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@GOB said:
DONT EVER GIVE YOUR GOOD MONEY TO BLUEHOST HERES WHY:Just had the worst experience with BlueHost. Paid for the domain, clicked my email link to verify. Went to create an account, entered a solid password.
This is when the problems started. It didn't let me login, just kept giving me an error that said "account is being created please try password again in a few minutes." I kept trying different passwords and waiting a few minutes, after an hour I contacted support. Ended up talking with 4 different people and none were able to help at all. One just said to try in a different browser, which I had to download just to use their pos site, that didn't work. Another one said it was because my account "wasn't created right" wtf? When I clearly got charged so my card went through and all my information was correct. Anyways I ended up wasting 2.5 hours of my time & my clients money, I asked them to cancel may account and give me a full refund. They said they couldn't because they needed the last 4 digits of my password. B*tch that's why Im here, cuz it didn't let me create a password!So now I can't work on my clients site for the rest of the day, and have to wait 48 hours for them to cancel my account and release the domain name so I can start all over again, this time on a different hosting site of course. I don't want anyone to ever go through this BS again. They seem to offer okay features which is why I went with them, however their login process is straight trash- apparentlyI am not the only one who's had issues. also their customer service is horrible slow and did not help me at all. I had to practically beg them o cancel my account they kept saying "gIvE mE a CoUplE MinUtEs To ChEcK sOmEtHinG" but never were able to solve it. So yea, take it from me and stay away from BlueHost. Worst customer experience ever, hope they actually give me a refund.
I thought You would write about their Resources so less. BTW their Support also sucks!✌
Everybody was sad to see that CentOS 8 has reached its EOL and CentOS 7.9 will also be gone in 2025. Its main alternatives are AlmaLinux and RockyLinux. I've just tested RockyLinux fully for production and can say with absolute certainty that it's much better, more amusing, and faster than CentOS. It has its own Web Console as well which is quite next level considering this Distro stream.
Though, most of the applications and services are still limited to CentOS, I would recommend everyone to try Rocky Linux instead of CentOS.
Download Ubuntu Manual(~500 pages). Read the first 10 pages and you're all set! Although, for efficient administration, read full... (This is required for troubleshooting and deep stuff)
For specific purposes like LAMP, cPanel and others, you'll find 1-click guides or detailed codes easily.
Many things vary depending on the Linux Distros(OS). For Webservers, prefer CentOS stream and distros like Alma and Rocky. For Complex structurings like AI and ML, use Debian-based distros. In Debian based also, if you want frequent updates, choose Ubuntu and if you want stable things, choose Debian 10,11 because they release updates every 2-3 years only with fully secure setups.
In total, the term "Technical Knowledge" vary as per the requirements... so, just let us know what you're looking to do!
@DeluxeNames said:
@cloudmate said:
So Hello guys, received a mail from HostAdvice for interviewing the CEO of CloudMate.....I am gonna accept this amazing offer but to tell you the truth, I am 18 years old and extremely nervous about this. Any pointers or questions you guys can suggest?
P.S. I cannot pass on this to any lower employees
That's a great honor 🎖 @cloudmate & I Congratulate you!
Their site is impressive as well:
https://hostadvice.com/My advice is to project confidence & prepare a mission statement of the ways Cloudmate helps its community by giving young IT professionals in India training & experience.
hope you will post the interview after
At least the video won't be released!!! It will be posted on HostAdvice Blog and Social Media Channels. Or maybe the video will! Anyways, it's still huge...
Direct Answer: Get away from AWS. It will be too costly to build any application over AWS. This one time, I hosted an OTT platform over AWS for one of my clients, and guess what, It charged around 1800$ due to bandwidth. I have to quickly move away. Now, I host with Local DCs with Unlimited Bandwidth, and guess what, prices are between 200$-400$. The only thing is AWS is renowned for its infrastructure and so many of them try using AWS first and obviously think Peak Prices in the Market.
If you need any Free VPS, Go with Oracle Cloud(It actually gives 1 free VPS forever).
I mostly use OpenStack for my Cloud purposes and to Provision a Direct Local Network using Virtual Private Network.
@HostMayo said:
I have about 50 of domains but it is never the focus of my business. Domain selling is not profitable unless done in huge volume. For normal hosts like us its simply an additional facilitation to our clients.
LOL.... But thats actually mainly our Source of Profits!
@Entexion said:
The entire EIG bunch of companies should be avoided. They're nothing what they used to be way back.
True! All those companies had a Good history with top ratings in Industry until EIG purchased them all!
@DigiData said:
I have 9 Wordpress websites hosted with Hostgator. a few months go by and all of them get hacked.These hackers upload a bunch of web php and self hosted files which advertise their sketchy websites and run ads on the site. It's easy to spot and clean up the files, but it's so annoying. I can't pinpoint the root cause, I can see it being a couple of thing. First thing is that the server I'm hosted on keeps getting compromised. Am I right to feel I should get a dedicated VPS?
The fault may lie on my side, maybe one of the many plugins on the 9 websites is compromised and they're gaining root access to the server and deploying the hacks on all subdomains, resulting in all of my sites being hit at the same time
Just wondering if anyone has any advice, going through all of the plugins for 9 websites is tough. I don't want to go with the VPS route as its a bit time consuming dealing with your own security, etc. Has anyone seen similar behavior on Hostgator, I wonder if it's a Hostgator thing, with their shared servers. They never take liability when I reach out to them. Trying to decide which route to take, in the meantime, I may start updating WP and all the plugins for all my websites.
First of all, Your approach is bit in fog.... Let me Clarify!
The hackers cannot get access to root user because if they do, The whole server is compromised and is probably dead by the time Web Hosting Company gets to know about it.
Taking a VPS is Not required. Just a Bit Security is Enough. Most Security of your Website depends on the Hosting Provider. Like in our case, we use Imunify360 and ClamAV both antiviruses on each Server which prevents any Hack Scripts/Injections from Running or Uploading but the Main Security resides with the Site Admin. If any site is given with any frontend upload methods, The Site should always load on SSL and restricted by File Type for Uploads. Never allow a PHP Files to be Uploaded. A Simple Wordpress Plugin Firewall like Wordfence and Security Scanner should be enough for full protection.
But as You said that all your 9 Sites got hacked, It will always be unclear which of the one sites Got hacked and got the Files access. Even, It could be the case that the cPanel/Hostgator Panel User itself got Hacked.
In your case, the best thing to do is ask your Hosting Provider for a Backup Restore and then Quickly stop all Outgoing traffic with .maintainence or .htaccess and Then Install the desired Security Required. Note that All firewalls and antivirus are good enough if they have Real-Time Protection. As For HostGator, I don't know they use Imunify360 or some other Firewall/Antivirus. Taking VPS won't ease your problem but increase it.
@Monsta Host said:
IMPORTANT Lessons I've Learned About Hosting
I'm still new at this, but I've learned these important things about hosting from this forum:
1) Always have separate providers for your webhosting and domain registration. A separate provider for email is a great idea too.
2) Get the cheapest domain registration possible and then move it to Cloudflare in 90 days. Cloudflare is also an ethical host; every account is secure and anonymous by default, there's no useless domain locking tools, no "upgrades" that aren't really upgrades, no strange billing practices, and they don't try to lock you out of a move. I respect that they don't treat the user like a wallet full of money to be taken advantage of.
3) Just avoid GoDaddy and any EIG hosting companies (Bluehost, HostGator, Web.com)
4) Put a free Cloudflare edge cache on top of your hosting. You probably want Cloudflare edge caching, it also gives you one panel to manage both domain and edge cache.
5) Cloudflare is the cheapest registry as they charge only at cost with no markup.
Seems like you trusted CloudFlare too much. Let me tell you one thing, it seems Cloudflare seems Speeding website up but actually its makes up its own caching layer which makes Dynamic websites harder to Update every second. Morever, it actually slows down your website using proxying. The best thing for which I use it is DNS only, We have 4 DNS Servers so that our Cloud Never goes down and 2 of them are of Cloudflare because its trusted for DNS Servers.
I partially disagree with your first point, you can keep Hosting and Domain providers different but Email hosting always seem to me as a waste of money. Most of New comers just go to GSUITE because they think its integrated with Gmail. I give the same to my customers without a GSUITE. People don't know how to Integrate POP3 and SMTP with Gmail and thats why they have to pay more but reality is Each of my Customers are on Gmail with Business Email for free.
Your second point, I totally disagree with! Domain Registrar Lock should always be there, in the current scenario, People can easily guess EPP code and just run away with your Domain. Though, each Domain Registrar is trusted in this matter even Godaddy because they have their level of ethics as a registrar.
I totally agree with your Third point! 
For the fifth point, Cloudflare is a Registrar, not registry! Registry for .COM TLD is Verisign and so on for each different TLD!
Don't take this review in a Negative way... 
@AlphaRacks said:
@cloudmate said:
We are pleased to announce that we are currently accepting payments to several electronic cryptocurrencies.Starting today we are accepting the following crypto payment options:
BITCOIN
LITECOIN
To pay through Bitcoin or Litecoin, Select the Payment Method "Bitcoin/Litecoin by Litepay.ch"
That makes it very convenient. Not accepting Ether though?
Actually, We plan on introducing Billing in every Crypto but as of now, our Billing is not so much equipped for Conversion of Currencies. We have taken your note for future and will definitely add it also.
