Create new SSH key pair
For reference to create an RSA key. ssh-keygen -t rsa -b 4096 -C “your_email@example.com”
Migrating a site to a new server and avoiding DNS propagation delays in Plesk
Unlike a firewall port forward which does a whole server, this tip only works on a virtual host by virtual host bases. When you change […]
Plesk Fail2Ban ERROR add_watch: cannot watch – – Errno=No space left on device (ENOSPC)
When adding fail2ban to a server with a lot of sites and enabling all jails the client got this error during the enabling process. Half […]
Plesk attempting to deliver emails locally even though email service is disabled globally.
On one plesk server I manage it does no emails except for password reset. The client has over 100 wordpress sites on this server. Password […]
Plesk: Cannot start php-fpm failed with code 78 – cannot get uid for user.
A client was trying to increase the file_size limit in php. They were getting this error message. Error: phpinimng failed: Configuration test ‘[‘/opt/plesk/php/8.2/sbin/php-fpm’, ‘–test’]’ failed […]
grep: (standard input): binary file matches
When greping a file you get this error message. grep: (standard input): binary file matches It means it is detecting binary in the file. use […]
Plesk How to dump a database from the command line
To dump a database on a plesk server from the command line without having to faff about with the password file. MYSQL_PWD=`cat /etc/psa/.psa.shadow` mysqldump -u […]
A quick fly through systemd services (systemctl)
systemctl is-enabled SERVICE-NAME Check if a service is enabled or disabled. systemctl status SERVICE-NAME Check if a service is running, stopped, enabled, or masked, and […]
E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: syntax on
When using crontab -e I get this error message. E319: Sorry, the command is not available in this version: syntax on To fix it run […]
Things I do on a new Debian 12 Server.
Update Apt and install a bunch of utilities I use a lot. apt update apt install vim net-tools neofetch mlocate curl rsync git cron postfix […]