Tag Archives: linux

Identifying exploits and exploited websites

Posted on April 16, 2013 by Liz Quilty

I have made posts before regarding how to find exploits, and what to do about those previously, however it has come to my attention that some people are not even realizing what the basics are to look for. In this … Continue reading →

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SSD-backed VPS hosts

Posted on July 2, 2012 by Peter Bryant

We are happy to announce the immediate availability of SSD-backed VPS hosts. These servers run the VPS images on a RAID array of SSDs. The SSDs increase the disk IO throughput and decrease disk IO latency (particularly on 'random access' … Continue reading →

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Storage Clustering Part 1: An Introduction

Posted on June 10, 2011 by Glenn Enright

John and I have recently been looking at server clusters, and how they can be provisioned to best fit our customers needs. This post is the first in (hopefully) a series on the results of that research. To start with … Continue reading →

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Special Offer: Upgrade your RimuHosting VPS to a VPS on a dedicated server?

Posted on May 30, 2011 by John Billings

Updating this list as part of our commitment to offering great server deals, current as of 28th August 2011. We have some older but still powerful machines available. Rather than let them gather dust, we thought we would offer them … Continue reading →

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WordPress mass update script 3.1.3

Posted on May 26, 2011 by Liz Quilty

This script will search /var/www (changeable in a variable) for any wordpress installs and make sure its upgraded to the latest version. It will run a backup to /root/wp_upgrade/ of all files and database before doing anything with the site … Continue reading →

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Jira Issue Tracker install script

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Glenn Enright

Recently I posted about a script to install Confluence. At the same time I was working on an install script for the Jira® issue tracker (also from Atlassian®) as the underlying setup is quite similar and they are often used … Continue reading →

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Confluence Wiki install script

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Glenn Enright

Quite often lately we have been asked to set up a Java based wiki, or customers have asked specifically for Confluence® (made by Atlassian® ) by name. Confluence is a powerful and sometimes complex piece of software, so to make … Continue reading →

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Sandy Bridge servers in stock; get one quick

Posted on May 7, 2011 by Peter Bryant

Remember back a couple of years and Pentium 4 CPUs were nearly hitting 4Ghz?  Then along came the new Core 2 Duos and we were back to a mere 2Ghz (albeit with these new 'cores'). Intel has been pushing performance … Continue reading →

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$50 hosting credit for server migration

Posted on May 5, 2011 by Peter Bryant

I'd like to offer a USD 50 hosting credit to anyone ordering a new server with us where that server is currently hosted elsewhere. Get started now, order a fast VPS with a ton of memory at a pretty decent … Continue reading →

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mod_flvx – flv movies working with apache/apache2

Posted on May 3, 2011 by Liz Quilty

Want to do some streaming of flv on your site? heres how! cd /usr/local/src wget http://people.apache.org/~pquerna/modules/mod_flvx.c apxs -i -a -c mod_flvx.c if apxs does not exist, then apxs2 should. If neither do then install the apache dev packages Debian based … Continue reading →

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