server admin

How to move your site to a new server

July 28, 2009 November 21, 2019 / Archived (old posts) / linux, mysql, server admin

In this guide, we’ll look at moving a MYSQL based website to a new server. For the purpose of this guide, this step-by-step is for a vBulletin based site, but the principles are the same no matter what type of application your site is using (eg Drupal, WordPress, etc). We’ll… Transfer our website files from …

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How to install XCache

July 27, 2009 November 21, 2019 / Archived (old posts) / linux, php, server admin

XCache is one of the most respected php cachers around, so here’s a little how to guide that I wrote up as a reference for myself a while back. Hope you find it useful… Ssh telnet into your server as root user Grab XCache by typing: cd /usr/local/src wget http://xcache.lighttpd.net/pub/Releases/1.2.2/xcache-1.2.2.tar.gz Wait for package to download