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Connecting via SSH to your server Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Medium Time: 20 Tools needed: AccountCenter access, SSH enabled Applies to: All (dv) Difficulty: Medium Time: 20 Tools needed: AccountCenter access, SSH enabled Applies to: (ve) Difficulty: Medium Time: 20 Tools needed: AccountCenter access, SSH Introducti ... Applies To: (dv) 4.0, (gs), (ve)

How can I turn off safe_mode on an (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server with Plesk? Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Medium Time: 10 Tools needed: SSH Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time: 10 Tools needed: SSH Applies to: (dv) 3.0 Difficulty: Easy Time: 10 Tools needed: SSH For a discussion of Safe Mode and security, please see PHP Safe Mode, problems and work-a ... Applies To: (dv) Nitro, All (dv)

Tunnel local MySQL server through SSH Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH Applies to: All (dv) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH Overview This article explains how to tunnel a MySQL connection through SSH. This is useful when you want to execute MySQL commands or deve ... Applies To: (gs), All (dv)

Using Git Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Hard Time Needed: 30 Tools Required: SSH, vi knowledge Overview Git is a free and open source, distributed version control system designed to handle everything from small to very large projects with speed and efficiency. Git falls in the category of distrib ... Applies To: (gs)

HOWTO: (gs) Stop multiple SVN password prompts Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: SSH, vi knowledge Overview On the (gs) Grid-Service, we exclusively use the svn+ssh:// scheme, and not http://. For this reason, it is normal to experience multiple password prompts for every outbound connection. The s ... Applies To: (gs)

Using SSH keys on your server Applies to: All Service Types Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: SSH READ ME FIRST This article is provided as a courtesy. Installing, configuring, and troubleshooting SSH keys is outside the scope of support provided by (mt) Media Temple. Please take a moment to review t ... Applies To: All Service Types

Optimizing your (dv) server Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Applies to: (dv) 3.0 Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: SSH, root access, vi knowledge Overview This article will sum ... Applies To: (dv) 3.0, (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

Creating additional FTP/SFTP users Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: AccountCenter access Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access or root access, SSH, vi knowledge Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Require ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0, (gs)

SSH known_hosts issues Applies to: All Service Types Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: SSH Introducton READ ME FIRST This article is provided as a courtesy. Installing, configuring, and troubleshooting third-party applications is outside the scope of support provided by (mt) Media Temple. Pl ... Applies To: All Service Types

How can I edit the php.ini file? Applies to: (gs) Grid-Service Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: AccountCenter access, SSH enabled, FTP client, plain text editor Applies to: All (dv) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH, root access Overview The php.ini file is the default configurat ... Applies To: (gs), All (dv)

Common SSH Commands Applies to: All (dv) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: SSH Overview This article is an introduction to finding your way around your server in SSH. It takes a Day 1 approach to SSH. Hit Enter or Re ... Applies To: (gs), All (dv)

Enable SSH Terminal for FTP user within Plesk Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Plesk administrator access Overview The following will show you how to enable the SSH Terminal for any domain in Ples ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

How do I enable root access to my (dv)? Applies to: All (dv) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: AccountCenter access Overview For security purposes, (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Servers are not provisioned with root access enabled by default. Root access can easily be enabled via the admin section of the AccountCenter ... Applies To: All (dv)

Using SSH in PuTTY (Windows) Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: PuTTY, SSH enabled Applies to: (dv) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: PuTTY, root or sudo access Applies to: (ve) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: PuTTY, root or sudo access Overview P ... Applies To: (gs), (ve), All (dv)

Using telnet Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Applies to: (dv) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Applies to: (ve) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Overview Telnet is often used when diagnosing problems, to manually ... Applies To: (gs), (ve), All (dv)

(dv) 3.5 Auto-tuning your server Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH, root access Overview (mt) Media Temple has a tool that will allow you to easily optimize your (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server 3.5. MIB (Make It Better) contains preset configurations hosted on our internal reposito ... Applies To: All (dv)

Using root login with Plesk Applies to: All (dv) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: root Overview If you have enabled root access you can login to your Plesk Control Panel using the username root and the password you created. This will give you complete access to Plesk, and the File Manager within Vi ... Applies To: All (dv)

Using the history command Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH Applies to: (dv) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH Applies to: (ve) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH Overview All of our services are currently running on Linux. In Linux, ... Applies To: (dv) 4.0, (gs), (ve)

Understanding the dig command Applies to: All Service Types Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Overview The command dig is a tool for querying DNS nameservers for information about host addresses, mail exchanges, nameservers, and related information. This tool can be used from any Linux (Unix) o ... Applies To: All Service Types

Using the traceroute command Applies to: All Service Types Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Overview Using traceroute to diagnose network routing issues When you connect to another computer, your traffic does not go directly to the machine you are attempting to connect to. Instead it goes thro ... Applies To: All Service Types

Installing YUM on a (dv) Dedicated-Virtual Server Applies to: (dv) 4.0 Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Applies to: (dv) 3.5 Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: SSH, root access or sudo user, Developer Tools Overview YUM is a package manager for CentOS, the operating system provided with your (dv) ... Applies To: (dv) 3.5, (dv) 4.0

Understanding basic vi (visual editor) Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Medium-Hard Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: SSH enabled, SSH client Applies to: All (dv) Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH, root or sudo access Overview vi (visual editor) is included with all (mt) Media Temple services. vi is a full ... Applies To: (gs), All (dv)

Using SSH in Terminal.app (Mac OS X) Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Mac OS X, Terminal, SSH Applies to: (dv) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Mac OS X, Terminal, SSH Applies to: (ve) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Mac OS X, Terminal, SSH Overview Th ... Applies To: (gs), (ve), All (dv)

HOWTO: Use ping to find network problems Applies to: All Service Types Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: Internet access Overview Packet INternet Groper (Ping) allows you to quickly verify the connectivity of your Internet connection to our servers. Ping attempts to transmit a packet from your computer to a webs ... Applies To: All Service Types

How do I disable SSH login for the root user? Applies to: All (dv) Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH, root access, vi knowledge Overview With a good password, you can limit your exposure to a brute force attack. However, it may still be possible. Although technically unsupported by (mt) Media Temple, the follow ... Applies To: All (dv)

How do I fix my FTP timestamps? Applies to: All (dv) Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH, root, vi knowledge Overview Symptom The time zone is set correctly in Linux, but FTP reports incorrect timestamps. Closer inspection reveals that the FTP timestamps are set to GMT instead of following the corr ... Applies To: All (dv)

Cron jobs for (gs) Grid-Service TIP: This page has moved. Please see: Using Cron. Applies To: (gs)

Using an SSH Config File Applies to: All Service Types Difficulty: Hard Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH, vi knowledge Overview By creating a local configuration file for SSH, you can create shortcuts for servers you frequently access, in addition to configuring more advanced options. This article will demon ... Applies To: All Service Types

An introduction to the root user Applies to: All (dv) Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: None Overview The root is the user name or account that by default has access to all commands and files on a Linux or other Unix-like operating system. It is also referred to as the root account, root user, and the ... Applies To: All (dv)

HOWTO: (gs) SVN multiple users Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: SSH, vi knowledge Overview Subversion, often referred to as SVN, is a software versioning and a revision control system distributed under a free license. Developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical vers ... Applies To: (gs)

Using Subversion Applies to: (gs) Difficulty: Easy Time Needed: 10 Tools Required: SSH Overview Subversion, often referred to as SVN, is a software versioning and a revision control system distributed under a free license. Developers use Subversion to maintain current and historical versions of files su ... Applies To: (gs)

How do I use symlinks to redirect my site? Applies to: (gs) Grid-Service Difficulty: Medium Time Needed: 20 Tools Required: SSH Overview This article will show you how to make the content displaying for example.com appear when visiting alt-example.com. A symlink, short for symbolic link, is one of the best ways to do this. Befo ... Applies To: (gs)