Jeff Wilson

An experienced Linux veteran with many years of experience. Helping other Linux admins with frequent Linux and business-related blog posts on the RoseHosting blog. Techie by choice. Loving nature and travel. Happily married and father of two lovely children.

Error establishing a database connection

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Error establishing a database connection

Error establishing a database connection, is a very common error when you try to access your WordPress site. The database stores all the important information for your website, including your posts, comments, site configuration, user accounts, theme and plugin settings and so on. If the connection to your database cannot be established, your WordPress website will not load, and more then likely will give you the error: “Error establishing a database connection” In this tutorial we will show you, how to fix Error establishing a database connection in WordPress.

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How to List and Delete iptables Firewall Rules

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Delete iptables Firewall Rules

We’ll show you, how to list and delete iptables firewall rules. Iptables is a command line utility that allows system administrators to configure the packet filtering rule set on Linux. iptables requires elevated privileges to operate and must be executed by user root, otherwise it fails to function.

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What Is cURL?

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What is cURL?
What is cURL?

what is curl commandToday we will talk about what is cURL? and why would you use the cURL command in Linux? cURL (Client URL Library) is a computer software project providing a library and command-line tool for transferring data using various protocols. cURL is a tool to transfer data from or to a server, using one of the following  supported protocols (DICT, FILE, FTP, FTPS, GOPHER, HTTP, HTTPS, IMAP, IMAPS, LDAP, LDAPS, POP3, POP3S, RTMP, RTSP, SCP, SFTP, SMB, SMBS, SMTP, SMTPS, TELNET and TFTP). The command is designed to work without user interaction. If you are a Linux command line user, you probably came across the cURL command. cURL is a command line tool that most system admins are using on a day to day basis to perform a variety of different tasks. In this article, we will explain what is cURL and why would you want to use it on your Linux VPS.

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How to Redirect a Domain

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How to Redirect a Domain

We’ll show you, how to redirect a domain. URL redirection, also called URL forwarding, is a World Wide Web technique for making a web page available under more than one URL address. When a web browser attempts to open a URL that has been redirected, a page with a different URL is opened. There are few ways to redirect a domain and it depends on the web server used etc. In this tutorial we are going to show you, how to redirect a domain with Apache web server and URL redirection with NGINX web server.

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Install Concrete5 on Ubuntu 16.04

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Install Concrete5 on Ubuntu 16.04

We’ll show you, how to install Concrete5 on Ubuntu 16.04. Concrete5 is free and open source Content Management System (CMS). It is an easy to use, but yet powerful tool allowing users with no technical skills to build different types of websites. Concrete5 features in-context editing (the ability to edit website content directly on the page, rather than in an administrative interface or using web editor software). Installing Concrete5 on Ubuntu 16.04, is fairly easy and should not take more then 10 minutes to install it.

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