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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Why is our Web Hosting WordPress ready?

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, cpanel, Hosting, PHP, VPS, WordPress 1 August 2022
When looking for somebody to host your website, it’s essential to ensure that your web hosting provider’s servers are configured correctly to provide the best experience. We completely understand that it is critical to make…
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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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How to prepare a Cloud-Init OS Templates for Proxmox

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, Hosting, Proxmox, Servers, VPS 29 July 2022
This guide will show you how to prepare a Cloud Image for a Proxmox VM Template. The same process works for any Cloud-Init OpenStack based image.  We deploy Cloud-Init based KVM Cloud Servers from WHMCS.…
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How to allow your cPanel Webmail users to reset their password?

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, cpanel, Hosting, VPS 28 July 2022
This tutorial will show you how to enable a password reset for Webmail users in WHM/cPanel.  You will only be able to proceed with this guide if you have WHM / Tweak Settings access, or…
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How to install WordPress in cPanel

James Ensor 5wire, Blog, cpanel, Hosting, Tutorial, VPS 27 July 2022
WordPress is a free and open-source content management system that lets you create a website, whether it be a blog for tutorials or an ecommerce website to sell your homemade products! There are thousands of…
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Install and use Vim Text Editor on your Cloud Server

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, Tutorial, VPS 7 January 2021
Introduction If you’ve never heard of Vim, or “vi” for short, this article will change your life*. One of the most powerful text editors accessible from the command line is the vim editor. Built on…
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How to install Go (golang) 1.9 on CentOS 7

James Ensor 5wire, Tutorial, VPS 21 January 2018
Introduction Go, often referred to as golang, is an open-source programming language developed by Google. It takes a minimalist approach to development and makes it easy to build simple, reliable, and efficient software. This tutorial will…
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How To Install Bacula Server on CentOS 7

James Ensor 5wire, CentOS, Security, Servers, Tutorial, VPS 16 August 2017
Introduction Bacula is an open source network backup solution that allows you create backups and perform data recovery of your computer systems. It is very flexible and robust, which makes it, while slightly cumbersome to…
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