{"id":434,"date":"2020-08-04T18:46:36","date_gmt":"2020-08-04T15:46:36","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/?p=434"},"modified":"2023-03-14T09:55:12","modified_gmt":"2023-03-14T07:55:12","slug":"getting-started-with-managed-vps-hosting","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/getting-started-with-managed-vps-hosting\/","title":{"rendered":"Getting Started with Managed VPS Hosting"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A Managed VPS gives you the maximum security, scalability and performance for your website and online business. You get your own fully managed cloud server with a control panel and daily backups with no restrictions and dedicated\/guaranteed server resources such as:&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>CPU power<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>RAM<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>SSD space<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Network speed<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Everyone can run their website on a managed VPS, <\/span><b>without needing technical skills or previous knowledge.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h3 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Table of contents: Getting Started with Managed VPS Hosting<\/b><\/h3>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">What is managed VPS hosting?&nbsp;&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Activation of your VPS<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Accessing SPanel &#8211; the ALL-IN-ONE cloud management platform<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The tools in your SPanel Managed VPS<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set up your domain name<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create a new website or transfer an existing one<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set up your free SSL certificate<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set up your email&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get technical support<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Refer friends and get $50 per signup<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"what-is-managed-vps\"><b>What is Managed VPS Hosting?<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A managed VPS is the most secure, reliable and scalable hosting solution you can get for your website. It gives you a dedicated hosting environment where all resources are guaranteed and consistently delivers maximum performance and high-speed. The efficiency and value of the managed cloud VPS are much higher than any other type of hosting.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>The main advantages are:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Ultra-high security<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Dedicated IP and resources<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Guaranteed high-speed and performance<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Faster than shared hosting<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">No restrictions<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Unlike the self-managed VPS, the <a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/managed-cloud-hosting.html\">managed VPS hosting<\/a> service is really easy to use. You don\u2019t need any technical skills nor experience to run your website on its own server.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"activation-managed-vps\"><b>Activation of Your Managed VPS<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>The activation of your managed VPS <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">is <strong>instant<\/strong> and it happens immediately after receiving your payment. Once activated we send an email to notify you that we are working on the set-up of your server.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Minutes later you receive the welcome email<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for the VPS which contains all the information you need to get started.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">A very tiny amount of the orders get flagged for a manual verification where action on your behalf is required before we can activate the service.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"accessing-spanel\"><b>Accessing SPanel &#8211; The ALL-IN-ONE Cloud Management Platform<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>SPanel is an <strong>ALL-IN-ONE management platform<\/strong> for cloud virtual servers<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It includes everything a website owner needs to run their website in a secure environment. It is a quick, easy and more powerful replacement of the cPanel control panel.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Any website working on a cPanel server will also work on a <\/span>SPanel cloud VPS<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPanel has two interfaces to manage the accounts on the server.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>The SPanel Admin Interface<\/b><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p>The SPanel Admin interface allows the server owners to<b>:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create new accounts<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Terminate existing accounts<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Set disk quotas<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Change the username of a given account<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Change the main domain of a given account<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Suspend\/unsuspend individual accounts<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Monitor server health<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Restart individual services or the whole server<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Get information about CPU Load, RAM and Disk Space Usage<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large mpg-gallery\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/273-1024x507.png\" alt=\"Getting Started with Managed VPS Hosting, The SPanel Admin Interface\" class=\"wp-image-3655\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/273-1024x507.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/273-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/273-768x380.png 768w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/273-1536x760.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/273.png 1903w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><b>From the Admin Interface<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, the server owner can log into the User Interface of each individual account created on the server.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>To do this:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Log in to the <\/span><b>Admin Interface<\/b><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Select the account that you want to log in to from the list on the homepage<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Actions <\/strong>in the right corner, then click <strong>Manage <\/strong>from the drop-down<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full mpg-gallery\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"209\" height=\"369\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/231.png\" alt=\"Getting Started with Managed VPS Hosting, The SPanel Admin Interface 2\" class=\"wp-image-3484\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/231.png 209w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/10\/231-170x300.png 170w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>The SPanel User Interface<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;<\/span><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The SPanel User Interface is where each individual account is being managed.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>The SPanel User interface allows server owners to:<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create\/remove Email boxes, forwarders and auto-responders<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Create\/remove databases and database users<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add\/remove additional domains and subdomains<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add\/edit\/remove DNS records<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Generate and restore backups<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Install SSL certificates<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Add\/edit\/remove cron jobs<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Change the PHP version of your site<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Access the <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/wordpress-manager.html\"><b>SWordPress Manager<\/b><\/a> <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and install a WordPress based website with a single click<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large mpg-gallery\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"770\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/274-1024x770.png\" alt=\"Getting Started with Managed VPS Hosting, The SPanel User Interface&nbsp;\" class=\"wp-image-3657\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/274-1024x770.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/274-300x226.png 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/274-768x578.png 768w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/274.png 1291w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>How to Create an Account from the SPanel Admin Interface?<\/b><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can create unlimited user accounts from the SPanel Admin Interface.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Login to your SPanel Admin Interface<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">From the navigation bar on the left, select <strong>Create a New Account<\/strong><\/span><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large mpg-gallery\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"507\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/275-1024x507.png\" alt=\"Getting Started with Managed VPS Hosting, How to Create an Account from the SPanel Admin Interface?\" class=\"wp-image-3658\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/275-1024x507.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/275-300x149.png 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/275-768x380.png 768w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/275-1536x760.png 1536w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/275.png 1903w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<ol class=\"wp-block-list\" start=\"3\">\n<li>Fill in the Create an Account form<\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>Click <strong>Create an Account<\/strong><\/li>\n<\/ol>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image mpg-gallery\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"498\" height=\"581\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Managed-VPS-Hosting7.png\" alt=\"Getting Started with Managed VPS Hosting, How to Create an Account from the SPanel Admin Interface? 2\" class=\"wp-image-441\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Managed-VPS-Hosting7.png 498w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Managed-VPS-Hosting7-257x300.png 257w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"noting yellow\">Note: The login URL for both the Admin and the User Interface is the same. SPanel will automatically load the correct interface depending on the login details you are using. If you log in with the admin login details, you\u2019ll be redirected to the Admin Interface and when you log in with a user login &#8211; you\u2019ll be redirected to the User Interface automatically.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"tools-in-spanel\"><b>The Tools in Your SPanel Managed VPS<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPanel comes with plenty of top-notch tools to make your websites more secure and <\/span>easy-to-manage<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. It also has built-in integrations which bring you the most modern <\/span>cloud VPS management technologies <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">in serving and securing websites.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>SWordPress Manager&nbsp;<\/b><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Makes managing WordPress much<\/span> easier, saves time and adds multi-layer security and control over WordPress websites<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image mpg-gallery\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"959\" height=\"659\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Managed-VPS-Hosting8.png\" alt=\"Getting Started with Managed VPS Hosting, SWordPress Manager&nbsp;\" class=\"wp-image-442\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Managed-VPS-Hosting8.png 959w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Managed-VPS-Hosting8-300x206.png 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Managed-VPS-Hosting8-768x528.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p><b>The SWordPress manager allows you to<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">:<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Install WordPress with a single click&nbsp;<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Manage automatic updates of the core, themes, and plugins<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Clone\/stage WordPress installations<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Reset the admin password<\/span><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Introduces the unique for WordPress security feature <\/span><b>Security LOCK<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, which makes WordPress immune to malware injections. Additionally, it prevents malicious files to be uploaded to your website. At the same time, your website loads just fine and operates normally. The security lock must be disabled if only you want to install a new WordPress plugin<\/span><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>SShield Real-time Cyber-security System<\/b><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">An innovative proprietary cyber-security system, which blocks <\/span><b>99.998%<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> of the web attacks and monitors your websites on the VPS for hacks<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> in real time.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If a website is compromised<\/span><b>, SShield automatically notifies<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you via email and gives you a full report of the affected files and the steps you need to take in order to secure the website. <strong>S<\/strong><\/span><b>Shield helps us significantly decrease the number of compromised websites, <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and make the web a better, safer place. <\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>SBackup&nbsp;<\/b><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SBackup is a backup system built-in to SPanel which takes daily backups of your server and stores them remotely. By default, it <\/span><b>keeps only one backup of the VPS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> which is overwritten daily.&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><br><\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you store important data on the server, we recommend keeping at least 3 backups for each of the last 3 days.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Keeping your own backup just in case is highly recommended.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image mpg-gallery\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1237\" height=\"288\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Managed-VPS-Hosting9.png\" alt=\"Getting Started with Managed VPS Hosting, SBackup&nbsp;\" class=\"wp-image-443\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Managed-VPS-Hosting9.png 1237w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Managed-VPS-Hosting9-300x70.png 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Managed-VPS-Hosting9-1024x238.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Managed-VPS-Hosting9-768x179.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Free SSL Certificates for All Your Websites<\/b><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPanel has a built-in integration with Let\u2019s encrypt to automatically issue,<\/span><b> install and renew a free SSL certificate<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for each website that you host on your <\/span>SPanel VPS<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. If you host your websites on SPanel, you don\u2019t need to pay for SSL certificates anymore.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image mpg-gallery\"><img decoding=\"async\" width=\"1226\" height=\"356\" src=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Managed-VPS-Hosting10.png\" alt=\"Getting Started with Managed VPS Hosting, Free SSL Certificates for All Your Websites\" class=\"wp-image-444\" srcset=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Managed-VPS-Hosting10.png 1226w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Managed-VPS-Hosting10-300x87.png 300w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Managed-VPS-Hosting10-1024x297.png 1024w, https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/kb\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/08\/Getting-Started-with-Managed-VPS-Hosting10-768x223.png 768w\" sizes=\"(max-width: 361px) 660px, (max-width: 767px) 89vw, (max-width: 1000px) 54vw, (max-width: 1071px) 910px, 1140px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>LiteSpeed Enterprise Integration&nbsp;<\/b><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><b>SPanel doesn\u2019t eat any of your server\u2019s CPU\/RAM resources<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> hence you can take advantage of the fastest web server in the world for free. If you host one website on your <\/span><b>SPanel VPS with 2GB RAM<\/b> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(with as much CPU power as you want),<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> we can install the Enterprise version of LiteSpeed which is proven to be the fastest in the world.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On a SPanel VPS with 2GB RAM, LiteSpeed lets you have <\/span><b>over 1,000,000 website visitors per month.<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> It is a 100% drop-in replacement for the Apache web server, and any website that runs on Apache will also run on LiteSpeed Enterprise.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">On top of that, you will be able to use the caching plugins of <\/span><a href=\"https:\/\/www.scalahosting.com\/blog\/litespeed-web-server\/\"><b>LiteSpeed<\/b><\/a> for WordPress<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, Joomla, Drupal, Opencart and Prestashop without paying extra. Those are some of the best and most efficient plugins that exist today.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>OpenLiteSpeed Integration&nbsp;<\/b><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPanel supports the open-source free version of LiteSpeed which is called <\/span><b>OpenLiteSpeed<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Unlike LiteSpeed Enterprise, OpenLiteSpeed does not have any limitations for the number of websites, or the RAM of the server.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>The performance of LiteSpeed Enterprise and OpenLiteSpeed is almost the same<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The difference here is that OpenLiteSpeed is not an Apache drop-in replacement, which means it only supports <\/span><b>mod_rewrite<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Other custom configurations would need to be re-done. The most used CMS systems such as WordPress run perfectly on&nbsp;<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">OpenLiteSpeed and bring a significant performance increase. You can easily serve millions of website visitors with OpenLiteSpeed on a SPanel VPS for under $35 per month.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h5 class=\"wp-block-heading\"><b>Nginx Integration&nbsp;<\/b><\/h5>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Nginx is a free web server which is 2 times faster than the Apache web server<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> for serving static content such as: <\/span><b>images, CSS, JavaScript, HTML<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. That\u2019s why SPanel supports it natively and when enabled, it runs Nginx as an Apache proxy for processing the static content only. PHP scripts continue to be executed via Apache with <\/span><b>PHP-FPM.&nbsp;<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The Nginx integration allows <\/span>customers <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">to use the micro-caching feature which can cache both dynamic and static content in the RAM of your server making your websites blazing-fast.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"set-up-domain-name\"><b>Set up Your Domain Name<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you create <\/span>your first account in the SPanel Admin Interface<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you will be given information about the nameservers that you have to set for the domain name at your domain registrar to point the domain to your<\/span> SPanel VPS<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. The same nameservers are also included in your welcome email for the VPS.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Please note that once you change the nameservers, it will take up to<\/span> 24 hours for DNS propagation<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, so that the changes take effect globally.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You must use the same nameservers for each domain name that you add to the server. There are no restrictions on how many accounts you can create on your VPS.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"create-new-website\"><b>Create a New Website or Transfer an Existing<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><b>If you are creating a new website<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you must first complete the steps above for creating an account for the website via the SPanel Admin Interface, set up your domain by setting the proper&nbsp;<b>nameservers<\/b>&nbsp;and the final step is to develop the website.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>If you plan on using WordPress<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, it will be easiest to log into the SPanel User Interface, click on the <\/span><b>WordPress Manager<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> link and then follow the on-screen instructions to install WordPress with one click. Using the WordPress Manager is important not only because it will save you time during the installation, but also because it will secure your new WordPress installation.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">It will perform several<\/span> specific post-install actions <span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">which significantly increase security and which users and sometimes developers neglect or miss out. As a result, their website eventually gets compromised by bots.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The option for automatic updates is really important, as that will keep the WordPress core, plugins and themes up to date and secure at all times.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">The <\/span><b>Security LOCK<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> feature makes WordPress really hard to hack, as it locks all relevant files and folders to avoid malicious code to be inserted in your website\u2019s files.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">If you are uploading your website from scratch via FTP, you must upload all the files in the <\/span><b>public_html<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> directory which is the default document root.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>If you want to transfer your existing website <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">you should be aware that we can do that for you at no extra cost and with no downtime. The only thing you have to do is to provide us with the login details for your old server.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We\u2019ll use that information to copy all the data including files, databases and emails. Then, we\u2019ll also verify that <\/span><b>your website loads correctly from your managed VPS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">After that you can change the nameservers and allow some hours for the changes to take effect globally, so that your website is served by your <\/span><b>new managed VPS<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. We can help you migrate as many websites as you want to your VPS at no additional cost.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"set-up-sll-cert\"><b>Set up Your Free SSL Certificate<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Once you set up your domain name by changing its nameservers and create an account for it in the <\/span><b>SPanel Admin Interface,<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> you want to encrypt the connection between your website visitors and the server, as that <strong>i<\/strong><\/span><strong>ncreases security<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Moreover, if you don\u2019t have a SSL certificate installed, your visitors will get a warning in their browsers that your website is not secure.&nbsp;<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SPanel checks once per day and automatically issues and installs a free Let\u2019s encrypt SSL certificate for each website.<\/span><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">&nbsp;If you are in a hurry and want to install the certificate immediately, you can do so from the <\/span><strong>SPanel User Interface -&gt; SSL certificates -&gt; Actions -&gt; Install free SSL<\/strong><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">. Please note that your domain must point to the server before you can install a free SSL.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"set-up-email\"><b>Set up Your Email<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p>Before you can start sending and receiving emails<span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, you need to create an email box and configure it on your <span data-sheets-value=\"{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:&quot;favorite&quot;}\" data-sheets-userformat=\"{&quot;2&quot;:636,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;6&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;7&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;8&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:[{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;5&quot;:{&quot;1&quot;:2,&quot;2&quot;:0}},{&quot;1&quot;:0,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;3&quot;:3},{&quot;1&quot;:1,&quot;2&quot;:0,&quot;4&quot;:1}]},&quot;9&quot;:0,&quot;12&quot;:0}\">favorite <\/span>email client. Alternatively, you can use the webmail that is accessible from any browser, anywhere in the world, 24\/7\/365.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To create an email box, simply log into SPanel User Interface, click on <\/span><b>Email accounts <\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">and follow the on-screen instructions.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">To configure your email in your mail client, use the information below.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>POP3\/IMAP\/SMTP server<\/b><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">: mail.yourdomain.com <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(the option \u201cMy SMTP server requires authentication\u201d must be enabled)<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Username:<\/b> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">enter the whole email address, e.g.: john@yourdomain.com<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Password:<\/b> <i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">the password you specified when you created the email box<\/span><\/i><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><b>Ports information<\/b><\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">SMTP: 465 (<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">with SSL), <\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">25 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(without SSL)<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">POP3: 995<\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> (with SSL),<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> 110 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(without SSL)<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">IMAP: 993 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(with SSL)<\/span><\/i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">, 143 <\/span><i><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">(without SSL)<\/span><\/i><\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">We recommend configuring your email client with the SSL encrypted ports for maximum security.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">You can access your email box via webmail at <strong>yo<\/strong><\/span><strong>urdomain.com\/webmail<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<h4 class=\"wp-block-heading\" id=\"getting-support\"><b>Getting Support<\/b><\/h4>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">Your VPS is fully managed and technical support is available 24\/7 via the live chat on our website and via tickets opened from your client area at<\/span> <a href=\"https:\/\/my.scalahosting.com\/clientarea.php\"><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\">https:\/\/my.scalahosting.com<\/span><\/a><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"> to answer any questions you may have.<\/span><\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><span style=\"font-weight: 400;\"><strong>On both live chat and tickets your issue will be looked into immediately<\/strong>. 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