Windows Server 2008 FTP Setup

Open Server Manager, go to Roles and click “Add Roles”   In the Add Role Wizard, select Web Server (IIS) role to install Click Next until you reach Select Role Services page, leave the default and check FTP Server, FTP Service and FTP Extensibility at the bottom. Click Next, follow the wizard and finish the role installation. … Read more

Disabling mod_security on Plesk Server

Source: http://www.atomicorp.com/wiki/index.php/Mod_security Getting errors with scripts? [stextbox id=”warning”]Get Request to piwik.php failed. Try whitelisting this URL from HTTP Authentication and disable mod_security[/stextbox] Check for the module – view the loaded modules using the command:

Security Settings in Windows 2012 not allowing DirectX download

Problem: Our security settings are stopping me from downloading DirectX. Disable IE Enhanced Security on Windows Server 2012 Description This article will detail disabling the ‘IE Enhanced Security Configuration’ setting within Windows Server 2012. Enchanced Security mode limits the exposure of the server to potentially malicious Web content. However, as a result, this option can … Read more

Plesk domain date.timezone error

Warning: phpinfo(): It is not safe to rely on the system’s timezone settings. You are *required* to use the date.timezone setting or the date_default_timezone_set() function. In case you used any of those methods and you are still getting this warning, you most likely misspelled the timezone identifier. We selected the timezone ‘UTC’ for now, but … Read more

SPF Records

Sender Policy Framework (SPF) is a method of fighting spam. As more time passes, this protocol will be used as one of the standard methods of fighting spam on the Internet. An SPF record is a TXT record that is part of a domain’s DNS zone file. The TXT record specifies a list of authorized … Read more