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Before we start – you will need root access to your WHM/cPanel server to be able to follow this guide. What is Fathom? Fathom is a privacy centred analytics system…

Assuming you’re setting up services to use IPv6, you may have noticed a slightly odd behaviour.  When making an outbound connection, the most recently added (or last listed in the…

Even if you have sufficient memory in your server, it’s still a good idea to have a swap file.  In order to reduce disk IO, many cloud providers don’t include…

UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall) was originally released for Ubuntu as a simple way to manage netfilter rules.  It makes managing your Linux server firewall extremely easy and is now also available…

CyberPanel is an open source hosting control panel powered by OpenLitespeed. It includes a simple firewall management interface but lacks the advanced features of CSF (ConfigServer Security & Firewall) which…

What is a VPN? VPN stands for Virtual Private Network.  It allows two separate devices or networks to communicate, privately, across the internet.  It does this by encrypting the connection between…

What’s NTP? NTP (Network Time Protocol) is used to ensure that the clock on your computer is correct.  With newer, very time critical features, such as 2FA, this is important. …

There are two versions of PowerDNS: PowerDNS Server – used to power authoritative DNS servers PowerDNS recursor – used to provide a resolver, typically not open to the public Why…

Virtualizor is an excellent control panel for managing multiple virtual servers on one or more servers. It’s released by the same people that make the popular Softaculous auto-installer software. There…