Month: October 2015

How to install R1soft cdp agent on the Linux server

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To install R1soft cdp agent on the Linux server

 R1Soft is an affordable, easy-to-use, high performance backup, restore, and disaster recovery software. Its a software application which is used to backup the data in a client (R1Soft agent) which is assigned to R1Soft server based upon the configurations which we define. R1soft can also be used to restore files and databases. You can install the Latest R1soft cdp agent on Linux server by using following steps.

Install-R1soft-cdp-agent

Step No. 1 : Create the yum repository for the r1soft by using the following command

/etc/yum.repos.d/r1soft.repo
[r1soft]
name=R1Soft Repository Server
baseurl=http://repo.r1soft.com/yum/stable/\$basearch/
enabled=1
gpgcheck=0

 

Step No. 2 : Install the cdp agent by using following command line

yum install r1soft-cdp-enterprise-agent

 

Step No. 3 : Then, install the header kernels by using following command line

yum install kernel-devel

Step No. 4 : Obtain the kernel module from R1Soft  by using following command line

r1soft-setup –get-module

 

Step No. 5 : To Setup the authentication key for the Agent on client server

serverbackup-setup –get-key http://cdpserverip

 

Kernel module is now installed.

 

Now, Use the following command line and load the new driver.

/etc/init.d/cdp-agent restart 

 

That’s it!

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How to Restore a Softaculous Backup

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To restore your website from a Softaculous backup, please follow these steps:

Restore-a-Softaculous-Backup

Step 1 : Log into your cPanel.

Step 2 : Under the Software/Services section, Click the Softaculous button.

Step 3 : Click the Backup/Restore link.

Step 4 : On this page you will see a list of all available backups.

Step 5 : Find the one which you want to restore, click the Restore icon to the far right (which looks like an arrow pointing to the left).

Step 6 : On the next page, select whether you would like to restore either or both your website files and your website database.

Step 7 : Finally, click on the Restore Installation button to complete the process.

Note : Please do not close or refresh your browser tab until the restoration process is finished.

When process has finished, you will see a message stating

“Your backup has been restored successfully.”

You have fully restored your website from your Softaculous backup.

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How to Backup your site with Softaculous

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To Backup your site with Softaculous

                     Softaculous is widely used in the Web Hosting industry and it has helped millions of users install applications by the click of a button. Softaculous Auto Installer easily integrates into leading Control Panels like cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, InterWorx, H-Sphere.

 

Backup-Websites-via-Softaculous

 

The website you want softaculous to always backup must have been installed previously by Softaculous.

In this article, Hostdens will walk us through the process of taking backups of websites. Follow the steps and back up your site. 

Step 1 : Login to cPane.

Step 2 : In Software/Services Section, click on Softaculous link.

Step 3 : Then click on All installation menu icon.

Step 4 : In the option column, click the backup icon.

Step 5 : Under Backup Installation, check either or both boxes to the right of Backup Directory and Backup Database.

Step 6 : Click the Backup Installation button at the bottom of the page.

In few seconds, When the backup is completed, you’ll see the following message:

The backup was created successfully.

 

 

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* How to install WHMCS from Softaculous

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* How to Install Softaculous in ISPConfig

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How to change URL of Joomla site

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To change URL of Joomla site. In This article will be explaining how to do it in easy and quick way. Sometimes it is necessary to change the domain name for a website and change to a configuration file and possibly your database. These two tasks are both discussed in below. The follow the steps for changing your Joomla website URL.

change-URL-of-Joomla-site

Tasks No. 1 : To modifying the Domain Name for Your Joomla Website

Step 1 : Start with Login to your cPanel.

Step 2 : Go to the File Manager or FTP client.

Step 3 : Locate the installation files for your Joomla files.

Step 4 : Search for the root folder of your Joomla installation.

Step 5 : Then Open file configuration.php for editing.

Step 6 : Locate the following line which defines website URL

public $live_site=’domain_name.com’

Step 7 : Replace domain.com with new domain name.

public $live_site=’new_domain_name.com’;

Step 8 : Then Save the file to apply the changes.

 

joomla-url

 

 

Tasks No 2. : Change the Database Settings of Your Joomla Installation

Step 1 : Login to your cPanel.

Step 2 : In the Databases section Click on phpMyAdmin.

Step 3 : Select your Joomla database.

Step 4 : Then click on Export in the top menu.

Note : The exported format will be SQL (e.g. filename.sql)

Step 5 : Save the resulting SQL file to your local hard drive.

Step 6 : Then open the SQL file in a Text Editor.

Step 7 : Find and Replace all of your old URLs with the new one.

Step 8 : Then save the SQL file.

Step 9 : Go back to phpMyAdmin.

Step 10 : Then Import your updated SQL file back in as the Same Joomla database.

After the importing is completed, you should be able to visit your Joomla site with the new domain. Here is how easy and fast we can change Joomla website URL just by editing it’s configuration file.

 

That’s it!!!

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How to Connect Remote Desktop of a VPS/Dedicated Server

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To Connect Remote Desktop of a VPS/Dedicated Server

In this article Hostdens are showing the steps to connect your windows pc to the dedicated server using Microsoft Remote Desktop Connection Application.

 

Connect Remote Desktop

 

Step 1 : Go to Start menu

Step 2 : Select all programs.

Step 3 : Click run.

Step 4 : Type mstsc.exe to access remote desktop.

Step 5 : Type your server IP address.

Step 6 : Then click on connect.

Step 7 : Enter your user name and password.

rdc_box

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