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When setting up a VPS server, clients have a few responsibilities to ensure the server's security. One of these tasks is to review all services and disable those that are unnecessary or potentially dangerous. Portmapper is one such service. Below is a list of commands to secure your server by disabling the portmapper service. CentOS 6: chkconfig…

This year's Christmas season was really tough for e-shops. It was anticipated that clients would buy less and for much smaller amounts. While last year, the average order value was around 2500 CZK, this year it is only about 500 CZK. It's not surprising given the extreme economic uncertainty. We manage many client e-shops both technically and…

Clients are growing rapidly, and our backup server has slowly reached its capacity. At the beginning of October, we implemented a new type of hybrid backup from Sun Microsystems. This expansion has increased the capacity of our external backup server by ten times, allowing us to offer backups from 60 to 90 days back. Until now, we…

We often encounter customer requests regarding the version of certain server components. Whether it’s a request like “I need at least version X.Y” or “I need exactly version X.Y”, or even “There is a bug or security issue in version X.Y on your server, please update to version X.Z”, these requests or remarks are usually unnecessary. There…

E-commerce sites are as common as mushrooms after rain, but few know how to develop an e-commerce site to the point where it becomes profitable. Here, we’ll discuss clients who have a successful e-commerce site and are continuously expanding it. The journey of having your own e-commerce site starts with a standard hosting plan for 25 CZK.…