Wondered if anyone has managed to install SSL on fasthosts dedicated server?. I have bought an SSL certificate from goDaddy, but it just won't install. Fasthosts support is OK until you tell them that you're dedicated then they just say they can't help technical questions on that, but an engineer can help @ £60 per ½ hour. goDaddy tech support keep sending me the same instructions, and I've now tried 3 times & just not recognised
One of their servers was compromised, and as a result EVERY password for every customer's accounts must be changed including email, ftp, etc.
I am posting because as of Monday last week my database users in MYSQL were deleted and the Database owner account I have does not have priviledges to grant permissions to new users. As a result my website is now at a standstill and as I write I am at queue position 35 on the phone, starting at 39, 5 minutes ago....
All emails to them remain without a response and they have taken their own forums down.
This raises a good question at a good time as my site is not live yet. Fasthosts has always been quite reputable, and as such I believe this could happen to any hosting company...
How can I mitigate risks relating to my host when my site is live (without going down the dedicated server route as well)?
As I have a .co.uk and a .com for the same name should I split out the hosting to two seperate companies?
If you are looking for a host I would advise to think carefully about Fasthosts at this time.
I ordered a server from fasthosts.co.uk in May after speaking to their sales over the phone. Once I had worked out that it was something that we could try I said that’s fine I will order it online. NO NO I was told I can order it for you here and set everything up for you. Great... I gave the girl I think her name was Flik or Flic from fasthosts all my details and she set everything up in a few hours. GREAT
Now here is the bad part...
Tried to cancel the server and have been told that it's a minimum term of 12 month. I have also been charged since then another £79.00. Called my credit card company to try and stop the transactions for now as you can't delete the details on the fasthost control panel.
I have email support so many times and also spoken to them on the phone. I have tried to speak to other managers but they keep saying that there is no ones available to talk to.
My main post is I was not told that this was a minimum of 12 months and would have never agreed to this. I did check when you sign up online and they do place the T&C's deep in their small print. I now know why the girl from Fasthosts wanted to take the order over the phone.
Here is my letter I send to them. Next step is ofcom but if you have any ideas please let me know.
Dear Fast Hosts
I am writing to you in regards to a server that I ordered over the phone with one of your sales people in April. As I recall her name was Flick and her contact number is 01452 561831.
I ordered this server to use as a back up for some of our company files and discussed this with your sales staff. We agreed that getting a Windows server was the best option for what we needed and the server was ordered over the phone.
We were not too sure if the server was what we needed but we thought that we would give it a go and see.
After a week or so I released that we didn’t really need the server as we could use our public folders with the exchange email service that we have with you and if we ran out of space I could always buy some more.
I sent an email to you on 30th May requesting cancellation and received an email back 2 days later advising me that it was a minimum one year’s contact. I have since sent several emails to your support and sales explaining that I was never told that this was a year contact as I ordered on the phone. I was not even told the price.
It's simple... How can I agree to those terms and conditions when I was not made aware of them? I would have never agreed or signed up for a year's contract. I have not used this server and only wanted to try it out. When I ordered over the phone I was never told that it was for a year. Your calls must be recorded and you can check.
I am a consultant for a large mobile operators call centre in ******* and this is poor service.
Please cancel this server and review your sales policies as they are against trading standards.
I also notified you about the cancellation on 30th May and was charged for another month on 4th June. Please arrange a refund for that month to avoid charge back. I am happy to pay the first months payment.
I have other services with Fast Host that I have had for several years. We are a web company and do recommend Fasthosts for UK hosting as we have had a great experience with you in the past.
The credit can be applied to our exchange hosting account domain gsynetwork.com and I believe that the username is ********
Regards
This is the type of reply you get back…… What a joke……
Further to your mail ,
All of our servers are subject to a 12 month minimum term , part of using this server is the acceptance of the terms of service which we operate subject to the normal cooling off periods associated with purchasing products and services over the phone or online. As you have gone beyond this period I cannot authorise the removal of this machine from contract.
At 6pm last night - more than 28 hours ago - my Dedicated Fasthosts server went down.
It's still down.
Despite more than 15 phone calls and several emails, they seem utterly incapable of fixing the problem.
The system drive apparently failed and was replaced today with a new drive. I then rebuilt the Linux Fedora Core and Fasthosts proceeded to add the faulty drive to the server - at my request.
However, after confirming that the drives had been installed and that the server was ready for use, guess what?
It's still down.
So not only do I currently not have a website, but my developer cannot access the failed drive in order to see what can be recovered.
I'm at the point of telling Fasthosts to stick it, but I'm not going to do that because it's their responsibility to fix their hardware and provide the service I've been paying for since 2006.
That being the case, can anyone recommend what steps I should take next in order to hold Fasthosts to account.
I have recently closed my Linux Developer account with fasthosts due to intermittant latency problems, and rubbish support query turn around, always over 48hours if replied to at all (most of my support queries were never answered unless I actually phoned in about them!)
So is mine an isolated incident or are others out there having the same problem?
I ideally want to use Fasthosts as the hosting provider, on a shared hosting account. Are there any CMS's that install and work well in such an environment?
I dont need a CMS with bells and whistles, just one that is template driven, and has 'friendly' URLs.
I'm doing some work for a client, they have a linux developer package with Fasthosts for an existing website.
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what I can't seem to work out from the Fasthosts website is whether I could register another domain with this package to save having to buy further hosting. Both websites are pretty small.
I designed my companies website but we've had a change in IT and php went down. The new guy (who is here to fix things) just sent me this and quite frankly I'm at a loss (i use a VPS, thus never having to deal with this stuff). But seeing how it's my own company I figured I'd try to help.
Here is the question:
Quote:
You are running IIS (windows server). The PHP should be something straight forward, but as we see it is not... Previously, you had PHP ver PHP 5.2.6 dated may 2008. - it wasn't working correctly. I updated it with the latest version php-5.2.9-1 dated march 2009. - and now the PHP is not functioning.
My questions, if you know was to figure which option of PHP cgi are you using. IIS ISAPI module IIS FastCGI IIS CGI
Then, when installing the PHP, there are many extensions that are optional to install. Do you know or can you tell me, which extensions are needed by your app?
Honestly, the website just uses a few php includes to template it (and make my life easier). And that's what were trying to get working.
I decided to go with Cent OS after reading about it in the forums here, but I've had nothing but problems trying to install it. I first tried to do a net install but the installation took nearly an entire day because it would keep popping up messages about corrupt files when downloading the package files. Eventually it just gave up or rebooted because I came in in the morning to find it at a message saying "No OS installed". I then burned all 7 installation disks and tried that way, still got a few of the corrupt file messages (but far fewer than the previous time) and made it through the installation only to still have it say "no os installed" again after the reboot. I thought maybe it had something to do with the fact that I was not installing a boot loader (there is no other OS installed anyways) but when I tried to reinstall a third time, this time with the boot loader, it now says that the CD drive (USB) is already mounted on tty2 and I can't even start the installation? WTH!
The server is a Dell PowerEdge R300 with two Intel Core 2 Duo 64-bit processors. I'm using the x86_64 ISOs from the Centos.org mirrors.
trying to install nameserver in cPanel and getting errors about missing dependacies.
when I try and do it manually by running: yum install bind it goes ok for a while then I get the following:
Error: Missing Dependency: e2fsprogs-libs = 1.39-10.el5 is needed by package e2f sprogs Error: Unable to satisfy dependencies Error: Package e2fsprogs needs libblkid.so.1, this is not available. Error: Package e2fsprogs needs e2fsprogs-libs = 1.39-10.el5, this is not availab le. Error: Package elinks needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package cadaver needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package util-linux needs libuuid.so.1, this is not available. Error: Package pkinit-nss needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package openssl needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package nss_ldap needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package openssh-server needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package fetchmail needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package util-linux needs libblkid.so.1, this is not available. Error: Package cryptsetup-luks needs libuuid.so.1, this is not available. Error: Package pam_krb5 needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package krb5-libs needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package parted needs libuuid.so.1, this is not available. Error: Package openssh needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package quota needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package readahead needs libext2fs.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package krb5-workstation needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package cyrus-sasl needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package mutt needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package e2fsprogs needs libe2p.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package e2fsprogs needs libext2fs.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package neon needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package e2fsprogs needs libuuid.so.1, this is not available. Error: Package openssh-clients needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package krb5-workstation needs libss.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package quota needs libext2fs.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package ipsec-tools needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package e2fsprogs needs libss.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package gnupg needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package curl needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package readahead needs libuuid.so.1, this is not available. Error: Package e2fsprogs needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package readahead needs libblkid.so.1, this is not available. Error: Package nfs-utils needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available. Error: Package readahead needs libcom_err.so.2, this is not available.
installing svn on my Directadmin server. I'm trying to get it configured with apache, but I'm having some trouble.
When I run "yum install mod_dav_svn" it tells me there is nothing to do. I'm not sure why this is. I think it may have something to do with Apache 1 originally installed on the server. I upgraded to Apache 2.26 via the new custombuild script by DA.
I have to admit that I really don't even know what DAV (same as webdav?) is. This should be a straight forward install, but I think because of Directadmin it's much more complicated.
I know that I could pay someone to do this for me, but I don't learn anything that way. I'm a CS undergrad, so I really like learning.
I tried installing MRTG in my Linux Server by using help from -
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What i have done till now is -
cd /usr/local/src gunzip -c mrtg-2.16.2.tar.gz | tar xvf - cd mrtg-2.16.2
./configure --prefix=/usr/local/mrtg-2
make
make install After this i am unable to understand what to do, and how to start MRTG graphs.
* the next last step says,
CONFIGURATION
The next step is to configure mrtg for monitoring a network device. This is done by creating an mrtg.cfg file which defines what you want to monitor. Luckily, you don't have to dive straight in and start writing your own configuration file all by yourself. Together with mrtg you also got a copy of cfgmaker. This is a script you can point at a router of your choice; it will create a mrtg configuration file for you. You can find the script in the bin subdirectory.
This example above will create an mrtg config file in /home/mrtg/cfg assuming this is a directory visible on your webserver. You can read all about cfgmaker in cfgmaker. One area you might want to look at is the possibility of using --ifref=ip to prevent interface renumbering troubles from catching you.
^^ this is what i am not able to understand.
When i ran the script, (below mention) it gave many errors, how to resolve them ?
[root@c bin]# ./cfgmaker --global 'WorkDir: /home/httpd/mrtg' --global 'Options[_]: bits,growright' output /home/mrtg/cfg/mrtg.cfg eth0 Error: can't resolve "output" to IP address at /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/../lib/mrtg2/SNMP_util.pm line 428 SNMPWALK Problem for public@output::::::v4only at ./cfgmaker line 950 WARNING: Skipping public@output: as no info could be retrieved
Error: can't resolve "/home/mrtg/cfg/mrtg.cfg" to IP address at /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/../lib/mrtg2/SNMP_util.pm line 428 SNMPWALK Problem for public@/home/mrtg/cfg/mrtg.cfg::::::v4only at ./cfgmaker line 950 WARNING: Skipping public@/home/mrtg/cfg/mrtg.cfg: as no info could be retrieved
Error: can't resolve "eth0" to IP address at /usr/local/mrtg-2/bin/../lib/mrtg2/SNMP_util.pm line 428 SNMPWALK Problem for public@eth0::::::v4only at ./cfgmaker line 950 WARNING: Skipping public@eth0: as no info could be retrieved
# Created by # ./cfgmaker --global "WorkDir: /home/httpd/mrtg" --global "Options[_]: bits,growright" output /home/mrtg/cfg/mrtg.cfg eth0
### Global Config Options
# for UNIX # WorkDir: /home/http/mrtg
# or for NT # WorkDir: c:mrtgdata
### Global Defaults
# to get bits instead of bytes and graphs growing to the right # Options[_]: growright, bits
EnableIPv6: no WorkDir: /home/httpd/mrtg Options[_]: bits,growright
I would like to install the Mod_evasive for Apache 2.0 on RHEL 4 Server(Cpanel Installed). I downloaded the Mod_evasive source and extracted and used the following command.
# cd mod_evasive # /usr/sbin/apxs -cia mod_evasive20.c
configure: error: Cannot find MySQL header files under /usr/local/webserver/mysql. Note that the MySQL client library is not bundled anymore!
Because mysql installed on another physical server. so how may I fix the problem? can I configure php without "---with-mysql" and "--with-mysqli" parameters? I need my php could access remote mysql server.
I'm using PhantomJS on windows and accessing the files through command line. Now I want to install it on the server I'm working on local host so I want it to be installed on Apache, so that I may integrate Phantom with my html and PHP to be used within a web page. I'm using Windows 8.1 and Apache Server for localhost.
Can I actually do that? How to use it in web services now? How i will use it if I have to make my web online? should I have t ask my hosting provider to place this thing on server for me?
I'm using phantomJS to develop a web service which takes a url as input and returns an image file of the screen shot of the website.
I have had my websites hosted with 1and1.fr for nearly 3 years now and have never had the slightest issue with them. I used to host a static average traffic website plus a punBB forum and some low traffic joomla based websites (nothing that needs much power as you can see).
A week ago, I bought a website (wordpress blog) and the guy included two proxies in the sale. I installed the two proxies and had a lot of trouble installing the wordpress blog so I moved it to another host where it now works all right. However, I am still getting 500 Internal Server Errors on my initial host (I thought it was caused by the wordpress blog) on all my websites hosted at 1and1 and it happens almost every other page!
I have many questions:
- are the proxies the cause?
- how can I know my websites have been moved to another server?
- do you think a VPS can solve the problem, or do I need a dedicated server?
- what is the best solution for hosting proxies?
I have sent a ticket to them yesterday and I am still waiting!
The company I work for unfortunately runs their site on a IIS server. I want to install some forum software, vBulletin or phpBB onto the server and run it on the same site. PHP of course needs to be installed to do this.
Boss is worried that putting PHP on same server as ASP might take down the site if something goes wrong. What are the odds of this happening if I follow directions and what steps should I take to install?
I am currently using a shared hosting but due to increasing traffic and server load my existing host is not able to provide reliable services and I am planning to upgrade my hosting service.
While I was searching for Dedicated Servers, I learnt about Virtual Dedicated Servers but I am not very sure about their reliability? Are Virtual Dedicated Servers useful? My website current serves over 2500-3000 visitors a day resulting in 30,000 pageviews and I am expecting the traffic to grow by atleast 2 folds in the next few months as I start some PPC campaigns and Email Marketing for my website. Can a Virtual Dedicated Server cater such needs assuming my website to be more of less dynamic website written in php?
I have Plesk 11.5 (service provider mode) on a Windows 2008 server IIS7.Most of my sites are developed in .asp and therefore i use a custom 500-100.asp error page that check s the IP of the visitor then displays either a friendly error, or if its my IP a full error of what has happened (it also emails me the error). This allows me to debug pages easily whilst developing and to keep an eye on anyone trying SQL Injection hacks on my sites (as the error and email also have session variables and IP address).I dont have root access to the server as it is a Webfusion dedicated server.I have following the Plesk documentation -
1) Switch on custom errors for the subscription 2) Look in virtual directories and navigate to error documents 3) Find the error in question (500:100) and change it to point at either a file or URL
FILE - I had the data centre add in the 500-100.asp error page in to the virtual template so that my page is available in the list of virtual files - this didn't work but that maybe because its not a static page??
URL - when i add the path it says its incorrect, if i add a fully qualified address, it accepts it but it doesn't work.give me a specific example of the URL that can be entered relative to the root as the format in the documentation isn't accepted. The last step is to restart IIS which is also an issue as i cant seem to do this from the Plesk panel..It is as if it isn't catching the 500:100 error, and only catching the general 500 error??
I am going to be buying a dedicated server from kimsufi Most likely the 2XL Package.
My streamers will be using my server aswell, On weekends we will be running 3-4 streams at a time, weekdays 1-2 at a time.
Spreading all the streams out, at anyone time we will have 300 viewers.
I need to know your advice on this before i go spending money.
How do i convert my dedi into a flash media server, i need red5 or something, thats all i know so far. My streamers wil be streaming to server with FME, And i also want it coded so that my streams can only be embedded on my site.
Basically i dont have a clue where to start, how long would it take me to set up etc....
In addition, what kind of server do i need, windows / linux / traffic / burstable / standard etc..
I'm expected to have around 1000-1500 users at a time after my ad compaign for my site. currently, my setup is as follows: VPS in UK guaranteed memory: 256 burstable : 512 disk: 20GB traffic: 200GB per month price : 15 dollars a month
I would like to upgrade to : guaranteed memory: 1GB which is better ? to go with VPS ? or dedicated server ? which provider do u recommend ? how much am I expected to pay for my required setup ? what about CPU ?
