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Yes you can be reseller on your VPS due the fact that you can create as much as web-accounts you need to. Note that the only limitation is the space and traffic you choose for your VPS when you purchase the number of nodes. The VPS is a perfect solution for Resellers that need to [...]

Yes we are providing our VPS customers  with cPanel/WHM features for managing accounts and also with the Softaculous web-installer. Note that the Softaculous web-installer is provided with limited number of applications and in order to receive the full number you should purchase a license for that feature.

There are many differences between the shared hosting and the VPS service related to performance space, traffic or even for the application compatibility. The major difference between these two services is the resource usage. On the shared hosting environment the resources of the server are used by all of the users located of the shared [...]

Depending on your needs you should determine the number of the nodes you need.  However if your are unable to determine the hardware resources you will need you can check on the VPS plans we are offering. For every plan there is a description which informs you for what purpose the number of nodes serves. [...]

You can order additional IP addresses to your VPS hosting plan via your Client Area -> Order -> Account addons -> Dedicated IP address . By purchasing this service you will receive a dedicated IP address for your VPS and if you want to assign it for certain account you can submit a support ticket [...]

There is no free trial period for the VPS service due the fact that this service requires custom setup and also the installation of the services you need. Note that this takes time and human resources which are not refundable.

The flexibility of the VPS service we are offering allows you to upgrade or downgrade your virtual server by the number of nodes you choose. This does not involve any downtime or any changes you need to perform on your end. In order to upgrade your VPS you can submit a support ticket to our [...]

The activation of your VPS depends only from the services you need to use. However, normally the activation of your VPS can take up to 12 hours.  Note that our support team will open for you a setup ticket in which you will be informed on the setup status for your VPS and also there [...]

Yes we make backups of the data for your VPS. By your request we can configure a full daily, weekly or monthly backup for all of your files, hosting accounts, web-sites or even emails. These backups can be restored as soon as you submit a support ticket and request from our support team to restore [...]

By default your VPS comes with an operating system installed and also the main services required for hosting and managing web-sites – Cpanel /WHM , LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL PHP) and security services. Basically you can install every web-based application compatible with the resources of your VPS and also with the version of the services [...]

  We can provide you with a root access to your VPS at your request. In order to receive the root password you should simply submit a support ticket and our support team will provide you with it. Note that you should keep that password in a safe place and also you should be aware [...]

The concept of the VPS service does not allow users to overuse the amount of resources located for every user account. Such option is not possible and if your web-site is slower you should consider the fact to upgrade your VPS to bigger number of nodes due the fact that all of the resources used [...]

The activity of other users which are using the VPS service on the same hosting environment as your virtual server is allocated and cannot affect the performance of your VPS. In other words every user is using the amount of resources that is located for the number of node he/she have purchased.

The operating systems we are offering are mostly Linux based operating system: – CentOS – Ubuntu – openSUSE – Fedora – Debian At this point we do not offer Windows based operating systems.

The VPS hosting plans we are offering depend from the hardware resources which our clients need. Generally these plans are separated by the number nodes. Basically there are 4 plans available for you to choose: – VPS Light – Most Popular – VPS Medium – VPS Premium Additionally you can choose the number of nodes [...]

There are many benefits from the VPS hosting service which you will take advantage of if you purchase this service. First of all this service is a quite stable in a manner of resource using. Different than the shared hosting the resource which you are using for your VPS will not affect other virtual servers [...]

VPS is an abbreviation for a Virtual Private Server. This service provides you with virtual server with certain resources which you can choose when you purchase this service. You can review and purchase this service via your Client area -> Order -> VPS hosting or via the TMDHosting VPS hosting page. The virtual server is [...]

Yes we can install a different Operating System on your Server. Our servers come by default with CentOS and integrated cPanel. However if you would like we can install some other Linux distributed OS. Keep in mind that cPanel can not be integrated with all OS and if you would like some other OS we [...]

If you would like to have the LiteSpeed web server installed on your dedicated server, simply submit a ticket to our technical support team. They will provide you with more information about the LiteSpeed installation process and complete the installation for you.

Usually, websites hosted on a dedicated server are larger ones and in most cases require more server resources. In order to guarantee the normal performance of the server and your website respectively we do not setup backups by default. However you may request such to be setup on your server. To have backups setup on [...]

If you would like to have additional security services applied on your dedicated server, you may consider purchasing SnapShield Server Firewall. If your website or server is under a networking attack, this firewall will stop the damage before it happens. SnapShield enables an advanced, enterprise-grade hardware-based firewall on the network level which can be online [...]

The softaculous auto-installer allows you to install a large amount of open source scripts in seconds.  Softaculous is fast and easy to use and supports the best web apps available. You may see a full list of supported applications here: http://www.softaculous.com/softwares The Softaculous auto-installer does not come in the default cPanel/WHM installation, which is why [...]

To monitor the MySQL queries on your server, login the WHM with your root user.  Navigate to “Show MySQL Processes” under the “SQL Services” category and you will be provided with a list of the mysql process executed on the server. You should know that the processes shown in the table are not in real [...]

To monitor the process executed on your server and its load, login the server via SSH with your root user. Once logged type the following command: top This command shows information about the process which are currently executed on the server, cpu usage, server uptime and memory usage. The most resource consuming processes will be [...]

You may have two or more caching systems on your dedicated server, however you should be aware that only one could be active at a time. You should choose which caching system is most suitable for your website performance and leave that caching system as the active one on your server.

Memcached is simple yet powerful caching system. It is free and open source high performance system.  It is mostly used for dynamic web applications as it helps decreasing the database load. Memcached stores the cache files in the memory which may solve many problems faced with large data caches. If you have a high-traffic site, [...]

Xcache is open source operation code cache system, which accelerates the performance of php scripts. Xcache optimizes the performance by caching the compiled state of the php script into the RAM. That way re-compiling process is skipped and the script is loaded directly from the RAM. This will surely increase the rate of the page [...]

APC stands for “Alternative PHP Cache” and it is a free operation code caching system for PHP. Its purpose is to provide free and robust framework for caching and optimizing PHP. Besides a open code cache, APC provides a user cache for storing application data. APC comes very handy when you want to improve the [...]

Eaccelerator is a open source php accelerator which increases the performance of php scripts by caching them in complied state. That way the overhead compiling is almost completely eliminated. The eAccelerator usually reduces the server load and increases the speed of your php code.

The WHM offers you two options to have the server rebooted: Forceful Server Reboot Graceful Server Reboot If you are planning to reboot the server it is recommended to use the graceful server reboot. The graceful reboot allows the server to close any user-level running processes before restarting. The forceful reboot can result in data [...]

To change the root password for your dedicated server, login the WHM with the root user. Once logged navigate to “Change Root Password” under the “Server Configuration” category. Enter your new root password in the fields and hit the “Change” button. It is highly recommended to use unique password which could not be easily guessed. [...]

There are various of ways to access the WHM. You may access the whm using yourdomain, for example: http://yourdomain.com/whm You will have to change “yourdomain.com” with your actual domain. If your domain is not yet pointed to the server, you may use the IP address of the server to access the whm. For example: http://192.168.1.100/whm

To restart a service on your server, login the WHM with your root user. From the left side menu find the “Restart Services” category. You will see a list of services: DNS Server (BIND/NSD) E-Commerce Server (Interchange) FTP Server (ProFTPd/PureFTPd) HTTP Server (Apache) IMAP Server (Courier/Dovecot) Mail Server (Exim) POP3 Server (cPPOP) SQL Server (MySQL) [...]

To edit MX records for domain, login your WHM with root user. Navigate to “Edit MX Entry” under the “DNS Functions” category. Find the domain which MX records will be edited and hit the “Edit” button. Once you are ready, save the changes.

To change the primary domain of account on your server, login your WHM with the root user. Then from the left side menu navigate to “Modify an account” under the “Account Functions”. Select the account which will be modified from the list of accounts. In the new window set the new domain and hit the [...]

The Apache umask determines what file permissions will be set for newly created files. To change the default umask, login your server via SSH with root user. Edit the following file with your favorite text editor: /usr/local/apache/bin/envvars Add the following in that file umask permissions You should change “permissions” with the actual permissions which you [...]

To edit a DNS zone for domain login to your WHM with your root user. Then navigate to “Edit DNS Zone” under the “DNS Functions”. Find the domain which DNS zone will be edited and hit the “Edit” button. In the new window you will be able to change the DNS settings for your domain. [...]

To login your server via SSH using Linux operating system you will need to open a new terminal. In most Linux distributions you may open new terminal window by pressing simultaneously CTRL + ALT + T. In the terminal window enter the following command:   ssh  -p 16969 user@hostname You must change the “user” with [...]

To access your dedicated server using SSH on MacOS you would need to open a terminal. To open a terminal navigate to the Applications folder and open “Utilities”, then double click on the “Terminal” icon. Once you have an opened terminal you should input the following command: “ssh –p 16969 user@hostname” You must change “user” [...]

When importing/exporting database which includes records in different languages it is very important to keep the correct character encoding. Otherwise data could be missing or shown incorrectly. To export a database with appropriate character encoding, login your server with root user and execute the following command:   mysqldump database_name  –default-charcter-set=utf8 > database_backup.sql You should replace [...]

Almost all log files are located in the /var/logs folder on your server. The most important log files which you should be aware of are: Mail logs: /var/log/exim_mainlog FTP Logs /var/log/messages Apache access logs: /usr/local/apache/logs/access_log Apache error Log /usr/local/apache/logs/error_log Usually these log files are quite large and showing too much information, most of which you [...]

To check the root mysql password on your dedicated serevr, login the server via SSH with your root user. Then with your favorite text editor open the following file: /root/.my.cnf You will see the root mysql password in unencrypted format.

To change the cPanel theme for account on your dedicated server, login your WHM with the root user. From the left side menu navigate to “Modify an account” under the “Account  Functions” category.  Select the account which cPanel theme will be changed and click the “Modify” button.  Select the new theme from the dropdown menu [...]

All dedicated servers provided by TMDHosting are capable of steaming live videos and audio.  You are provided with full root access to the server and you may install the requirements and streaming software on your serer. If you are not comfortable with making those installations yourself, you may always request a service installation by our [...]

Each dedicated server provided by TMDHosting comes with 5 IP addresses, which you may use for different purposes. You may assign separate IP for your websites in order to improve the rankings of that websites in the search engines. If those websites are using one shared IP address, search engines may consider that links from [...]

If you are hosting multiple accounts on your server, you may want to grant them with different amount of server resources. In that case the “Packages” functions in your WHM will come in hand. This will help you set the maximum disk space used by account on the server,  number of FTP accounts that each [...]

There are few application in your cPanel which are providing you with statistics about the usage of your websites. Sometimes you may need to manually update these logs. For that purpose, access your server via SSH with your root user and execute the following command: /scripts/runweblogs Username You should change “Username” with the actual cPanel [...]

To create new accounts on your server, login the WHM with your root user.  From the left side menu navigate to “Create a new account” under the “Account Functions” category.  Fill all the required information which will be associated with the account: Domain – primary domain for the account Username – username for the account [...]

You may easily remove all emails in the mail queue on your dedicated server. For that purpose login to the WHM with your root user. Then from the left side menu navigate to “Mail Queue Manager” under the “Email” category. You have the options to the delete or attempt to deliver all messages in the [...]

If your ISP is providing you with dynamic IP address, we may add a rule in your firewall, which will grant SSH access to the entire network.  In order to have this rule applied on your server  you may submit a Support ticket via your client area -> My Tickets -> Submit a ticket. Our [...]

First you will need to access your server via SSH with your root user. Then, with your favorite text editor open the file: /etc/pure-ftpd.conf Find the line LimitRecursion 10000 8 The first value shows the number of files displayed. The second value shows the maximum subdirectories depth. You should set the values which suit your [...]

If you want to access your server via SSH you should know some of the basic bash commands. These are the most commonly used commands: top – provides you with information about the current CPU and RAM usage as well as a full list of the process currently being executed on your server. ls – [...]

To change the server time zone, login your WHM with your root user. From the left side menu navigate to “Server Time” under the “Server configuration” category. Then from the dropdown menu select the appropriate time zone. Once you have selected your time zone hit the “Change TimeZone” button so the changes can take effect.

To view the FTP logs on your dedicated server, login the WHM with your root user. Then from the left side menu navigate to “Raw FTPlogs” under the “Account Functions” category. Select the account for which you would like to view the FTP logs and hit the “Download” button.

To force the sFTP usage, you will need to block the default FTP port – 21. For that purpose you may use the following command: iptables -I INPUT -p tcp –dport 21 -j DROP

To edit your server’s php.ini file login the server using SSH with your root user. The php.ini file is located under: /usr/local/lib/php.ini Edit the file with your favorite text editor and save the changes. Then execute the following command so the changes can take effect:  service httpd graceful

There are no limitations on the cronjob for your dedicated server. However you should be aware that setting too many cronjobs may cause an increased server load, which may affect the normal work of your websites.

If your domain for example is pointed just via A record to your Server, you shall not be able to send mails from the servers because the MX records are pointed elsewhere. You can easily change that just by log in via SSH on your dedicated server and then open: /etc/localdomains If the domain is [...]

To check if certain IP address is blocked on your server, login the server via SSH with your root user. Then enter the following command: iptables -L -n –line | grep IP_Address You should change IP_Address with the actual IP address you are checking for. If the IP address is blocked, the command will return [...]

To block an IP address on your server, login the server via SSH with your root user. Then enter the following command: iptables -I INPUT -s  IP_Address You should change the IP_Address with the actual IP address you are trying to block. The command should  return the following result: IP_address dropped

By default the php configuration set on our dedicated server allows the usage of short  tags in php.

To change the query timeout limit, login your server via SSH with the root user. Then edit the php.ini file using the following command:  Vim /usr/local/lib/php.ini Find the line: max_execution_time = 200 Change the value after “=” to the desired amount of seconds allowed for a script to execute. Save the file and exit the [...]

To generate a CSR, login your WHM with your root user. Navigate to “Generate a SSL Certificate and Signing Request”, under “SSL/TLS” category. In the new window fill all the required information. It is important to select the appropriate key size, to generate the CSR. If you are not sure which size you should choose, [...]

To manually clear the mail inboxes on your dedicated server, login the server via SSH using your root user. Then navigate to: /home/USERNAME/mail/YOURDOMAIN/mail_account/ You will find folders called cur and new. The “cur” folder contains all the read mails and the “new” contains all unread emails. You may remove the emails using the command “rm [...]

To check the memory usage on your dedicated server, login your WHM with your root user. Then from the left side menu navigate to “Service Status” under the “Server status” category. You will see a box called “System Information” providing you with the information about the memory usage.

To find the amount of connections from certain IP address on a specific port, you will need to access the server via SSH using your root user. For that purpose you may use different SSH clients like “Putty” for example. Once logged type the following command:  netstat -plan|grep ORT|awk {‘print $5′}|cut -d: -f 1|sort|uniq -c|sort [...]

To check the status of the MySQL service on your dedicated server, you will have to login your WHM with your root user. Then from the left side menu navigate to “Service Status” under the “Server status” category. You will see a box providing you with the information about the server services. The green  checkmarks [...]

To change the password for an account on your Dedicated server you would need to login to your WHM with your root user. Then in the left side menu navigate to “List accounts”, under the “Account information” category. Click the “+” next to the account which password would be changed. A new input field will [...]

To backup your dedicated server files on your local computer, access your server via SSH an execute the following command: rsync -e “ssh -p 16969″ -aHz YOUR_SERVER_IP:/home/USERNAME/ /home/LOCAL_USER/BACKUP/ You may change “/home/LOCAL_USER/BACKUP/” with another directory on your local computer where the files will be stored.

Using the WHM, you may easily delete/terminate an account on the server. For that purpose login your WHM using your root users. Once logged in the WHM find “Terminate an account” from the left column menu. Then you should select the account which you would like to terminate. You have the options to choose between [...]

To review the disk usage for your dedicated server, login your WHM with the root user. From the left column menu find “Server information” under the “Server Status” category. Then at the bottom of the page you will see the information about the disk usage on the server.

To restore  a database on your dedicated server, login to your WHM with root user. Then navigate to “phpMyAdmin” under the “SQL Services” category. Then from the left side menu in phpMyAdmin find the database in which you would like to import your backup file and click on it. Once you have selected the database, [...]

To back up a database on your dedicated server, login your WHM with root user. Then navigate to “phpMyAdmin” under the “SQL Services” category. Then from the left side menu in phpMyAdmin find the database which you would like to export and click on it. Once you have selected the database, find the “Export” button [...]

Each dedicated server or  VPS, comes with it’s own WHM control panel, which allows you to manage accounts hosted on your server. To unsuspend an account, login your WHM with the root user  and on the left column menu, under the “Account Functions” find Suspend/Unsuspend an account feature. The accounts shown in red are the [...]

Each dedicated server or  VPS, comes with it’s own WHM control panel which will allows you to manage accounts hosted on your server. To suspend an account on your server, login to your WHM with your root user and on the left column menu, under the “Account Functions” find Suspend/Unsuspend an account” feature. You may [...]