> SSH to the VPS as access the server as root
> Make directory :

mkdir /root/rvadmin

> Once the directory is created, cd into the directory :

cd /root/rvadmin

> Download rvskin from rvskin website
> The installer created a hosting account ‘rvadmin’ which is basically for configuration
> Login to RVskin Manager
> Root and reseller can access RVskin in WHM / Plugins
> If in case you cannot view any message, you may simply run the following commands :

rm -f /usr/local/cpanel/Cpanel/rvversion
perl /root/rvadmin/auto_rvskin.pl

> Following are RVskin Manager Configurations :

> You can set global configuration
> Set languages
> Create feature list for users
> Set twaks, reseller, body links, top links
> two accounts can be setup :
rvadmin : Belongs to root user
Client : It will show reseller skin manager settings

> cPanel themes can be changes
> cPanel language can be changed

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VPS Hosting is provided with some resources and these resources can be used by the server itself and no other VPS on the server can use these resources. Reseller hosting accounts are also provided with some resources but in this case these resources can be used by other reseller hosting account on the same server. Also, it might be possible that your reseller account is setup on a shared server and this is the reason that reseller hosting accounts are not considered to be reliable enough as shared servers are not considered to be reliable. On the contrary, VPS is reliable enough as VPS act like a dedicated server for the client and even if there is an issue with any other VPS on the same dedicated server the other VPS are not affected by it. Even if the reseller account is hosted on the server where there are reseller accounts only then to it is not reliable as the reseller hosting providers host many clients under the same account due to which the server gets overloaded and might face downtime. Some of the hosting providers who have a reseller hosting package also oversell resources and this also causes problems to the server on which the reseller hosting account is setup. Some of the web hosting providers do not provide reseller hosting accounts on the servers due to the problems the server and the web hosting providers face if they have reseller hosting accounts on the servers. Also, web hosting providers do not hesitate to suspend the account of a reseller if they face any kind of problem with the account.

So, VPS has many benefits over the reseller hosting account. This is the reason that many of the resellers now prefer VPS over the reseller hosting account as VPS is reliable and also the features which are offered with reseller hosting account are much more in comparison to reseller hosting account.

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As audio, video streaming requires a lot of resources it is necessary to have a good web hosting package or say a server with high amount of resources. This is the reason that audio, video streaming is not allowed on small or medium sized web hosting packages as they require a high amount of resources and if they will be allowed on small or medium sized web hosting packages they will overload the server and the server might crash. So if you wish audio, video streaming on your website than you will have to consider higher packages or say servers for this. If dedicated servers are not in your budget or you do not want to have one than the only option for you is a VPS.

VPS Hosting for Audio, Video streaming :-

VPS (Virtual Private Server) are the servers which are considered after dedicated servers. These servers provide the dedicated environment to the client. Some VPS servers are setup on a single dedicated server. So VPS servers are also a kind of shared server but they provide the features of the dedicated server to the client and this is a great benefit for the client. As a number of VPS servers are setup on the same dedicated servers the resources of the dedicated server are distributed among the servers and hence they get a part of the resources. If you wish to have a VPS server for audio, video streaming you can have it but this will be an experiment. As VPS servers only have a part of the resources of the dedicated server on which the VPS servers are hosted. So it might be possible that these resources are not enough for audio, video streaming. However, these resources might be enough for you if your website does not have many visitors on it. Also, if you are going for a VPS server for audio, video streaming then you should go for the highest specifications available for VPS servers so that you do not face any problem in future. The web hosting server you choose should be chosen according to your requirements. If you think that VPS server is the best option according to your requirements than you can go for it. Otherwise, the best option if you want to have audio, video streaming on your website will be a dedicated server.

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Reliable VPS hosting service :-

If you are looking for a reliable VPS hosting service then the first step is to go for a company who has a good reputation in the market. Also, make sure that the company is not a reseller or you might face certain problems. When you ask for a VPS server always look for a company which provides 24×7 support through diffferent means of communication so that you can contact them at any point of time for support. Make sure that the staff is co-operative and provides you all the information you need so that you can ask them if you need any assistance. Also, if possible get some information from the clients of the company so that you get an idea about the service quality which will help you to find out a reliable VPS hosting service. Do ask about the network connectivity and the datacenter location as it is very important. Make sure that the speed of the website which is hosted by the same company is good enough for you and you can do this by asking for an example and if the company is a genuine one, they will provide you with the domain name or the IP address by which you can check the VPS server speed. Enquire about the number of times the servers provided by the company have faced downtime. It is suggested that you do not concentrate much on the cheaper rates as resellers or web hosting company which oversell the resources keep such lower prices for the web hosting packages and servers so that they can attaract them. So it is better that you should enquire about the rates of web hosting packages and servers so that you do not face any problems in future and you get a reliable VPS hosting service.

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Features of Plesk control panel-

1) Tools and features ;

Edit- Edit and update your contact information details.

Report-Displays a summary of the current user’s account information.

Preferences- User can change their user interface skin.

Permissions-Allows the user to change their user interface skin.

Limits- View the traffic, disk space, domain and other limits of the account.

IP pool- View the current IP’s in use. Most of the users have 1 at a time.

Logo setup- Customize the logo at the top left of the control panel.

Custom Buttons- Create, edit and delete the custom buttons in the control panel.

Add new domain- Allows the user to create a new domain/account in the control panel.

Domain templates- Create edit and delete domain templates.

Current traffic- Allows to view the summary of traffic stastistics.

Register- Register a new domain name.

Manage- Manage the registered domains.

2) Domains ;

Report- Displays a summary of the domains use information.

Limits- View the traffic, disk space, domain and other limits of the account.

Domian admistrator- Configure new domain user.

Custom buttons- Create, edit and delete the custom buttons in the control panel.

3) Email and other services ;

Mail- Manage email accounts, mail boxes, mail names, mail redirects, mail groups, autoresponders.

DNS- Administrator DNS records for the domain. users may add A records and restore the dns zone to the template settings.

Databases- Add, manage and delete MySQL databases. The number of databases are according to your hosting account.

Certificates-Add and manage the SSL certificates. SSL certificates are used for secured website browsing.

4) Hosting ;

Setup- Setup and administer web hosting for a domain.

Delete- Delete the current hosting account.

Web users- setup some other web users for the domain.

Directories- Create SSL or non-SSL password protected databases.

Anonymous FTP- Setup anonymous FTP for the domain.

Log manager- View and manage log files and other options related to it.

File manager- Allows you to navigate and manipulate server file system.

FP webadmin- Accesses the front page extensions administration tool for the site you have selected.

FP SSL webadmin- Accesses the front page extensions administration tool for the site you have selected.

Crontab- View, add and modify scheduled tasks for your systems.

Mambo CMS- This is a feature rich content management system.

Application vault- Allows the user to install or remove any set of free applications through the control panel.

Site preview- Allows the user to preview the current domain in the browser.

5) Some other features ;

Billing management system- This feature allows you to view the invoices to be paid off, update your credit card, change the personel information and make a payment.

Get traffic toolbox- Click to install or access an existing information of the existing tool box.

Internet marketing course- Free internet marketing course.

Keyword verification tool- This is a free verification tool that allows you to check whether your site is listed in the first three pages of the search engine for a specific keyword.

Link popularity checker- This is a free tool that informs you about the number of pages on the internet which have the link of your website.

Meta tag generator- This tool helps the user to add meta tags to your website.

Search engine saturation tool- This tool will inform you about the number of pages of your domain that are listed in the search engines.

Mail box Cop Spam/Virus Filter-This is an automatic feature which filters the Spams and checks for Viruses.

Stats tracker- This feature will provide the details of the website traffic to the user.

Submit site to search engines- This enables submissions to search engines easily.

These are some of the features of Plesk. Plesk control panel also has some other features which allow the user to manage server easily and this is the reason that many of the users prefer Plesk as control panel when they use Windows VPS. Plesk control panel also works with Linux VPS and this is yet another benefit of the Plesk control panel. As VPS are the servers which are provided with the dedicated environment, these servers are also provided with a lot of resources and features and without the control panel it is very difficult to manage the server unless and until you have excellent technical skills. All the servers are provided with the control panel and it is recommended to have the control panel as they will allow you to manage your server properly and save a lot of time. Plesk control panel has some licensing fees and you have to pay the fees to use Plesk control panel. But, as you are getting so many features with Plesk, it is not a bad deal to pay for it.

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Overselling may be defined as a claim to sell beyond the means of delivery. Overselling is better understood by an example.

Suppose there is a web hosting company. It has a server with 40 GB hard drive and 400 GB bandwidth. If the company has sold 10 GB to one single client and has 4 clients in total on the same server then the company has sold out 40 GB hard drive. Also, the company has provided 100 GB bandwidth to each client which makes 400 GB for 4 clients than the resources of the server have been sold out. If in future the company notices that the disk space used by each client is not more than 7 GB and the bandwidth used by each client is not more than 70 GB and the company decides to host yet another client on the same server and provide the client with the same resources which are allocated to other clients on the server.

This means that the company has provided the client with 10GB disk space and 100 GB bandwidth which is not available on the server as it has been assigned to other clients. This is called overselling. It is called overselling as the resources which are offered to the clients are practically not available.

For example a telephone company. If suppose a telephone company has millions of users and all the users use the service at the same time than it will not be possible for the company to provide them the service as the capacity of the company to provide the service is less as compared to the service used when all the clients use the service at the same time. So overselling is not practical and is not reliable also as their is no guarantee when the resources will be used. Overselling is done on a much cheaper rate than regular. Some of the clients are not aware overselling and this is the reason that they choose cheaper packages which are not reliable enough. Overselling also depends on the server which is being used  by the provider.

What is a Virtual Private Server (VPS) ?

Virtual Private Server (VPS) is one of the few types of servers available for web hosting. As the name suggests, these servers are like dedicated servers but are virtual. These servers are setup on the dedicated servers and provide the dedicated environment to the client. The features which are provided with the Virtual Private Server are more or less the same as the dedicated servers. As these servers are setup on the dedicated server, they are provided with some resources and these resources can only be utilized by the server to which these resources are alloted. This means no other Virtual Private Server hosted on the same dedicated server can use these resources. This is a very great advantage of a Virtual Private Server but for some it is not.

Overselling on a Virtual Private Server.

If you are planning to have VPS Hosting and start your web hosting business than you will not be able to oversell these resources. The reason for this is, when you will have a Virtual Private Server you will be given some resources with the server. you can utilize these resources but if you try to oversell these resources than the server will not be reliable enough. If you oversell these resources and suppose the resources get used up than the server will get overloaded and might crash as it cannot use up the resources alloted to any other Virtual Private Server hosted on the same dedicated server. Also, the web hosting company which has provided you with the server might cancel your server as your Virtual Private Server is causing problems to the dedicated server on which your server is hosted. Virtual Private Servers are unlike the shared server and the reseller servers which can use up the resources which are alloted to any other account on the same server. So if you try overselling on your Virtual Private Server then you might loose your server as well as your clients. This is the reason that Virtual Private Servers are not suggested for overselling.

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Start >> RUN >> Type “services.msc”

Now,  select “Routing and Remote Access” on the services list and then go to properties. Now turn the start up type automatic and apply. “Start this service” will be the option displayed if you have done everything correctly. You will have to select this option as we will use this service to route our traffic.

Now go to,

Start >> Settings >> Control Panel >> Administrative Tools >>

“Routing and Remote Access” will be the shortcut. Click on this.

Configuration panel of Routing and Remote Access will be opened.

Right click on the computer and click this option “Configure and Enable remote and routing access”. Firewall service is stopped and disabled before doing this and you should check this before you try to do this.

Now on the configuration wizard click,

1) Next to proceed

2) In the configuration list select “Custom Configuration”, Press Next

3) Select VPN Access & NAT and Basic Firewall Option, Press Next again

4) Now press Finish to end the wizard

After doing this, PPTP & L2TP VPN access to your firewall should be enabled by this wizard and this should be enabled with private routing capability.

Now , private Traffic to the Public Interface should be routed and this could be done by configuring your VPS. To configure your VPS it is necessary to have any of the two mentioned things below :-

a. Two network interface to route one to another.

OR

b. You can use NAT (Network Address Translation) using the Microsoft Loopbac

adapter.

The second one which is mentioned above is to be worked with as most of the you might not find VPS Hosting with two network interfaces.

Now proceed with the “NAT” configuration with the steps below,

1) go to the Routing and Remote Access panel

2) Expand ComputerName (Local)

3) Expand Ip Routing

4) You should find a option says “NAT/Basic Firewall”

5) Right click on  “NAT/Basic Firewall”

6) To add the network translation use the New interface

“Internal” is the interface that you should add first. This interface is basically for private network access with default settings. Add your main adapter to the NAT list on second attempt and select.

After all this is done select the option “Public Interface connected to this inferface”.

Last option to be selected is “Enable NAT on this interface”.

Address translation should be working on your network now. Your private requests should now be translated and you can use this VPN as your internet gateway.

Allow the Dial In permission after adding a new user from properties if you want to allow the users to use VPN.

User should be able to login using VPN with the Dial-In permission.

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Nameserver can be defined as the computers accessible on the Internet which explains the location of the website. Resolving is the process which is done by Nameservers. During this process, the domain name of the website is taken and with the help of the Domain Name System (DNS) which keeps the data of the domain names and the corresponding IP addresses, the IP (Internet Protocol) address corresponding to the domain name is given. The location of the website on the internet is determined by the IP address and this is also called as Nameservers. It is also known as DNS servers as they perform the same function (Return the IP address for the domain when a domain name is given). When you buy or configure a Domain name for your website you will have to provide the names of the namesservers as this is very important. When you go for a web hosting package for your website your web hosting provider will ask you for the names of these nameservers. Also, these nameservers are of two types, one is the Primary Nameservers and the other is the Secondary Nameservers.

Primary server:-

You will have to enter the host name and the IP number of the name server in the column given registrant of your domain and this will contain the authoritative information of the domain name and this will be used to resolve that domain name to the corresponding IP address of the domain name. This is know as primary name server as this will be used first to resolve the domain name and the name server which will be entered after this will be considered after this name server. If this column is not filled, the domain name registrar will not proceed further with the process of registering the domain name as this is one of the most important section of the agreement.

Second level domain:-

These domains are considered to be the most important after the top level domains. For example, 1stDomain.com – the “1stDomain.com” part is the second level domain. These domains are registered under the top level domain registry.

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VPS is an abbreviation for Virtual Private Server. VPS servers are also known as Virtual Dedicated Server (VDS for short). VPS server is a perfect fill in between a shared server and a Dedicated server. The reason for this is, VPS servers are shared servers which provide the clients with a dedicated environment. Some of the VPS hosting account are setup on the same physical node but provide a dedicated environment to the clients. The resources which are allocated to the client with the package cannot be used by any other client just like the dedicated server. These resources can only be used by the client to whom these resources are given. Also, the client of the VPS server is given the root access to the server just like the client on the dedicated server. Client can make any changes on the server according to him. He can install software’s, programs and can also make some changes in the programs if he wants some of the changes to be done and this will not affect any other client hosted on the same dedicated server. This makes VPS server different from the shared server and like the dedicated server. Client having a VPS server is able to work on the server just like the client of the dedicated server. Client of the VPS server is the administrator of the server or say the part of the dedicated server which is provided to him. VPS server is also provided with the control panel so that the client can handle the server properly and according to him. VPS server is also quite secured. Hackers are unable to make any serious damage to the server.

What is a Dedicated server ?

Dedicated server is a server which is dedicated server or say given to one single client. Dedicated server is also called as private server for the same reason. There is no other client having an account on the same server. Client has the root access to the server and can perform the task he wants to perform on the server with ease. In short, Dedicated server is kind of a server which is owned by the client. The resources which are given with the server belongs and can only be used by the client. Also, if the resources which are offered with the server are more than enough for the client then he can give the resources to anyone he wants to. So, Dedicated server can also be used by resellers and is a better option in comparison to reseller hosting. As the client has full access to the server he can install any software or programs he wants to and can make any changes in them if he wants to. As the root access to the server is to the client, he is the administrator of the server and can perform any task he wants to on the server. Dedicated server is also provided with the control panel so that the client can manage the server with ease. He can also manage the account holders and the resources allotted to them respectively if the client is a reseller. Dedicated server is the most secured kind of server in the web hosting industry. Also, Dedicated servers are the most reliable form of web hosting as the client has the full access to the server and he can manage the server resources with ease which reduces the chances of the server facing downtime. All these, and many other benefits of the Dedicated server makes it the choice of almost everyone related to the web hosting industry.

Comparison :-

If we compare VPS server with a Dedicated server than the main difference is the resources which are being offered with the server. As VPS server is a kind of shared server you will get only a part of the physical server and its resources. Whereas, in a Dedicated server you will get the whole physical server and the resources of the server for your own. But, as you get the resources of the whole server for your own you will have to pay for the entire server. This is one of the disadvantages of the Dedicated server as the cost of the entire server is quite high as compared to the cost of the VPS server and this is due to the fact that in a VPS server you are paying only for the part of the server and not the entire server. Also, as the Dedicated server entirely belongs to you, it is quite difficult to manage the server until and unless you have the proper knowledge to manage the server. Dedicated server requires a very good knowledge and technical skills in comparison to the VPS server. So if you have a good knowledge, technical skills and you can afford a Dedicated server than you can go for it.

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Below are some easy steps which will help you to view the Disk Space used by different parts of your website:-

1) Click the Disk Usage button on the home page.

2) A list of items that take up the disk space will be displayed.

3) This list is displayed in the order of the biggest to smallest.

4) Just click on the required buttons to view the use of space on your website.

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