SSHFS is a Fuse-based Linux filesystem that allows you to connect to an SSH server, and mount it as you would any other mountable device. The difference is… this “device” is a remote server using an SSH connection. At Holley Grove, we use SSHFS on all of our servers, SSHFS might be something you should [...]
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Using Virtual Hosts with Apache and SSL Certificates
December 21, 2007 – 10:04 am
When we first started using our own server to host multiple client websites, one problem we commonly came across was “how can we host different virtual domains and different SSL certificates?” After some research, we came to the same conclusion you probably already know, because of the SSL protocol, you can’t use Virtual Hosts [...]
Howto: Let Google Handle all your email!
December 5, 2007 – 8:59 am
For me, Linux hosting is great, for the most part it’s straight forward, secure, reliable, and fast. But, there’s always been a sort of sore spot for me when administering my systems: email. Email is arguably the hardest part of a server to setup… securely. And for smaller sites and servers our email has been [...]
Howto: Rotate VirtualHost Log Files with Logrotate
November 9, 2007 – 3:18 pm
We have a Fedora 6 web server that, like most web servers, has quite a few virtual hosts. We want our clients to keep their web server log data separate, so that if they want, they can view the server statistics for their website using awstats. We’ve found the easiest way to do this is [...]