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DreamHost is a Los Angeles-based web hosting, public cloud provider and domain name registrar.

DreamHost is a Los Angeles-based hosting, public cloud provider, and domain name registrar.

DreamHost's shared, , and dedicated hosting network consists of Apache, nginx and lighttpd web servers running on the Debian GNU/Linux operating system. Also included are 25+ apps including , Drupal, Joomla and Magento e-commerce along with free certificates, multi-factor authentication, and Whois privacy.

DreamHost Cloud offers cloud computing services and storage, based on and making it compatible with the most popular SDKs and configuration management tools. Its virtual servers are fast, ssh ready in 30 seconds (or less).

DreamHost's Cloud team welcomes contributions to the Cloud Knowledge Base on github and regularly hangs out on IRC freenode #dreamhost.

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How do I transparently redirect only the root directory on a DreamHost.com shared server?

The following DreamHost wiki explains how to transparently redirect your root directory to a subdirectory.. http://wiki.dreamhost.com/Transparently_redirect_your_root_directory_to_a_subdirectory The recommended code is.. RewriteEngine…
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mod_pagespeed refuses to flush cache

I have mod_pagespeed running on my Dreamhost Ubuntu 12.04 VPS. Every time I turn on mod_pagespeed again the old header display (top black bar with data I removed - is shown on all pages. This despite the fact that the new version has been on for a…
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How to edit domain's nameservers when no service "takes responsibility"?

I think I may have made a mistake when migrating my DreamHost registered domain to Amazon's Route 53 service. I didn't modify the DNS settings on DreamHost's end during the migration. So now, my DreamHost DNS panel says the following: Change…
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SSL/https setup for herokuapp.com address rather than my actual domain

I have a subdomain of my site pointed to a rails app at mysite.herokuapp.com. I bought a certificate from godaddy and seem to have that all set up correctly. So that when I go to: http://mysite.herokuapp.com or http://dev.mysite.com it's redirected…
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Redirect domain to Dreamhost by changing A Record only

I bought a domain somewhere else and tried changing the A records there to the DNS nameservers that Dreamhost uses (66.33.206.206), but it didn't work. Is there any way to have my domain redirect to Dreamhost (I have a hosting account there) by…
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How do I check what version of mod_passenger I'm running?

I'm running into an intermittent error with my Ruby app and I'm trying to figure out the context. I'm running mod_passenger off of Apache (on Dreamhost, if that matters). The error I'm getting is: [ pid=12404 file=ext/apache2/Hooks.cpp:727…
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DNS record for a subdomain on Dreamhost

I'm currently hosting a subdomain for a charity on Dreamhost. The charity is in control of the DNS records, and they're slow to update them. So for example.com: www.example.com -> A-record webserver mail.example.com -> A-record mail server About a…
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How to reduce the memory usage of mediawiki?

I have a VPS running apache that keeps running out of memory at Dreamhost. Dreamhost says that the problem is the wordpress configuration, but I think that's their stock answer. I've looked and the main web hosting is coming from mediawiki. I…
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Installing Imap PHP extension on VPS

I've been trying to install the imap extension on my server by doing the following: sudo apt-get install php5-imap sudo /etc/init.d/httpd2 restart apache2-ps---- Everything seems to work fine, the extension has been installed, Apache has restarted.…
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Silex Microframework for Dreamhost shared hosting

i can enable phar extension but i get this error: Warning: Unexpected character in input: '\' (ASCII=92) state=1 in /home/cesartineo/tineo.mobi/public/silex/silex.phar on line 27 Parse error: syntax error, unexpected T_STRING in …
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Reverse DNS from Linode when domain is registered elsewhere?

I currently have a domain, call it example.com, hosted on Dreamhost, and also a Linode VPS. The Linode lives in a subdomain of the Dreamhost domain, foo.example.com. What I want is to configure reverse DNS so that it will report itself as being at…
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Moving away from Dreamhost's Debian archive to Debian proper

This is currently the sources.list file with a hosted Dreamhost account running Debian # Generated by ndn-autoupdate deb http://debian.di.newdream.net/ lenny ndn deb http://debian.newdream.net/ lenny main contrib non-free deb…
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rdiff-backup - can it work when installed locally only? Dreamhost backup

I'm attempting to backup files to Dreamhost's Backup account, which "allows users to perform only ftp, sftp, scp, cvs, rdist, and/or rsync operations" (source: http://wiki.dreamhost.com/RSSH). Is there any configuration that will let me use…
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How to find a server's IP address on DreamHost?

I have a main domain registered and hosted with Godaddy. Let's call it example.com I'd like to point the subdomain foo.example.com to a server I have with Dreamhost. It's in my understanding I have to set up an A Record to point to the IP address of…
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How do I use python fastCGI on dreamhost?

I've been using CGI since 1996 or so, so it's probably time to move to FastCGI or something else. (Flask?) I'm using Dreamhost. I did some googling and found this article, but the article claims to be out of date and, sure enough, it doesn't…
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