Hey, I’m Steve
And these are my thoughts on Open Source, business, privacy, and technology.
The journey from self hosted email … or why I switched to #ZohoMail … #businessmail #hostedemail
One of the biggest reasons I was hesitant to switch to Cloudways a couple months ago was the lack of integrated email on the VPS. They do offer a couple add-on email options, but none really fit my needs. Their Elastic Email Add-on allows your applications to send...
So I did it … I now have managed hosting … #cloudways #linode
For the last several years of all of my business ventures I handled management of my hosting myself. My hosting has changed companies depending on my needs, bouncing from Linode, Digital Ocean, Chicago VPS, and back to Linode. And I've used multiple control panels,...
Cleanup backups on #CyberPanel
CyberPanel local backups were stacking up Wrote a script to cleanup Added script to cron ???? PROFIT! for dir in /home/*; do dir=$(echo $dir | cut -c 7-) if [ "$dir" == 'cyberpanel' ] || [ "$dir" == 'backup' ] || [ "$dir" == 'vmail' ] then : else echo $dir find...
Set ownership of all #CyberPanel users’ web folders
The last time I wrote about this, I was a VestaCP user. I've since upgraded my VPS to CyberPanel, which I'll discuss in a future post. Either way, I *STILL* work on my websites as a root user on my VPS. When I copy over WordPress or other files they retain root...
Set ownership of all Vesta users’ web folders #vestacp
I often work on my websites as my root user on my Ubuntu VPS running Vesta. When I copy over WordPress or other files they'll retain root ownership. Rather than having to chown every file and folder I've worked on, I run this simple script to set proper ownership. I...
Proactively make migrating #VestaCP domains to different servers easy
VestaCP is a powerful and simple control panel. It runs fast on any decent VPS (I recommend Linode). But sometimes you outgrow your current space and want to move individual sites to new servers. Being proactive in this will save you time and headache in the future...
Delete Outlook 2010/2013 Temp Files on Boot
I recently needed to have to delete both Outlook 2010 and 2013 temp files on boot in Windows 7 and 8. While not planning an in-depth tutorial, I've decided to put both the batch code here in case anyone else needs it. There's one for each, and if the path isn't found...
Install Malware Detection on Ubuntu and VestaCP #maldet #ubuntu #vestacp
We've all had a website or a server compromised before. If not, we've probably not been in the game too long. While VestaCP doesn't have malware detection built in, it's easy to add to your server and setup daily scanning. SSH into your machine and a few simple...
#ChicagoVPS, a short review after two weeks
When I decided to start testing Odoo two weeks ago, I decided that instead of Linode's $10/month 1 GB RAM KVM SSD VPS, I would shop for something a little more inexpensive. I could've gone with DigitalOcean's $5/month 512 MB RAM droplet, but during my shopping around...
#TVShowTime vs #Goodreads vs #MyFitnessPal … or Steve vs Wasted Time
Recently I installed an app called TVShowTime to keep track of what episodes I'm on of the shows that I watch, so I don't miss anything. I noticed after a few check-ins that it shows totals for the time you've spent on these shows. I began getting curious for how much...