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  • 10th Anniversay $100-off Sale

    Happy birthday to us!  RimuHosting has now been providing VPS hosting for 10 years. Let’s do some fun things to celebrate.  First up a sale!  We will add a $100 credit to your account when you order a new server with us. This offer applies to new VPS, VPS-on-dedicated and regular dedicated servers.  Pricing starts…

  • How to restore your root password after forgetting or being exploited via Single user mode

    I have been seeing a few people unsure what to do when they lose or forget their root password. Some are resorting to reinstalling their server thinking this is the only option, however there is another option with Rimuhosting.

  • Identifying exploits and exploited websites

    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 post i will give you ideas on what to look for, how to identify exploits…

  • Using perror to explain mysql error codes

    A customer came to us with a problem copying one database to another, and requested we do it for him.  Once we logged in we saw the error fairly quickly ~# mysqldump -uadmin -p`cat /root/.mysqlpass` database >dbdump.sql mysqldump: Got error: 29: File ‘./database/tablename.MYD’ not found (Errcode: 24) when using LOCK TABLES ~# It can be…

  • DNS amplification DoS attacks

    If you are running a DNS server, then you need to check it is not being co-opted into ‘DNS amplification attacks’. Random nasty servers (typically part of virus created bot-nets) send your DNS server a short request but use a fake source IP address.  Your DNS server then sends a (typically) long reply back to…

  • Happy holidays 2012

    Thank you to all our wonderful customers for your business in 2012. A number of our staff are taking a break over Christmas and the New Year to be with friends and family. And to take advantage of this beautiful kiwi summer. Sometimes downtime really is a good thing. So we will be operating with…

  • Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal install images

    We are proud to announce the release of the new installer images for Ubuntu 12.10 Quantal Quetzal Server Edition. It is available as an reinstall option for existing servers, or in the new servers orders page The version is intended for those looking at getting newer versions of the packages for the 12.04 LTS (long…

  • Custom VPS Image via API

    The RimuHosting server management API can be used to create new servers (and shut them down and reinstall them and more). The API lets you pass in scripts that run during setup.  And to provide links to external files. This lets you do some interesting things.  Like using the API to setup a custom image. …

  • New Relic Shirts and Goodies Arrived

    Today a box arrived apon my doorstep, i was super excited when i saw the New Relic stickers on the outside! I took it to work, and opened it to find a slew of goodies including shirts, bottle openers, can coolers, stickers galore! I carefully went around every ones desk in the office sharing out…

  • Finding Exploits and Trojan php hacks on a website

    Its always unfortunate when you are exploited, and the best method to fix a site is to wipe and restore from a known backup as well as track down the entry point they gained access and fix it. Sometimes you need to ‘clean’ a site of these files before migrating things over however , or…

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