FAQ: Your guide to the AlexHost service

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 […]

Lock Down Your Site with Apache htpasswd on AlexHost Ubuntu VPS Why use htpasswd? Apache’s htpasswd is your quick ticket to securing web directories—think admin panels or dev sites—with a simple username/password gate. It’s lightweight, perfect for basic access control, and a breeze to set up on an AlexHost Ubuntu VPS running Apache. This guide […]

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 […]

Understanding www and public_html: Your Website’s Home Base What are www and public_html directories, and why do they matter? In web hosting, public_html and www directories are the heart of your website, holding all the files—HTML, CSS, images, and scripts—that make your site accessible online. Whether you’re using shared hosting or cPanel, understanding these directories […]

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 […]

Email is one of the most widely used methods of communication, allowing messages to be sent over the internet from one user to another almost instantly. But behind the scenes, several protocols and processes work together to ensure that your message reaches its intended recipient. Here’s a detailed explanation of how emails work, including the […]

DNS (Domain Name System) is a hierarchical and decentralized naming system for computers, services, or other resources connected to the internet or a private network. It translates human-readable domain names like www.example.com into IP addresses like 192.0.2.1 that computers use to identify each other on the network. DNS acts as the internet’s phonebook, helping users […]