Why are Fully Managed Hosting Services the Best Option for Small Businesses?

Running a small business successfully is a herculean task. More often than not, you have to work with limited funds, resources, and time. When managing multiple things at once, the last thing you want is to worry about website hosting!

However, it is one of the most critical aspects of your business in the modern world. Whether it is for your company website or an online retail store, choosing the right server is necessary to ensure optimum performance and to maximize customer satisfaction. In fact, it won’t be an exaggeration to say that your choice of hosting can either make or break your business!

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How to Install Magento with Nginx on Debian 10

In this tutorial, we will explain how to install Magento 2.3.2 on Debian 10 VPS with Nginx.

Magento is an open-source e-commerce platform written in the PHP language. It is a powerful and one of the most popular solutions for self-hosted online stores due to its simplicity and user-friendliness. Magento allows us to host a fully-functional online shopping cart system without any programming knowledge. Magento also allows us to complement the core files and extend the functionality of Magento by adding new modules. Magento comes with a rich set of features including Website management, SEO, Order management, Customer service tools, Marketing tools, a Checkout system, as well as Payment and Shipping systems. Let’s get started with the installation.

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How to Install Bludit on Debian 9

In this tutorial, we will guide you through the steps of installing Bludit on a Debian 9 VPS.

Bludit is a flexible and easy to use open-source flat-file CMS written in PHP which doesn’t need a database server to function. This of course makes installation more simple, and makes the overall usage of this CMS more lightweight when compared to database-oriented CMS platforms such as WordPress. Let’s begin with the installation.

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Set up a Mail Server with PostfixAdmin on Debian 9

 

In this tutorial, we will show you how to set up a mail server with PostfixAdmin on a Debian 9 VPS. We will configure a mail server with Postfix, Dovecot, and MariaDB.

PostfixAdmin is a web based GUI to the database that is used by Postfix. You can easily manage your mail server, like adding and removing domains, email accounts, aliases, and quotas through the use of Postfixadmin. The web-based GUI makes these functions and features more accessible, and allows you to change and access information while away from your terminal. Let’s get started.

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How to Install ownCloud on Debian 10

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install OwnCloud on a Debian 10 VPS.

OwnCloud is a free, open-source and self-hosted data synchronization, file sharing, and hosting server that allows you to store your personal files, documents, and pictures from a central location. OwnCloud is very similar to DropBox and other cloud storage services such OneDrive, iCloud and Google Drive. The main difference is that this is self-hosted, which means that your data really only belongs to you. This of course is preferable if you want your data to be more secure.

The ownCloud installation process is very easy and it works out of the box. It is cross-platform and comes with an extensive library of plugins that enable it to have features similar to other cloud storage solutions. OwnCloud can be accessed through a web browser, desktop client (Windows, MAC, Linux) and mobile devices (Android and iOS).

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What is Managed Hosting and How is it Beneficial for Your Business?

Wondering which web hosting solution to choose for your business? Unless you are a tech guru, selecting a hosting provider for your website can seem daunting. You might be caught between paid vs. free hosting and dedicated vs. shared hosting. Then there are options such as cloud hosting and VPS (virtual private server) hosting.

Without a dedicated IT department, running an online store or managing a company website can be extremely difficult. If you do not have the resources to build an in-house team, soon enough you will have to think about hiring help. That is when you will come across options such as single-tenant hosting, dedicated servers, and managed or dedicated hosting. Managed hosting can be quite beneficial to the average user that wants to not worry about there being any potential issues with their server. It’s important to understand what makes Managed hosting special, so let’s get into the details on that now.

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How to Install WonderCMS on Ubuntu 18.04

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install WonderCMS on an Ubuntu 18.04 VPS.

WonderCMS is a free, open-source, and database-free flat-file content management system written in PHP and jQuery. It is a simple, fast, responsive CMS that allows you to create websites without the need of a separate database. WonderCMS comes with a rich set of features, including WYSIWYG (What You See Is What You Get) support, SEO friendly, friendly URLs, a simple click and edit functionality, easy to theme, custom login URL, and lots more. Let’s get started with the installation.

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How to Install Apache Cassandra on Debian 9

In this tutorial, we will show you how to install Apache Cassandra on a Debian 9 VPS.

Apache Cassandra is a free and open-source distributed NoSQL database management system that provides High-Availability with no single point of failure. Cassandra does not use the table model seen in MySQL, MSSQL or PostgreSQL – rather, it uses a cluster model. It is designed to handle large amounts of data across commodity hardware. It provides linear scalability by adding a new machine to it without any interruption to applications. Apache Cassandra is used by many popular organizations including Apple, NetFlix, eBay, and Easou.

Let’s begin with the installation.

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