Webmin is an indispensable tool for some WordPress self-hosters. You get a file manager, cronjob manager, can manage your nginx virtual hosts, CSF Firewall (configuration guide) and more. I always configure Webmin to automatically install security updates and notify me via email (Mailgun guide) if there are other package updates. This keeps your VPS or … Learn more…
Webmin is an awesome tool for people self-hosting WordPress on a VPS (Digital Ocean or Vultr) or dedicates server. It can help bridge the gap when moving from the chains of cPanel to a more flexible solution since you can add cronjobs, update your Linux distribution’s packages and more management tasks. I like to get email … Learn more…
Monit can be used to monitor your services on your VPS or dedicated server. You can use Monit to make sure nginx is always running in case it halts or freezes up – note this is very rare but it is better to be safe than sorry. Monit will check which port nginx is running on … Learn more…
Mailgun is an awesome free service for sending email safely from your WordPress server. They have a WordPress plugin that uses the Mailgun HTTP API so you can conceal your web server’s IP address – you should never host email on your web server for security reasons like spam, exploitation and risk your server IPs … Learn more…
Webmin is fantastic free tool for managing your VPS or dedicated server. It has tons of modules to manage web servers like Apache or nginx (Webmin module), view logs, add cronjobs, manage updates and administer security like ConfigServer Firewall or fail2ban. This guide shows you how to install Webmin on Ubuntu using the official repository. It … Learn more…