Using ImageMagick on a Zone managed server ImageMagick is a powerful tool for processing image files, but with its power and complexity come potential security risks. To...
How to edit the hosts file Sometimes there are situation, when you need to view a website before redirecting a domain to it first. For example,...
Zone+ Security Monitor FAQ Zone+ Security Monitor is a web security monitoring system that gives a user an overview of website vulnerabilities and potentially...
FTP – Creating an account In order to create an FTP account, first log in to the My Zone control panel, then click Webhosting. From...
FTP – Logging in Accessing FTP requires you to have an FTP user account. You will find instructions here, on how to create an...
Inode In simple terms, one inode equals to one file. Once the number of inodes allowed on the server has been...
Establishing an SFTP Connection SFTP, abbreviation of SSH File Transfer Protocol (also know as Secure File Transfer Protocol), is a network protocol for securely...
500 Internal Server Error The 500 Internal Server Error is a very general website status code that means something has gone wrong on the...
htaccess rewrite rules – examples The .htaccess file is a versatile tool that lets you customize directory-specific settings for homepages hosted on Apache servers. In...
Changing domain nameservers Changing a website’s nameservers can impact its performance and accessibility. Nameservers translate a domain name into the IP address used...
Limiting the .htaccess file size to 512 KiB In a shared hosting environment limiting the .htaccess file size to 512KiB ensures proper functioning of the Apache web server....
Alias Domain aliases are domains that you own, but which do not contain any content. Instead, they point to the contents of...
Establishing an SSH connection Windows 11 SSH is installed by default on Windows 11. In order to establish an SSH connection, you must first...
Zone SSH access policy Zone hosting platform is using asymmetric encryption (public key cryptosystem) instead of passwords in order to authenticate SSH users. If there’s a...
Zone API API (Application Programming Interface), also known as API interface or application interface, refers to the rules by which one program...
HTTPS and TLS/SSL certificates HTTPS and TLS/SSL certificates ensure website visitors that the website they are visiting has a secure connection. HTTPS is always...
How To Change php.ini File (max_execution_time, memory_limit) PHP extensions and values for a virtual server can be managed in multiple ways: via the global php.ini file, using...
PHP time limit (max_execution_time, set_time_limit()) The default PHP’s execution time (max_execution_time) is 30 seconds. This is the time limit for a PHP script for how...
WP-CLI a command line tool for WordPress management WP-CLI is the official command line tool for managing WordPress pages. For many activities, it is a more convenient and...
xmlrpc.php POST requests to WordPress methods Protection has been added to Zone webhosting websites to block POST requests to files named xmlrpc.php that contain a WordPress...
WAF – Web Application Firewall WAF – Web Application Firewall protects web applications by filtering and blocking malicious HTTP/S traffic effectively. his firewall safeguards web...
301 redirect with .htaccess file 301 redirect with .htaccess is a permanent redirect on the homepage, which is part of the HTTP protocol and is...
Database Size Database size simply means the total storage space used by data and related components in the database. What Makes Up...
How to view disk space usage and the number of files (inodes)? To view the amount of disk space used, run the following command in the SSH console: quota -s virt490:SN-242-129.HEL01.ZONEAS.EU:~> quota...
Ordering a Let’s Encrypt certificate using the Zone DNS API To order a Let’s Encrypt certificate, you need to add a Zone API key. To add an API key, see...
Sending emails via web-server General Sending emails via web-server is completely possible in Zone and if you are hosting your website on Zone virtual...
Changing WordPress URL to temporary address Changing WordPress URL to temporary address means temporarily changing the address (URL) of your WordPress site to something other than...
Enabling/disabling WordPress debug.log Enabling/disabling WordPress debug.log requires that you first know what WP_DEBUG means and how it works. WP_DEBUG is a feature in...
Changing WordPress admin credentials via phpMyAdmin In case the ”forgot password” link on the WordPress login page fails, you can change the admin account password directly...
How to change default php-cli in console Default PHP CLI version for Zone managed servers (shared hosting, smart dedicated servers) have the same PHP version as the...
Detecting slow PHP requests On the Zone server platform, the real-time web server logs are situated in the logs directory. HTTP and HTTPS logs are located...
PHP GeoIP module GeoIP As of 03.01.2022, the GeoIP PHP module is not available from the Zone virtual server. The GeoIP database is...