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This article describes how you can check with .htaccess rules (in Apache) that a specific HTTP header is present, and deny access if it is not. The first thing you need to figure out is what the exact name of the HTTP header you want to check for is. Using […]

Our default webroot is named public. You cannot change the actual webroot, but you can symlink the default (forced) webroot to another folder. This has the same effect, without implications on the rest of our stack. A symlink works as an alias of the webroot.  Steps in this guide include […]

Integrations that need to pick up data exports is a classic example, where you want a remote system to have access to a certain folder on your Bolt. To keep it secure, you don’t want to give the remote system access to your whole site, but limit the access to […]

Your site’s PHP version is defined per Bolt. This means that all sites on your Bolt will be using the same version of PHP. This in turn means that if you want to upgrade your site to a higher version of PHP, your other sites will be upgraded as well. […]

One of the tools we have available for you here at Servebolt is a command line tool called sitecopy. It’s available on all Bolts and it allows you to copy a site from one site to another, or even a different Bolt. We use this script ourselves when we’re migrating […]

Every now and then we’ll launch new features at Servebolt as Beta features. We do this to make sure the feature works as expected before publicly launching the feature. If you’re joining a Servebolt Beta program, closed or open, you should be aware of the following: Bugs may occur, and […]

All hosts on Servebolt run full nightly backups, off-site to a datacenter within EU/EEA. Backups can be restored upon request as far as 30 days back. Contact our support team to get a backup restored including this information: The site you want to restore a backup of. What kind of […]

This article briefly explains how you can set the rules for blocking or allowing access to your site with .htaccess

Every bolt plan has a memory limit, but what does that mean?

The topic of .htaccess is an advanced one. It can alter the entire server configuration and minor typos can bring down your whole website. Do not change the .htaccess file unless you know what you are doing. Our servers are running Apache 2.4.x. You can read the full .htaccess documentation here. […]

Your site sends out emails like password resets and user account creation, for instance. These emails are called transactional emails. For normal application emails you can make use of the local Servebolt server’s email service. You should set up your DNS to allow our servers to send email from your […]

Your site comes with a ~/logs/ folder where you can view the ErrorLog and the AccessLog of your site. The following are common errors found in the error logs: Allowed Memory Size Exhausted PHP: Fatal Error: Allowed Memory Size of [some number] Bytes Exhausted This happens when your code try […]

Explains how the robots.txt files work and are delivered on Servebolt