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Static Addressing
You’re simply confused by what actually is a broadcast address. You should also forget about the notions of classful networking, as… -
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Changing DNS from Hetzner to Digital Ocean's not working
You said it yourself, there can be a delay for caches to drop on your end. There’s nothing wrong with your domain. -
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sudo swapon /swapfile error
fallocate works fine on other OSes (in fact it’s literally recommended in the mkswap man page), so I’m guessing the reason for th…Accepted Answer: fallocate works fine on other OSes (in fact it’s literally recommended in the mkswap man page), so I’m guessing the reason for th… -
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mysql shut itself down on a clean server install?!?
Go with the lines that say ERROR. 170117 17:39:35 InnoDB: Fatal error: cannot allocate memory for the buffer pool Y… -
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How can I temporarily hide website for a couple of days while I still work on my website?
You could use service nginx stop or service apache2 stop to turn off your web server. -
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Why would someone install Postfix rather than just setting up the digital ocean SMTP?
There’s no such thing as the “DigitalOcean SMTP”. Setting up Postfix (or another mail server, or instead talking to an external one… -
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What to do when digital ocena do not help?
I would open a support ticket so that they can break down to you why you can’t do what you’re trying to do. -
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The web console hang, then the droplet is dead. Support team didn't respond. What to do?
There’s really not much you can do other than contact support and wait for a response, especially in the case involving potential a… -
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Does the Droplet Limit go back down as Droplets are destroyed?
It is a limit to the total number of created droplets, not the number of creations.Accepted Answer: It is a limit to the total number of created droplets, not the number of creations. -
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Making sure droplets are on different physical servers or server racks
As far as I’m aware, you have nothing to do. Droplets will be spread out. You can confirm that this is the case by contacting su… -
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How much disk space can I use?
The 20 GB includes the entire hard disk image which your distribution is installed on. You can use all of it whether it’s by instal…Accepted Answer: The 20 GB includes the entire hard disk image which your distribution is installed on. You can use all of it whether it’s by instal… -
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Is Legal Pornography website Allowed? If so, What Kind that does not violate DigitalOcean's TOS
DigitalOcean is under US jurisdiction, you`re under whatever jurisdiction you live in or are located in. You need to contact a lawy… -
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How to install Wordpress on Ubuntu 16.04 for Wordpress to Act as a Website
I would suggest using the Wordpress image which has it preinstalled for you, avoiding these problems in the first place. Otherwi… -
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Why am I able to login to my server via filezilla, even though I didn't enter a password?
It isn’t relating your computer with the key, it’s using the key to authorize you. So no matter what device you’re on, including yo… -
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High Memory Droplets? No, create option for the poor lone devs
In the end, DigitalOcean needs to run as an actual business. If it were profitable to offer those plans, they would have. -
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I accidentally typed root@xxxxx:/var/www/html/xxxxx.com/listimages# sudo chown -R www-data:www-data /. How do I restore the file permission?
You will have to restore from backups. -
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Hey, just wanna ask what is the estimated maximum concurrent users our server can handle?
There’s no way to tell. You should test your load using a realistic environment and figure things out from there. -
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How can i turn off rsyslog?
You should solve your problem by rotating logs instead. Turning off the only thing that gives you visibility into what your server … -
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Account Has Been Locked
This isn’t support. I believe you’ll want to contact support@digitalocean.com -
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Why do we get a high number of failed login between SSH sessions?
Because automated bots usually try weak passwords to break into servers. There’s no reason to prevent this, but it’s why you mus…