I recently got an e-mail from somebody with a Virtual Private Server hosting plan, who was looking for a little help when it comes to installing an editor.  This is pretty easy to do if you have CentOS installed as your operating system of choice.

You should have vi, at a minimum, installed. pico/nano should also be installed too.

If you have a CentOS VPS, you can always use: yum install <editorname> to install it, as most common editors are on the CentOS repositories.

Here’s hoping this ‘bit of information comes in handy to those of you who need it, and thanks to my anonymous e-mailer for the great VPS web hosting question.

Sometimes a dedicated web hosting deal can be too good to be true.  Never let yourself fall for the advertising of a dedicated server before you take the time and consideration it takes to really check out all the services a dedicated web hosting provider is willing to provide to you.

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The processor, or CPU in a dedicated web hosting server is like the brain behind the machine.  It is an electronic circuit that can execute the commands on the server in question.

This term has been in use in the computer industry at least since the early 1960s. The form, design and implementation of CPUs have changed dramatically since the earliest examples, but their fundamental operation remains much the same.

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The book, the Web Host Manager Administration Guide, is a great reference book for any dedicated server admin to keep handy at all times. 

WebHost Manager is a package used by web hosts to manage their servers and the individual user accounts they hold. It is part of the same package as cPanel, so the host uses WebHost Manager while the client uses cPanel. WebHost Manager is at the core of many web hosts’ business. Using web host manager, you can keep track of the accounts on your server, monitor their bandwidth and disk space usage, and much more.

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