Using Cloudflare with your website to improve security, performance, and reliability

James Ensor cpanel, Domains, Hosting, Servers, WordPress 13 March 2024
Cloudflare is a popular service that offers security, performance, and reliability benefits for your website. You can integrate Cloudflare with your cPanel account to manage your domain’s DNS records and take advantage of Cloudflare’s features.…
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Mastering cPanel and WebHost Manager for Resellers: Best Practices

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, cpanel, Domains, Hosting, Servers, Tutorial 12 March 2024
cPanel, combined with WHM (WebHost Manager), is a powerful duo for managing reseller hosting accounts. It streamlines administration and empowers you to offer exceptional service to your clients. This guide explores best practices to optimise…
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What is rsync and how to use it?

James Ensor CentOS, Hosting, Servers, Tutorial 9 March 2024
Data synchronisation is a crucial aspect of managing files and folders across different systems or locations. Among the myriad of tools available for this purpose, rsync stands out for its efficiency, flexibility, and robustness. In…
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How to migrate a Linux VPS Cloud Server with rsync

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, cpanel, Hosting, Servers, Tutorial, VPS 9 March 2024
If you’re looking to move to a different Virtual Server Cloud Hosting Provider for your Linux Server,  you will be looking to do so with minimal effort. We recommend using rsync to manage the migration…
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How to speed up your WordPress site

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, cpanel, Hosting, Servers, WordPress 28 September 2023
How to speed up your WordPress site Site speed affects website performance in more ways than one. For starters, it’s a crucial factor in how search engines like Google rank websites and pages. A lot…
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Migrate from CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 8 [Easy Guide]

James Ensor 5wire, Hosting, Servers, Tutorial, VPS 7 September 2023
With CentOS 7 fast approaching End of Life in June 2024, this article explains how easy it is to upgrade from CentOS 7 to AlmaLinux 8 using the ELevate tool. What is Elevate? ELevate is…
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How To Install Linux Kernel 5.x on Almalinux 8 or Rocky

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, CentOS, Hosting, Servers, Tutorial, VPS 6 September 2023
By default both AlmaLinux and Rocky Linux 8.x come packaged with Linux Kernel 4.x, whereas the latest stable long term was 5.4 and stable mainline kernels 5.18. This guide will show you how to install/upgrade…
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How To Install Linux, Nginx, MySQL, PHP (LEMP) stack On CentOS 7

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, Hosting, PHP, Servers, Support, Tutorial 11 August 2022
Introduction A LEMP software stack is a group of open source software that is typically installed together to enable a server to host dynamic websites and web apps. This term is actually an acronym which…
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How To Use Custom webpack Configurations with Angular CLI Builder

James Ensor 5wire, Servers, Tutorial 5 August 2022
This tutorial will teach you, step-by-step, how to use custom webpack configurations with Angular CLI Builder.
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How to create a Proxmox Template with a Cloud-Init image

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, CentOS, Hosting, Proxmox, Servers, Support, Tutorial, VPS 29 July 2022
This guide will show you how to create a Proxmox KVM Template from a Cloud-Init Image. You will need to have a prepared Cloud Image with Cloud-Init. Check out this guide to see how to…
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