud Sites control panel can do all that for you. All you have to do is enter your information.