Installing and enabling Xcache is very easy in kloxo, you need to run following command to install
sh /script/xcache-install
[root@ ~]# sh /script/xcache-install
Loaded plugins: fastestmirror, protectbase
Loading mirror speeds from cached hostfile
* base: ftp.osuosl.org
* extras: mirror.wiredtree.com
* updates: mirror.steadfast.net
0 packages excluded due to repository protections
Setting up Install Process
Resolving... [ Continue reading... ]
If you are getting error on apf
unable to load iptables module (ip_tables), aborting
It means, your kernel is compiled with iptables statically instead of as a module, and you will need to change this in the /etc/apf/conf.apf
MONOKERN="0" Set it to "1"
So open /etc/apf/conf.apf file and modify it restart the apf service and you wont see that... [ Continue reading... ]
Iptables is a default firewall available in all linux flavors, and widely used to secure servers. If you are running kloxo, and want to use iptables to secure your box, then here are the basic rules which you can add in your iptables.
# Clear rules
iptables -t filter -F
iptables -t filter -X
echo - Clear rules : [OK]
# SSH In
iptables -t filter -A INPUT -p tcp --dport 223 -j ACCEPT
echo - SSH : [OK]
# Don't break established... [ Continue reading... ]
As the internet is becoming larger day by day, therefore security risks for your servers are also increasing. If your server is connected to internet and is hosting some good high traffic and popular websites, then there are high chances that you get SYN flooding. SYN flooding is a kind of DOS attack, a.k.a "Deniel of service" attack.
SYN
SYN packet are specific packes used to establish tcp connection, a packet which send a message to... [ Continue reading... ]
In my last 2 articles, I explained how you can tweak Kloxo/lxadmin by replacing apache with lighttpd, and disable innodb and bdb, and decrease RAM usage in your server.
How to install Lighttpd in Kloxo (LXadmin)
Tweaking mysql in Kloxo/LxAdmin
By acting on above to suggestions, you can decrease your ram usage from 300MB to 164MB, however in today's article, I'm going to explain you the way to reduce 100MB more RAM.
[root@mailserver1 ~]#... [ Continue reading... ]
Tweaking a web server is very necessary, the less it will consume resource, the more stable it will be and the more website it will be able to handle. Kloxo/lxadmin is a free control panel, and has been working quite great but the problem with it is, it use alot of RAM though kloxo documentation claims that it only eat 33MB ram which is completely wrong in my experience.
There are few ways to tweak kloxo/lxadmin, I already wrote an article on... [ Continue reading... ]
Kloxo (Lxadmin) is one of the free control panel which I love to use on low end boxes. But it use good amount of ram, however kloxo's support claims that kloxo use only 33MB of ram, but for me it is alway 240MB+ even in idle state. Therefore it is best practice to get rid of Apache and use lighttp.
Kloxo comes with light http installed by default and if you have apache installed then it is really easy to convert from apache to... [ Continue reading... ]
Unlike other commercial webhosting control panels (cpanel or plesk), Kloxo provide a way to change ssh port from default to some other through it interface. This is helpful for the people who are not very familiar with linux command prompt and afraid of making such changes to prevent them ending with system damage.
Login to Kloxo with admin password
Click on Servers
Click on Server for which you want to change ssh port
Click on... [ Continue reading... ]
From today, I will be writing tutorials on the usage of different control panel for web hosting, this include free control panels
- Kloxo
- Webmin
and commercial control panel
- Cpanel
- Plesk
Tutorials on more control panels will be added by the time. So keep reading :) [ Continue reading... ]
