FAQ: Your guide to the AlexHost service

Google Public DNS is a free, global Domain Name System (DNS) resolution service that you can use to improve your internet browsing speed, security, and reliability. By configuring your network to use Google Public DNS, you can replace your ISP’s default DNS servers with Google’s DNS servers. Google’s DNS server addresses are: Primary DNS: 8.8.8.8 […]

In the world of Linux, package management is a crucial aspect that enables users to install, update, upgrade, and remove software packages efficiently. Different Linux distributions use different package managers for handling software packages, and among the most popular are apt and yum. These tools provide a way to manage software, ensuring that users can […]

Running resource-intensive applications or data processing tasks? AlexHost’s Dedicated Servers provide the perfect environment to harness the power of multiprocessing in Python. With high-performance CPUs, dedicated resources, and robust infrastructure, AlexHost ensures your applications run efficiently, even under heavy computational loads. Whether you’re crunching data, running simulations, or deploying machine learning models, AlexHost’s solutions are […]

Using Apache’s htpasswd authentication is a simple way to add basic access control to your web directories, requiring users to provide a username and password before accessing certain parts of your website. This type of authentication is often used to restrict access to sensitive areas, like admin panels or development sites, and can be set […]

Faker is a powerful PHP library that generates fake, but realistic, data for testing and seeding databases. In Laravel, Faker is integrated with Eloquent model factories, making it easy to create models with random data for development, testing, and seeding purposes. Using Faker, you can populate your database with realistic names, addresses, emails, and other […]

WHM (Web Host Manager) is a powerful web-based server management control panel that allows administrators and resellers to manage multiple cPanel accounts on a server. It is typically used for managing web hosting environments and is a critical tool for web hosting companies and large-scale website managers. WHM is often paired with cPanel, which is […]

A Connection Timeout error in FileZilla FTP typically occurs when FileZilla is unable to connect to the server within the specified time limit. This can be caused by various issues, such as incorrect configuration, network restrictions, server-side settings, or firewalls blocking the connection. Here’s a guide on how to troubleshoot and resolve the connection timeout […]

In web hosting environments, especially those using shared hosting or cPanel, you will often encounter directories named www and public_html within your hosting account. These directories are essential for managing and serving the content of your website. Here’s an explanation of what these directories are, their purposes, and how they relate to each other. public_html […]

WHOIS is a protocol used for querying databases that store the registered users or assignees of an internet resource, such as a domain name, an IP address block, or an autonomous system (AS). A WHOIS lookup allows you to find out information about who owns a domain name, when it was registered, when it expires, […]

Building scalable and maintainable web applications starts with a reliable hosting solution. AlexHost’s Managed Web Hosting Services provide the perfect foundation for implementing structured architectures like MVC, offering optimized performance, high availability, and secure environments for frameworks like Laravel, Django, and Ruby on Rails. With AlexHost, you can focus on developing your application while we […]