Why doesn’t Linode ever have to shut down for updates?
I’ve been using Linode for over a year now, and, unlike some lesser-known VPS hosts I’ve used, I’ve never been required to shut down my VPS by Linode. The only restarts have been ones I’ve initiated....
View ArticleUpgrade from PHP 5.3.2 to PHP 5.3.10?
I have a VPS account from Linode. I’ve installed Ubuntu 10.04 LTS with ‘LAMP Stack’ (StackScript). How to upgrade the latest version of PHP version 5.3.10 from PHP 5.3.2? I have even tried apt-get and...
View Articletransfer godaddy domain to linode
I have a domain.com in godaddy. I have created a new account in linode. I want use my godaddy domain.com in my new account linode. How can I do it? or Where can I find a guide for this? Thank you...
View Articlelinode server bandwidth
I am ready to deploy my startup on the web so i would like to start small and get a VPS from linode as i see many good reviews and see how its going… the thing is that on their website they state:...
View ArticleWhat is the worst distro on Linode? [closed]
We are going to move from Slicehost to Linode (the 1024MB ram) to host our website. Now we have to take a distribution. After discussing, the remaining candidates are: Arch Linux 2010.05 Debian 5.0...
View ArticleWhat and where is my bootloader on a linode instance?
Using a virtualized instance on linode.com, I don’t see where my bootloader is. In the usual place where I would find grub, i.e. in /boot/grub/menu.lst, I don’t see any files or directories below the...
View ArticleLearning how to build my own linux kernel
Reference – http://www.linode.com/wiki/index.php/PV-GRUB#Building_Your_Own_Kernel In order to work with Xen, a number of options that must be selected: CONFIG_PARAVIRT_GUEST=y CONFIG_XEN=y...
View ArticleWhat database server will benefit from 4 CPUs
I use MySQL server on Debian GNU/Linux machine with 4 CPUs (Linode 4096) and there are performace issue on havy load (in the middle of the day) but machine is not overload only queries are slow. What...
View Articlehow to use Linode to host multiple web apps – RoR and PHP
I have a Ruby on Rails application and a couple of PHP projects nearly complete (all using MySQL) that I’d like to host on a Linode server and need some help with what I’d need to install and...
View ArticleWhich level of data protection should I expect for a Linode personal server...
all: I bought a personal linode server without the backup service. All the data on it is totally personal and not that important. But for sure, I still don’t want them to be lost. I want to know,...
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