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A deep dive into building a secure, fast, easy to manage WordPress hosting stack
WordPress is easy to install. But to make it run smoothly, it needs a production-ready WordPress hosting stack around it. A good stack does several jobs at once: It serve pages quickly. It keeps WordPress, plugins, PHP, MariaDB, and the operating system updated. It blocks common attacks without breaking legitimate admin work. It gives customers…
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Maintaining servers: Why updates must not wait
Recent vulnerabilities in cPanel and the Linux kernel have served as a stark reminder: unpatched servers aren’t just a theoretical risk. Whether you manage one VPS or a fleet of production machines, the question isn’t if but when your services will be affected. What’s at stake — the recent CVEs Over April and May this…
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Everything a CEO Needs to Know About Securing Their IT Systems (But Probably Doesn’t)
IT needs security direction from leadership The biggest security failures are leadership failures, not technical failures. What you should do Your weakest link is usually people, not the tech What you need to know What you can implement Protect credentials Most security guidelines emphasise the importance of firewalls to protect servers and services from attacks.…
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Presenting your draft website design to a client
A practical guide for web agencies You’ve met with the client. You’ve agreed on what the website needs to do. You’ve sent a quote, maybe even received a deposit. You’ve produced a first draft quickly, using whatever tools help you move fast. Now comes the important part: reviewing that draft with the client. A draft…
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Christmas 2025 and New years 2026
Christmas 2025 is near, and the Rimuhosting team is preparing to enjoy well-deserved down time with friends and family. As we celebrate, we want to ensure our valued customers are aware of our holiday schedule. We appreciate your understanding and cooperation as we balance providing support with allowing our team some rest and relaxation during…
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How we migrated services to a new data center (with no downtime)
A couple of years back we acquired the hosting operations of NetValue Ltd. That included two data center sites: one in Auckland and one in Hamilton. The Auckland center was much bigger and had more equipment and better internet connections, but both had similar network designs. Early on, were hit with intermittent issues with our…
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Get started with Moodle
At Rimuhosting, we support a wide range of Moodle deployments — from simple academic setups to complex, high-availability platforms. This guide walks you through a clean and secure installation of Moodle 4.5 LTS, the latest long-term support release. Whether you’re launching a development instance, staging site, or preparing for full production, this setup gives you…
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What can you do when AI Bots steal your content and hammer your websites?
We’ve noticed a significant increase in bad bots crawling our servers, causing high load and ignoring robots.txt directives. Many of these are AI bots, along with some overly aggressive search engine crawlers. This might not be an issue for larger servers, but for smaller setups, it can easily cripple a website. A few things we’ve…
