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High Level Steps to Migrate my Docker Hosting to a Different Hosting Service

2024-03-242024-03-24 Danie
Hosting migration

The planning took a lot longer than the actual move time, and the downtime for my main blog was really only around 10 minutes. But this has inspired me to also document some of the […]

Blogdocker, hosting, migration, technology

How To Protect SSH login with Fail2Ban: A Beginner’s Guide

2023-10-262023-10-26 Danie
Illustration of an open laptop showing a terminal screen with the letters SSH. To the right is a red padlock, and on the top left is a big red stamp overlaying the screen and saying BLOCKED.

If you have not set your Linux server/VPS (or workstation if you have the SSH service running) for public key authentication only (way quicker and more secure for later use), then this guide may be […]

Bloghosting, security, technology

How to Measure Performance on Your Hosted Linux VPS Server

2022-02-222022-02-22 Danie
vps speedtest result

When it comes to choosing the right VPS (Virtual Private Server) server for your solution, you may want to test its performance. The most important factors to consider when purchasing a VPS are Internet connection […]

Blog#benchmarking, hosting, performance, technology, VPS

3 steps to start running containers today – Learn how to run two containers in a pod to host a WordPress site

2022-02-212022-02-21 Danie
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I know I’ve posted recently about containers, but I still regret not starting to use them earlier. It was because my hosting was ‘working’ and I did not see the need. But once I started […]

Blogcontainers, docker, hosting, podman, technology

Published How to Start Your Own WordPress Website

2011-08-30 Danie

Just published a new page on my website called How to Start your own WordPress Website… see http://bit.ly/oDuH6B

Blog#domainname, hosting, publishing, website, wordpress
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