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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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Must the authoritative DNS server for a domain allow recursion to allow CNAME records pointing to other domains?

So I've got a domain registered with Dreamhost, which apparently does not do recursive lookups, and an app on Heroku. Heroku apps are always configured to use a CNAME record to proxy.heroku.com. So: Authoritative DNS: ns1.dreamhost.com (for…
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What are the downsides of enabling DNSSEC for your website? (Hosted at a shared web host.)

I own a domain name via Google domains and my website is hosted as a shared account with Dream Host. I see that both provide DNSSEC vs old DNS. I was thinking to enable it. But before I do so, I was wondering what are the downsides of enabling…
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Host keeps asking for password when using SSH Keys with PuTTY for Windows

I'm using PuTTY for Windows to connect to dreamcompute-VPS(dreamhost). At dreamcompute panel, I created a private key and downloaded it, a .pem file. Using PuTTYgen, I converted this file to .ppk as SSH2-RSA. So, I downloaded Pageant.exe and added…
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"Synchronizing" files between local and remote server using Git

My intended goal: I maintain some files in my local computer, and I also share them with others by putting them on my website. In the past I did this by manually uploading all the files using FTP, every time I did some modifications etc. Now, I am…
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Enabling phar on Dreamhost shared hosting?

So, i'm trying to use Silex on my dreamhost account and I'm getting an error Fatal error: Class 'Phar' not found in blah blah blah... when I try to include the Silex.phar file. When I look at phpinfo(), there isn't a section for Phar, even though…
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How does DNS "get stuck"?

I recently registered a domain and got hosting from Dreamhost. But when even after three days, the website was not accessible, I contacted support about it. This is the response the support person gave me: "My apologies! The DNS had gotten stuck,…
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CORS error - Website is not reachable (ERR_FAILED), then redirects and works by itself

Error: I get "This site can't be reached ..." and then it automatically redirects and then the page works. Please see the screengrab GIF below. This error happens in random unpredictable intervals. On average it occurs once in ten times. It happens…
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PEAR Installer won't upgrade

I'm trying to install SOAP on PEAR via the command line on Dreamhost. I've upgraded to the latest version of PEAR (1.9.0) but when I try and install SOAP I get the error: pear/SOAP requires PEAR Installer (version >= 1.5.4), installed version is…
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Host DreamHost subdomain on DigitalOcaen

My main website is registered and hosted through DreamHost. I want to host a subdomain on DigitalOcean. I added a custom DNS record on DreamHost - type A with "value" equal to the IP address on DigitalOcean - and I added the domain under "DNS" on…
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How to install moinmoin-2 on dreamhost

How to install moinmoin-2 on dreamhost? I'm putting this here, so I can find it in the future. Maybe it is useful to other people too. I found it challenging because: it needs python2.7, and dreamhost has 2.4, 2.5, 2.6 it needs Flask, which I've…
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Dreamhost email sending issues

This has happened from time to time in the past with the emails showing up eventually hours to days later, however I sent some emails last week with a true result to Gmail and they still haven't arrived. I've checked both the inbox and the spam…
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.it domain, Dreamhost Hosting

I registered a .it domain name from GoDaddy, but I would like to host it with DreamHost. I'm having problems. I can't change the nameservers to ns1.dreamhost.com (ns2, etc) I get this error message: Your changes could not be submitted. 1 change…
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Hudson on Dreamhost

Have you successfully installed Hudson on a Dreamhost VPS? If you have, what are the steps to make it run continuously, even if the server restarts? They run debian on the servers.
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Dreamhost DNS CNAMEs work at my house, not for anyone else

I have my domain BQQKSHELF.COM that I bought through Dreamhost. I set up a CNAME so that zach.bqqkshelf.com points to my app at zach.heroku.com. The app at Heroku is working fine. Everyone can agree on that. When I go to zach.bqqkshelf.com,…
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Dreamhost Cloud Computing: Ubuntu 14.04 LTS / Apache 2 listen multiple port

I'm configuring an Ubuntu 14.04 LTS within your DreamCompute service. I have installed apache2 and currently running successfully a website in port 80. What I'm struggling now is to configure multiple websites with different ports. When I try to…
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