Zachary DuBois
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Automatic power cycling when down?
I would highly not recommend doing this as restarting a system does not fix issues. If your system randomly hangs, fix the issue ve… -
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20% / 45% CPU load every time I refresh my homepage, is it normal?
You need to scale your setup. 4 Wordpress sites it quite a lot for a droplet that size. Try caching your sites to reduce Wordpress … -
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Few Queries (Wordpress/Nginx/SSL related)
To answer your first two questions, make sure your server name in your Nginx configuration is set to your domain (abc.com) and not …Accepted Answer: To answer your first two questions, make sure your server name in your Nginx configuration is set to your domain (abc.com) and not … -
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is it all right that i used the service in the last a few days of July without info of payment according to my bill from the bank?
Depending how much your bill was, they won’t bill you until it is large enough. Contact support regardless for payment/bill questio… -
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Creation and user editing on Wordpress is really slow
Depending on the load of the droplet and if you have the database on the same system could be where your issue comes from. You may …Accepted Answer: Depending on the load of the droplet and if you have the database on the same system could be where your issue comes from. You may … -
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Slow speed using droplet as VPN for home connection.
With any VPN, you can expect more latency, unreliability, and slower speeds since you are adding more hops for your connection to t… -
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How to setup http-proxy with OpenVpn?
If I recall correctly, OpenVPN cannot act as an HTTP proxy but it can use them. OpenVPN is what the name implies, a VPN. Assuming t… -
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www subdomain not working
There is a great tutorial for redirecting www to non-www on DigitalOcean right here: [How To Redirect www to Non-www with Apache on… -
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I have problem with apt-get install or apt-get update i can't locate any packages or fetch archive server ??
Could’ve been a hiccup on Ubuntu’s mirror. I was able to connect just fine while leaving this comment. If it keeps failing, update … -
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can i deploy node.js server here ???'
Yep! You can pretty much deploy anything on DigitalOcean since it is a VPS. It acts pretty much like a dedicated server except just… -
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How to protect server from getting spammed?
Spam is a large issue that is never solve using one solution. I too use Wordfence on my WordPress site but that isn’t a major spam … -
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Transferring data to DO through importing physical disk
I don’t think they do. Contact them though. I hope you’re planning on using the block storage beta as you are restricted to the cur… -
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Does DigitalOcean not have a "remember me" function?
No, and the reason for this is security. They are a server host meaning all your data is behind that one login. Because of this, th… -
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DigitalOcean Mass Kernel Changer
A bash script to mass change your droplet's kernel using DOCTL. -
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Mysqd load 100% in CPU. How fix it?
Depending on how complex your queries are, how many queries you’re making, and how much load, MySQL will start to use more and more… -
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How do config VPS to allow Remote Connect from Desktop Application to MySQL of my VPS ?
It is very bad to open MySQL (or any database for that matter) to the internet. You should turn back on the firewall to block all p… -
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"sudo: unable to resolve host ghost" + Directory Permissions 403 Error
Alright, so permissions of 701 is very weird. By default in Linux systems, file permissions are 644 and directories 755. But … -
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Problem with php when installing vesta panel
So what it looks like is you never added a user/database for phpMyAdmin to use. When you install phpMyAdmin, there is a file in the… -
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My Website is no longer available after password reset
Resetting the root login password shouldn’t affect anything. So I assume something didn’t startup when DigitalOcean rebooted your d… -
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Is it really possible for a hacker to break into my DB or Steal My Traffic?
To simplify, if you need remote database access, you should use a VPN. There are several types. I recommend [Tinc](http://tinc-vpn....