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A VPS or Virtual Private Server is a virtual machine hosted by a VPS provider and accessible only via the internet. It may also be called VDS or cloud server. The most common VPS types are OpenVZ, KVM, Xen and VMWare.

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Remotely access postgresql database

I need to access a postgresql database from a remote machine on a VPS at DigitalOcean running 12.10 and postgresql 9.1. How do I do this? I noticed port 5432 is closed, how do I open this?
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Trying to start nginx on VPS, I get "nginx: unrecognized service"

Following the How to install rails and nginx with passenger on Ubuntu tutorial from DigitalOcean.com, the seventh step manually starts nginx: sudo service nginx start but fails with the following error: nginx: unrecognized service
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What server control panels are available for Ubuntu Server?

As a dedicated Ubuntu server or as a VPS, I am looking for a web control panel, something like cPanel which is something like a web administrator for a server. I have not used any on Linux since I do everything through the terminal, but still want…
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How can I run Dwarf Fortress in text mode (ncurses) on my Linux VPS?

I installed Dwarf Fortress on my Linux VPS to use with dfterm. It's running Ubuntu 10.04 Server x86-32. I'm fairly certain I have all the dependencies: I've installed: ncurses ncursesw libsdl libsdl-image libgtk libglu libopenal1 I had to turn…
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How do I delete ALL SSH known hosts?

How do I delete ALL SSH known hosts? I've managed many VPSs before and I want to delete these keys.
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What is the named daemon and why is it running?

I want to know why the named daemon is running, do I need it running for my VPS to work properly ? Can I stop or remove it ?
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Why did my upgrade to 12.04 fail with "glibc not found" or "libc6" or "requires kernel 2.6.24" error?

I upgraded my server installation form 11.04 to 11.10, then to 12.04 over ssh. All seems almost ok - but there is a small issue with glibc, which is messing up my apt. I tried sudo apt-get install -f but it does not get what it needs. I am running…
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Easy method of switching from Openvpn-Acess Server to Community Edition?

I recently installed the OpenVpn-Access Server on a vps and it's great. However, now that I got it running I want to switch over to the Community-Edition because I do not want to deal with purchasing licenses and I think the C.E. will do everything…
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Best Way To Learn How To Set Up OpenVPN On Amazon EC2/a VPS?

What is the best way to learn how to set up a VPN using OpenVPN on an Amazon EC2 server/a VPS? What level of proficiency is required in Linux System Administration for this?
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Can't store passphrase in same session with eval $(ssh-agent) && ssh-add

In Ubuntu 16.04 I executed: eval $(ssh-agent) && ssh-add I got: Agent pid 3361 I then SSH tunneled into my VPS successfully, after inserting my passphrase. The problem: Well, it's not that much of a "problem", but: I went back to my local…
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Can't connect with VPS running Ubuntu server 16 with x2go

earlier today (or yesterday -_-) I've rented a VPS (from aruba cloud) for a personal project. I've managed to establish SSH connection in putty so I can run shell commands alright. What I want to do now is get access to my VPS's graphical interface.…
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Invisible processes using all of system memory

I have a VPS (Ubuntu 14.04) with 512MB of RAM. This used to be quite enough, but for a while, this has been causing problems -- something is eating up all of that memory, and my debugging has left me clueless. I have turned off Apache, MySQL, etc,…
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How do I troubleshoot network issues with my VPS?

Problem: I occasionally have network issues with my Ubuntu VPS. I cannot SSH to the box, I cannot ping the box by IP address. I can access the box via host Serial terminal. When I access the box via serial, I can't ping out anywhere (far as I can…
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Why does my Ubuntu 13.04 VPS say it has a 2.6.x-series kernel?

I have ordered a VPS with Ubuntu 13.04 on it. The VPS reports that the kernel is a 2.6.x-series kernel. From what I have read, Ubuntu 13.04 has at least the 3.8.x series of kernels. Is there a reason that my VPS is seeing a 2.6.x series kernel,…
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PHP-FPM eating memory & Creating many Pools

I set up my nginx with php-fpm. each vhost has its own unix-socket and separate POOL. But the problem is that php-fpm is creating 7 thread for each config pool that I created in /etc/php5/fpm/pool.d/ why? and how could I define that the pool creates…
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