Sheldon
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opposite of subdomain setup
Wordpress stores the site URL in the wp options database table. You will need to check these in both databases and make sure th… -
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Droplet not sending emails to outlook suddenly
Set up a real smtp server. Rdns records Mx records Or use a service like mailgun.com -
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Budget instances with more than 3GB RAM
RAM is expensive. Server hardware is expensive. DO have to make money too right. Hobby or not. -
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How can I restrict the access to my Droplet only for a Specific Country?
Use cloud flare for your dns. Then it’s easy. Else- google max mind ip country list. This way will take time to setup and ma… -
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Files and directories to backup in Ubuntu 18.04
/etc/apache2/ ? What else have you configured as part of your server setup -
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How do I rename root?
You can’t. You would be better to disable root login and create a new suer with sudo access (do his part first) There are a… -
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Is it possible to import db tables to mysql 5.7 from msyql 8.0.19?
Yes You should have no/little issues -
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Website took too long to respond (Temporal - After comes back to normal)
SSH to the server sudo apt(yum) install htop then once installed just run htop This will show what pro…Accepted Answer: SSH to the server sudo apt(yum) install htop then once installed just run htop This will show what pro… -
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how to know if digitalocean space CDN is caching file or not?
In your browser, right click on the asset, and “Inspect Element” (or press F12). You should see a window or inspector pane show, l… -
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Cannot access port 8080
Where is your DNS Hosted? If you’re using a proxy provider like cloudflare, and have the orange cloud enabled, it will only proxy … -
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The product Load Balancers giveme 504 error
504 is more likely your app server behind the LB timing out. Check your firewall settings. -
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Troubles with internet speed on the Droplets side
Have you run a ping from your computer to the droplet. Do that and paste in your ping times here. Also run a traceroute. The… -
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cannot ssh into git from liz@ubuntu-server Permission denied (publickey) fatal: Could not read from remote repository.
If I follow your post; try set the permissions of your ww dir cd /var sudo chown -Rf liz:www-data www cd /var/www ``... -
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I want to setup an openvpn server on my DO droplet but a little confused on needing two machines
Yes - a second machine is the best/most secure way to set this up. -
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Setting up multiple sites on multiple subdomains
I would use a subdomain. You can use regex in your nginx conf setup to make this pretty dynamic; server_name ~^((?<sub... -
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Can I use Spaces with a Droplet with IPv6 enabled?
No. IPv6 needs to be enabled for both sides of the connection in order for the connection to use IPv6.. Eg, you and your serv… -
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I have SF01 droplet and want to move to SF02 (after reading your Regional Availability Matrix page!).
It’s easy to move a droplet; https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/images/snapshots/how-to/migrate-droplets/ If it were me, and yo… -
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How to change MySQL database settings
I think you can set this in the my.cnf file; typically in /etc/mysql/my.cnf Then restart mysql. -
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Can Digital Ocean Spaces handle high traffic
Yes, it should do. It’s built for that! You can even enabled their CDN and edge caching.