[1] September 18th 2024 The first alternative to CloudLinux LVE Manager is here Picked up by Shoss, news that the first alternative to CloudLinux LVE Manager is here, from LiteSpeed, who recently released its version of cgroups implementation. It is still basic but enough to look promising. You can now control resource allocations on any OS on which LiteSpeed can be installed. The control panel plugin features described in the press release and blog post are not yet available, but look f ...Continue Reading

[1] September 11th 2024 Remote SQL Keith has three servers (cPanel on Alma8) in different locations: New York, Atlanta and London. They all host sites that connect to a remote sql server for information when requested and all have user accounts and can read and write. He knows this isn't the best way and it's quite slow at times, presumably due to the latency. He's asking what would be the best solution for optimal speed and security, appreciating that placing all sites on the same serve ...Continue Reading

[1] September 4th 2024 Navigating Customer Data Privacy in Web Hosting Danny would like to know how you ensure compliance with data privacy regulations in your hosting business? He's looking for advice and best practices from others in the industry. With the ever increasing emphasis on privacy, and increasing use of KYB, biometrics, facial recognition, remote storage of data and passwords on the cloud (which might traverse multiple countries or even continents), 2-factor authentication, ...Continue Reading

[1] August 28th 2024 Advice on VPS solutions for bare metal setup universaltruth is looking to set up a VPS on his own bare metal server and is in search of a stable and easy-to-use VPS solution. As he's relatively new to this, he would greatly appreciate any recommendations or guidance from the WHT community. He's particularly interested in stability (Which VPS solutions have you found to be the most reliable?) and ease of setup (What options are there that balance simplicity with robus ...Continue Reading

[1] August 21st 2024 Most popular VPS management system? Shlomicb is struggling to pick the right backend for operating as a VPS provider. He started with VirtFusion, which he found looks really friendly but lacking some features like VM firewall management for the end user, so then moved to ModulesGarden whch turned out way too complex for him compared to VirtFusion and other products. Now he's running Proxmox host with a few VPSs that he's looking to migrate to one of these products, s ...Continue Reading

[1] August 14th 2024 Got my ASN and IPv6 from ARIN, now to test it nokia3310 just got his ASN and IPv6 allocation from ARIN and is on the waiting list for a /24 IPv4 block. Now he's excited to get started on some "real world" tests, not lab or virtual tests but a real world test of running 2 router/firewall setups at 2 datacenters and then using his new IPv6 so that he can start to understand this setup and potentially test out multihoming at the 2 datacenters. Of course, he ha ...Continue Reading

[1] August 7th 2024 Moving to DirectAdmin from cPanel (and other panels) Kooroc is considering moving away from cPanel and to DirectAdmin and has a few questions / concerns on which he'd appreciate some input. First off, would it be better for him to keep his existing cPanel users as they are, and just stop offering cPanel accounts for future clients, or would it be better to move existing clients to DirectAdmin? In that case he'd be starting a new server/VPS with DirectAdmin and new cus ...Continue Reading

[1] July 31st 2024 WHMCS alternatives, or not? Here's a thread from the start of 2024 that's turned into another of WHT's great debates (something we're kinda famous for!). A new member was looking at billing systems, had read some threads about WHMCS but didn't find the info he wanted, and noted a few alternatives like Blesta, ClientExec, Hostbill and Upmind. He'd found negatives with each one so remained undecided and was looking for suggestions. Many posts later we have a broad mix of ...Continue Reading

[1] July 24th 2024 Obtaining an ASN and IP addresses Bluesilver thinks that his colocation provider charges a bit much for IP addresses and, whilst he manages by passing cost on and buying in bulk, it would be ideal if he could get his own IPv4 addresses. Assuming that his colo doesn't object, how does he go about doing such a thing and what steps would need to be taken to obtaining an ASN? He would be working with ARIN initially and could later be dealing with APNIC depending on how his ...Continue Reading

[1] July 17th 2024 CloudLinux OS Shared is now Legacy Shoss spotted a blog post by CloudLinux announcing that CloudLinux OS Shared is Now CloudLinux OS Legacy, with CloudLinux OS Legacy continuing to receive the same security updates and base operating system improvements, but not to include any new features. As the discussion develops into what features hosts can and cannot do without, and therefore which licence level they feel they need, Igor, the CEO of Cloud Linux Inc, jumps into th ...Continue Reading