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Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 13: Restrict Access to Nginx Web Files with Auth_Basic
Tuesday, August 11th, 2009
Easily restrict access to hide sensitive data, admin areas & other web pages using the Nginx web server’s Auth_Basic security module & htpasswd.
Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 12: Gain Benefit From Parked Domains
Thursday, July 30th, 2009
To park a domain is simply to add it, undeveloped, with a DNS manager. Big deal! More useful is to point it to a developed site, gaining the traffic.
Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 11: Copy Website Files between Windows/Linux Computers using the CLI
Wednesday, July 29th, 2009
Here’s how to copy/backup/upload files between Linux & Windows hosts using PuTTY’s Secure FTP terminal. Faster, easier and way safer than FTP.
Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 10: Copy Site Files between Linux/Linux Computers with the CLI
Tuesday, July 28th, 2009
This tutorial shows how to copy files between Linux hosts using Secure Copy & a command line interface. Fast, easy & safe, better than FTP or SFTP.
Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 9: Reset a Lost MySQL Password
Monday, July 27th, 2009
Locked yourself out of MySQL? Feels like leaving the car keys in the trunk, huh? 
Sorry to laugh! But I can .. and show you how to get back in.
Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 8: Update (Replace or Delete) MySQL Data
Thursday, July 23rd, 2009
Change repetitive db data with one single syntax command. Rather than manually find & alter each instance, isolate the lot & update multiple content.
Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 7: Reinstate MySQL DBs with Terminal Shell
Wednesday, July 22nd, 2009
Here’s the syntax for reinstating a MySQL database. For instance, you moved a site, added a blank db and now want to add your backed up data. Easy!
Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 6: Backup a MySQL Database from the Terminal
Tuesday, July 21st, 2009
This guide shows how to save a MySQL database using a terminal, with a simple syntax command. And faster than using phpMyAdmin, for sure.
Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 4: Create or Bin MySQL DBs using the Terminal
Monday, July 20th, 2009
This how-to guide maps out two basic but handy MySQL operations, creating and erasing a database, using the command line interface.
Maintain Unmanaged VPS – Part 2: Adding Sub-Sites with Nginx
Thursday, July 16th, 2009
Create sub-sites or prefixed WordPress blogs quickly & easily. Just create an A record, add a vhost file & symlink and restart Nginx.