Questions tagged [linode]

Linode is a virtual server hosting business that specializes in Linux boxes.

Linode is a virtual server hosting business that specializes in Linux boxes.

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What is wrong with my DNS set up?

Ok so I'm running a server on Linode (Ubuntu 14.04, Apache2) I am redirecting the domain from 1and1.com to Linode(Linked to Linode's nameservers) via HTTP redirection to the IP of my server. (http://255.255.255.255) On the Linode side, I have the…
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Can't Track Down What's Causing Server To Go Out of Memory

For a few months now I've been experiencing random crashes on my 2GB RAM VPS Linode server. Someone convinced me to switch to self-managed hosting and I for some reason thought I could handle it despite having no experience in the field. I'm going…
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Should each 48U have their own UPS?

Yesterday, the network of Linode over at HE.net has suffered a major outage -- supposedly, he.net has had "one out of eight" of their power generators fail, which, apparently, has one way or another resulted in the whole Linode Fremont cloud going…
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Extra certs issue with Nginx SSL config

It seems that I've set up my SSL wrong. SSL labs gives me the following: https://www.ssllabs.com/ssltest/analyze.html?d=pitot.io&hideResults=on The issue in question is "extra certs". This doesn't seem to be a big issue for most browsers, but chrome…
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Can't boot after intrerrupting do-release-upgrade (Mount failed for selinuxfs on /sys/fs/selinux)

From a ssh session I ran: sudo apt-get install update-manager-core sudo do-release-upgrade I went to read something else and when I returned to my ssh session, it wasn't responsive. I'm presuming my router dropped the connection. I tried to ssh…
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Apache virtual host set up not working for a single website

I have a Linode VPS hosting several websites. Using Linode guides, I created folders to place files and created an apache .conf file holding the virtual host configuration for each website. This would be a normal setup which has worked for many…
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IO Rate is exceedingly incrementing

I have read through Is a 'high' IO rate healthy?, and was at ease when I read someone say that even 50,000 / hr wasn't an issue.... or not unhealthy, to answer their question; so I increased the IO threshold to 20,000. Unfortunately, my IO warning…
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MX record set up using Zoho mail and Linode DNS manager

I've decided to try Zoho's email service given that it's free up to 10 users. I'm having difficulty getting my mx records to jibe correctly with Zoho. Unfortunately Zoho's documentation is over simplistic, so I'm obviously missing something simple.…
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Any objective VPS performance tools available?

Because: there are so many variables when it comes to VPS hosting (noisy neighbors, SSD/HD, host server specs, number of VPSes on host, etc...) VPS hosts like to use fluffy specs (vCPU) to sell their products Many virtualization platforms (Xen,…
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Is backing up to Dropbox ideal?

I am currently setting on a new CentOS server on one of my Linodes, and are debating with myself on how to back up the data. The server is running DirectAdmin, which will compress all data (e-mail, settings, files, databases) to .tar files every…
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remote connection to mysql failing

Whenever I try to connect to my mysql database remotely I am receiving Lost connection to MySQL server at 'reading initial communication packet', system error: 111 as a response, Currently my bind address is: #bind-address =…
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Migrate to AWS from Linode

Migration to another server is not easy when we have a large database. We want to move our database in Linode to amazon RDS database, i tried to pg_dump and pg_restore and it succeeds but it consume a lot of time. My Question is: is there a fast way…
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Nginx 1.4 on Debian 7 via apt-get

I cannot for the life of my figure out how to install nginx 1.4 via apt-get on a Debian 7 linode. I added the following to /etc/apt/source.list: deb http://nginx.org/packages/debian/ squeeze nginx deb-src http://nginx.org/packages/debian/ squeeze…
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What are some techniques companies like Linode use to prevent spamming from their VPS's?

I apologize if this seems open ended. I'm currently investigating Linode, and this item is one of the things I was asked to look into. I suspect this may look like I'm a spammer myself, but that's not the case :)
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Linode Munin Nodes

I have 3 servers in Linode. All of them are configured with private lan network. All 3 are able to ping each other. I have install a Munin master server in one of them and Munin node to all of them. I open the port for the master node to accept port…
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