Our short answer is no. Why can’t I get sudo or root access? First of all, the Servebolt Operations Team does the maintenance and configuration of the servers. That is our job, and part of our managed hosting product. The servers and their configuration is optimized for maximum performance. 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 […]

Database performance is an advanced topic, and fixing issues relating to the database or specific queries often requires deep knowledge of the application framework, and how databases work. This article provides some insight into best practices for achieving good database performance, and how to identify problems. Best practices There are […]

To set up a new database you need to navigate to databases in the host menu from the host dashboard. From here you can click “add new database”. This will redirect you to a page where you are asked to put inn the name of you new database and if […]

To change your database password, navigate to Databases in the Bolt’s menu from your dashboard. Find the database you want to alter and click Set Password. This will redirect you to a new page where you can either create your own password or generate a new one. NOTE! That when […]

To delete a database, navigate to databases in the host menu from your host dashboard. Find the database you want delete and click “delete”. This will redirect you to a new page where you are asked to verify that you want to delete the database.

Whether you are using WordPress, Magento, Drupal or something completely custom to your site, the connection to the database should be pretty similar. When you register you host you will receive alle the necessary information about your database. The database most often runs on the same server as your website, […]

To access phpMyAdmin, all you have to do is got to databases in the host menu and click on the server URL. This will redirect you to the phpMyAdmin page. From here you enter the information you have received in the email when your first set up your site.

There are two ways to import a database to phpMyAdmin. You can either use the phpMyAdmin or SSH command. If you are not familier with terminal commands we recommend you stick to the phpMyAdmin way.  Through phpMyAdmin:   When using phpMyAdmin you can easily go to the import tab, choose […]

There are two ways to export a database. You can either use phpMyAdmin or SSH command. If you are not familiar with terminal commands we recommend you stick to the phpMyAdmin way.  Through phpMyAdmin:   Before exporting make sure you are on the correct database, and not information_schema. When you […]

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 […]

To connect to your server with ssh you need to firstly go in the control panel of your host, under settings you will find a setting about SSH access. Make sure that is set to ‘on’, if you can not see the settings, check if you have access rights. Partners […]

From the host dashboard, navigate to the site you want to reset the SFTP password at. You click “Reset SFTP password” in the top right corner of the server login information. From here you can either choose your own password or generate a new random password. The SFTP password is […]