Guides about linux hosting
- Linux web hosting: first steps Linux hosting runs your sites fast on NVMe storage, with the newest PHP versions, MySQL-compatible (MariaDB) and PostgreSQL databases, free SSL and backups. Like every HyperDC service it is managed, with full support 24/7, and you run everything on your service page in the client area, with no separate control panel to sign in to. Beginner 15 min
- Upload files on Linux hosting: File Manager and Disk Access Your main domain's files go into httpdocs. File Manager on your service page uploads, edits, packs, unpacks and downloads files in the browser; Disk Access opens your hosting as a drive on your computer over HTTPS, at webdisk on your own domain, and its Setup Script connects it for you. Beginner 10 min
- Free SSL on Linux hosting: HTTPS, Force HTTPS and HSTS Every Linux hosting plan includes free Let's Encrypt certificates, issued and renewed by themselves once your domain points to the server. Every visitor gets a modern encrypted connection. The SSL tab also sends visitors to HTTPS with Force HTTPS and HSTS, and takes a certificate you bought. Beginner 10 min
- Domains, PHP versions and .htaccess on Linux hosting The Websites tab of your service page adds add-on domains, subdomains and aliases, each with its own folder. Every site runs the PHP version you choose for it, and .htaccess rules work as on Apache, so WordPress, Laravel-style and CMS rewrites work unchanged. Beginner 10 min
- Databases on Linux hosting: MariaDB and PostgreSQL Your Linux hosting plan includes MySQL-compatible (MariaDB) and PostgreSQL databases. Create one on your service page, copy its connection details into your application and run queries in the SQL console. Databases answer only to the server itself, so your sites reach them and the internet does not. Intermediate 10 min
- Security, logs and isolation on Linux hosting Every Linux hosting account runs as its own system user with its own PHP processes and limits, so another site's load or attack never slows yours, and security updates are applied automatically. Web Shield and the firewall hold back attacks, the Security tab scans your files for malware, and the Statistics, Logs and Activity tabs show what happens on your sites. Beginner 10 min
- Scheduled tasks on Linux hosting: run a job on a schedule The Scheduled Tasks tab of your service page runs a PHP script from your hosting account at the times you choose, as often as every minute; it can also fetch a web address or run a shell script. Tasks run as your account's own user, never as root. Beginner 10 min
- Email on Linux hosting: mailboxes, mail apps and DKIM Mail for your domain starts once the domain points to the server. Create mailboxes in the Mail tab of your service page, add them to any mail app over IMAP or POP3 and SMTP, and publish the DKIM, SPF and DMARC records it lists. Beginner 10 min
- Webmail on Linux hosting: read and send mail in your browser Webmail lets you read and send mail at your domain in any browser, without a mail app. It belongs to your Linux hosting service, runs at webmail on your own domain over HTTPS and opens from the Mail tab of your service page. Beginner 5 min
- Automatic replies on Linux hosting: set an out-of-office message Any mailbox of your Linux hosting service can answer incoming mail by itself, for example while you are on holiday. You set the reply in the Mail tab of your service page, and you switch it off there when you are back. Beginner 5 min
- DNS on Linux hosting: our nameservers or your Cloudflare zone The DNS tab of your service page keeps the records your sites need. Point your domain to our nameservers ns1.hyperdc.com to ns4.hyperdc.com and nothing else is needed, connect your own Cloudflare account so the records are written there for you, or copy them to another DNS provider. Beginner 10 min
- Install WordPress on Linux hosting The Applications tab of your service page installs WordPress in one click: it creates the database, puts the files in the folder you choose and sets up your admin user. WordPress's scheduled events can run from the server every 5 minutes instead of on page loads. Beginner 10 min
- One-click PrestaShop, OpenCart, Joomla, Drupal, Moodle and Laravel The Applications tab of your service page installs PrestaShop, OpenCart, Joomla, Drupal, Moodle and Laravel in one click. The installer creates the database, puts the files in the folder you choose and sets up the application's scheduled jobs, so they run from the server on time. Beginner 10 min
- Back up and restore on Linux hosting The Backups tab of your service page makes a backup when you ask and on a schedule every day, week or month. Download a copy to keep it elsewhere, and restore only what you choose: website files, databases or mail. Everything you do not choose stays as it is. Beginner 10 min
- Move your website to Linux hosting: backup restore and live copy The Migration & Restore tab of your service page restores a cPanel full backup or a Plesk backup, uploaded or fetched from a web address, or copies a running server over SSH, FTP or FTPS. Websites, MySQL databases, mailboxes with their mail, DNS records, certificates and cron jobs move here. Beginner 20 min
- Database Manager on Linux hosting: work with your databases online Database Manager is our own web-based tool for the MariaDB and PostgreSQL databases of your Linux hosting service. It opens from the client area already signed in, runs at dbadmin on your own domain over HTTPS, and shows only your own database. Intermediate 10 min
- Speed up WordPress with the page cache on Linux hosting Our own page cache keeps finished WordPress pages and hands them to visitors who are not signed in without running WordPress. Signed-in visitors, carts and checkout always reach WordPress, and publishing or changing content clears the pages it touches. You switch it on in the Performance tab of your service page. Beginner 5 min
- Linux reseller hosting: your reseller panel under your own brand A Linux reseller service comes with a reseller panel for you and your customers. Give it an address on your own domain, your title and logo, and optionally your own nameservers, so your customers never see ours. Your allowance, shared by your own website and your customers, is on your service page. Intermediate 15 min