Knowledge base & Feature handbook
All Bolts set up in our environment have full access to the server either over SSH or SFTP. We don’t restrict anything as long as you have a username and password or authorization keys set up. But you might not always want anyone to get into the server, so we […]
It is possible to connect directly to a database on Servebolt from a remote server or your local computer, if you run the traffic through an SSH tunnel. Our firewall and servers do not accept direct connections on port 3306, but you can get past this by initiating an SSH […]
Automatic authentication using SSH keys can be set up from a Mac OS / Linux computer easily. In this article we’ll show how to convert your SSH key to a SFTP format for use with your (S)FTP client. The benefits for this is first that you don’t need to have […]
The very basics: Getting started with Secure Shell (SSH). A powerful tool to control your site
When you have gained bash$ access to the server you can explore different methods of altering files. Two popular methods with linux bash is vim and nano. This will open a simple text editor. We recommend you test out what you can do with each one. nano .gitignore Nano shorthands […]
First of all, make sure that you have navigated to the site you are trying to connect to in your list of sites on the left-side menu of your Control Panel. To connect to your site using SSH you first have to go to the Control Panel of your site, […]
Whenever you set up a new Bolt and/or site you’ll get popup window with all SFTP/SSH and database login credentials. This will only be showed one time so be prepared to save it somewhere safe. However do you not remember your passwords you’ll have to generate new ones. With us […]
First of all do you need to have SSH access on both machines that you want to set up authentication with. I will describe how to do this mostly manually with command prompt / terminal. Local machine Log in with SSH to the machine you want to be authenticated. From […]
SSH access is included with all Bolts and websites. We also include multiple performance and developer focused tools in our server environment. Check out the list on the right for more articles on the subject or click this link.
Connect with SSH on Windows using PuTTY
An SSH key pair is very useful when you want to more securely give, or get access to a server from another server or computer. This will allow the connecting computer to authenticate using a check (comparing) of keys instead of password. The key pair consists of two keys: Public […]
We have made an update with improvements of the SSH configuration on our servers. This update includes disabling some older legacy cryptography algorithms, which can cause problems with outdated SSH, SFTP and MySQL clients. If you receive a new error message from your client, check if it has an update […]
When WordPress is set up as a multisite or a network installation, the cron event process needs to be called for each individual site in the network. With the latest version of Servebolt Optimizer this is very easy to set up. Alternatively a script can be used which we will […]
With server cron jobs you can set at what interval your want them to run. But perhaps you’ve wondered what these intervals are based on. The time a cron job is based on is the set date of the server. There is two main ways to figure out which date […]
When you have been hacked there is only one safe way to deal with it, replace all the code with new fresh code so that you are 100% sure there are no back doors left. This process can also be useful to those that have FTP uploaded plugins and have […]
If your account is locked, then that means your account has been flagged due to unpaid invoices. If you rather see “user blocked”, then check this article. Your unpaid invoices need to be paid fully before Servebolt can reopen your Control Panel access. Unpaid invoices may also lead to closure […]
Deleting a site or a database within the Servebolt Control Panel is easy, see how below: Deleting a site Deleting a site can be done easily within the settings of your site in the Servebolt Control Panel. To delete a site, simply click on the site you want to delete […]
In this article we’ll cover how you can install Pimcore version 10.3.4 on Servebolt based on Pimcore’s documentation. The only needed prerequisites are that you know how to use SSH and common terminal commands. Now you are done setting up your Pimcore installation, congratulations. You will be able to access […]
At some point you might have encountered an error when you want to upload a bigger sized file, like a high quality image for example. If the file size is bigger than your set max upload size, you will get an error message something along these lines: All sites with […]
Images are more often than not a big part of websites and large image files can often lead to slower loading times and that’s something we aim to avoid. At Servebolt we are experts in image management and optimization, and in the following article we will explain our different optimization […]