By mel9
I made my DigitalOcean account 2 weeks ago, and my current Estimated Droplet Transfer Pool is now already at 1498 GB used of 485 GB.
All I have done in the past 2 weeks is:
- Create a Ubuntu web server then destroyed it.
- Created a Wordpress web server (LAMP stack) which is still currently running.
I am struggling to understand how I’ve used so much data? Surely a Wordpress web server shouldn’t be using up this much data? Or is there something I’m not aware of?
Over the last 2 weeks, I have only been charged $0.50 in server running fees. However, now I am already over 1000 GB over my limit - does this mean I will be charged an extra $10?
Thank you
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Look at your logs to see what is happening. You want to look at web logs, ssh logs and the logs of anything you enabled to connect through your firewall.
And do some reading on how to make your server more secure.
Wordpress is a favorite for hackers. Always keep it up to date, and as secure as you can make it.
Wayne Sallee Wayne@WayneSallee.com
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