Guides from the NOC

VPS clock right but cron, WordPress, and MySQL times don't match? Fix timezone settings across OS, PHP, MySQL, cron, and Docker layer by layer.

Set up automated off-site VPS backups with cron and rclone so your files and database survive even if the whole server is lost. Step-by-step guide.

Set up ClamAV and rkhunter on an unmanaged VPS to catch malware and rootkits early, cut false positives, and automate scheduled scans with cron jobs.

Moving to a new VPS? Learn how to migrate files, databases, mail, cron jobs, and DNS to a new server without downtime or lost email.

Server time wrong on your VPS? See how clock drift silently breaks cron jobs, SSL handshakes, and MySQL replication - and fix it for good with chrony.

phpMyAdmin timing out on a big database? Learn to back up and restore MySQL on your VPS with mysqldump, fix common errors, and automate it with cron.

VPS running slow or unresponsive? Learn how to find the process eating your CPU - PHP-FPM, MySQL, cron, or a bad bot - and fix it for good.