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What is the best IP/Subnet set up strategy for a multi-server webhosting setup?

Sorry for the mixed-up title, but let me try to explain better: We run a hosting solution, which until now has supported shared hosting and VPSes. Easy enough. We are now getting larger clients which require a more complex setup. We have more or…
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When is it appropriate for a server to handle multiple functions and when should servers be dedicated to a single task?

I have one fairly powerful server running VMware ESXi to allow for multiple virtual machines to handle different purposes. Currently I have 7 set up: PHP Development PHP Staging RoR Development RoR Staging ASP.Net Development ASP.Net Staging Core…
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Setting up new cloud server

Complete server noob trying to setup a new cloud server account here. I've only dealt with shared-hosting accounts in the past, so I don't have much experience as a network admin setting up servers. What I want to achieve: I have 2 domain names:…
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RAID validation fails during Ubuntu Server 22.04 installation

I've followed this tutorial to set up RAID 1 during the installation of Ubuntu Server 22.04. During the installation, it always fails with a RAID validation error. (I also tried with Ubuntu 20.04). Debian can be configured with the same RAID…
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What's the best practice for setting up new servers?

I'm facing the problem that from time to time, when installing a new system, be it virtual machines in VMWare, be it new VDS of the customer's server, I have to constantly install the same packages (Nginx, firewalld, htop, python), make the same…
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clone a grafana setup to a different server

I'm writing a set of scripts to automatically setup any virgin ubuntu server to be in a state usable for my production environment. One of the things I want to do is setup grafana so that, on install, it has already added prometheus as a datasource,…
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Can we move the RAID array from one HP Server models to another HP models or one RAID controller model to another Controller model

In case my HP Proliant DL380 G6 & G7 failed, can I swap all HDD to HP Proliant DL380 G9. HP Proliant DL380 G7 is using the different controller (HP Smart Array Controllers P410i) and HP Proliant DL380 G9 is using different controller (HP Smart Array…
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HP Proliant DL580 G5 Server Initial Setup

I am a beginner so please bear that in mind if you choose to answer the question. I have a HP Proliant Dl580 G5 with the following specs : 4x Six-Core XEON 2.4GHz E7450 128GB RAM 4x 72GB SAS 15K I was wondering how i can go about installing or…
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Servers, cloud and network

I need so help so I have few questions. I work in small company and we are going to be buying one or two servers for our needs. We are in area that isn't well equip with internet (only ADSL or WiMAX) so we want our own network that isn't relying on…
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Use 1 executable file to be distributed accross 100 client PROS and CONS guys?

for easy updates of our internal system I'm planning to use just 1 exe located at the server and just put a shortcut in my clients pointed at the exe in the server. PROS and CONS guys? Server 2008 R2 and W7 as client
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Best practice for setting up a small fileserver for my group?

My R&D group are setting up our network and development environment. We have a dedicated 'kitchen sink' server machine, running Using Kubuntu 12.04 LTS as the distribution. which is going to run all sorts of services, one of which will be a file…
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accessing phpmyadmin as root

Im trying to access phpmyadmin on my server as the user root. I type root as the username and blank as the password and its not letting me in. I setup phpmyadmin.conf to only allow access from my IP address, and here is the config.inc.php: /*…
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phpmyadmin forbidden after changing config for my IP

I followed the phpmyadmin setup and changed the config to require ip my ipaddress and allow from my ipaddress and its still telling me forbidden You don't have permission to access /phpmyadmin on this server. when I try to access the page on my…
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HTTPS and HTTP folder setup?

I've done some basic HTTPS sites on my shared hosting, but in my hosting provider the folders in filesystem are different for SSL and the regular website. Is this an option, or is it required for the two to be separate? That is,…
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Smart Array 6i in DL385 can only see two physical drives

I originally had 2 x 72.8 GB hard drives installed and set up as RAID 0+1 then I added another 4 x 72.8 GB hard drives and it can still only see 2. That applies with both the inbuilt configuration (F8 on startup) and ACU under Windows. What to…
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