Tag Archives: slicehost

Server Reconfig

By Dougal | Published: November 13, 2009

This blog will be moving to a new server very soon. If all goes well, you shouldn’t notice a thing. But just in case, I figured I’d give a warning, so that if you try to visit and you get an error, or the site won’t come up, you’ll know to just come back again later instead of thinking that my site was an early victim of the 2012 apocalypse or something.

I’m doing more than just moving onto a new server though. [...]

Posted in WordPress | Also tagged Apache, fastcgi, hosting, mod_expires, mod_fcgid, mod_php, Performance, PHP, prgmr, tuning, virtual private server, vps, WordPress, xen | 19 Comments

Whither Spam?

By Dougal | Published: June 14, 2008

When I switched to my new Slicehost server, I spent a while trying to decide what I wanted to do about email for my domains. I contemplated using Google’s domain email service, or some other third-party email hosting. But I just hated giving up that much control of my email setup. [...]

Posted in Hardware, Linux, Servers, Services, Software, Spam, Tech | Also tagged antivirus, clamav, Email, email spam, fighting spam, Linux, mail, mailscanner, mailwatch, Servers, smtp, Spam, spamassassin, spamsnake, Ubuntu | 4 Comments

Now on Slicehost: Me!

By Dougal | Published: April 21, 2008

If you are seeing this post, then you are getting pages served from my new server at Slicehost. I still have to migrate my other web sites, and figure out how I’m going to mange email, but this was a big hurdle, and I’m glad to say that it went pretty smoothly. There are still some old files that I haven’t put back in place yet, so if anything seems awry, don’t be too surprised. I know of a couple of things I need to take care of, but I’m sure there are others that haven’t crossed my mind yet. [...]

Posted in Announcements, General, Servers, Services | Also tagged hosting, self, Servers, webhosting | 11 Comments

Roadwork Next 15 Miles

By Dougal | Published: March 13, 2008

I am preparing to move all of my web and email hosting to a new server. I’ve been fortunate to have an in-trade hosting arrangement for many years now (thanks to Jeff at Iguanasoft!). But my host’s owner is winding down some of his equipment, and I had outgrown the server I was on. I’ve secured a new server at Slicehost (a 1024slice running Ubuntu), and I’ll be transitioning my data over the next couple of weeks, as time allows.

I mainly mention this as warning that if my site appears to be down, email bounces, or any other strangeness occurs, it might be because I’m in the middle of moving things around. [...]