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  1. questionCreate a Wordpress blog
    Advanced Users: If you are comfortable with SSH and a linux terminal, you can do this a little faster than the beginners guide described below: Connect to your container via SSH and issue the following commands [user@c-yourContainerName ~]$ wget http://wordpress.org/latest.zip [user@c-yourCont ...

  2. questionInstall Joomla
    This guide will teach you how to install Joomla on a Stackable host. Set-up a site, database, and a container Your First Site on Stackable Download and upload the Joomla files Using an SFTP client Download and extract the files from http://www.joomla.org/download.html. Login to a containe ...

  3. questionSyncing files between multiple contianers.
    If a single site is load-balanced across multiple containers an issue may arise where the files on one container do not match the files on the others. The Stackable panel offers a solution to this but it must be manually run whenever changes are made to files. A more efficient way of ensuring sy ...

  4. questionUploading files with FileZilla
    FileZilla is a free file-transfer program available for Windows, OS X and Linux. Instructions on downloading and installing FileZilla on your workstation can be found in the FileZilla documentation. This article will show how to connect to a stackable container and upload content to a site. Con ...

  5. questionYour first site on Stackable
    Contents: Introduction Logging into the control panel Creating a container Creating a site Creating a database Uploading files Viewing a site Updating DNS Introduction: Chances are stackable is different than any web hosting solutions you may of used previously. We understand that terms like ...

  6. questionConnecting to a container via SFTP
    Tutorials for common SFTP clients on the following platforms: Windows Filezilla SFTP Client WinSCP SFTP Client Linux Filezilla SFTP Client Command line SFTP Mac OSX Cyberduck SFTP Client Transmit SFTP Clitent

  7. questionCreate a scheduled job with cron
    Prerequisites: Connecting to your Container via SSH Vim Basics Related Articles: Syncing files between multiple contianers. Cron enables users to schedule jobs (commands or shell scripts) to run automatically at a certain time or date. It is commonly used to automate system maintenance or admi ...

  8. questionBackup / Restore files using .snapshot and SSH
    Prerequisites: Connecting to your Container via SSH Restoring Backups There are multiple backups on a container at a given time, although they cycle on a 2 day cycle. Inside a users home directory is a hidden directory called .snapshot. There is a snapshot directory for each nested directory bel ...

  9. questionWebstatistics with Piwik (installation instructions)
    Advanced Users: If you are comfortable with SSH and a linux terminal, you can do this a little faster than the beginners guide described below: Connect to your container via SSH and issue the following commands [user@c-yourContainerName ~]$ wget http://piwik.org/latest.zip [user@c-yourContaine ...

  10. questionSites
    The Sites section of Stackable Control displays a list of all sites associated with a Stackable account. To view the details of a site, click the arrow to the right of the site name: Status: Shows the status of the site (if it doesn't say "Okay" something may be wrong with the site) Stackabl ...

  11. questionSSH Container Navigation
    Stackable containers all have a similar directory structure (e.g., see Container File Paths). This article will show how you can navigate that structure. Table of Contents Listing Files and Directories Changing Directories Showing Current Directory Navigating Sites and Environments Listing Fil ...

  12. questionCreate an Environment
    This article will illustrate how to create an additional environment for a Site which is very useful for testing multiple versions of the same site. Prerequisites: Your first site on stackable Create an additional Environment for your site. In the Stackable Dashboard, Select a Site to add a ...

  13. questionAnalytics
    Log files are saved to the container that generated them. While this setup works fine for one container per site installations, it can be difficult to run log parsing analytics packages once you start load balancing a site across multiple containers. There are several ways you can do this. Wr ...

  14. questionThe .htaccess File
    Contents Introduction Creating the .htaccess File Placement and Permissions for the.htaccess File Format for the .htaccess File Creating the Password File Placement and Permissions for the Password File Creation of the Password File Changing Passwords in the Password File Removing Users in the ...

  15. questionStackable API
    This tutorial will explain how to create a new container in PHP using the Stackable API and JSON with either plain key or HMAC/SHA1 authentication methods. Be aware that creating a new container is a billable operation. Table of Contents The Payload Building the Headers Sending With Plain Key ...

  16. questionInstall Drupal
    Drupal is a very powerful open source CMS. This article will show how to install it on a site on Stackable. Table of Contents Prepare the Container Upload the Install Files to the Container Prepare the Instal Run the Install Script Prepare the Container Before installing drupal it is recommend ...

  17. questionCyberduck SFTP client
    Cyberduck is a free open source SFTP client for Mac OS X. Install Cyberduck Cyberduck can be downloaded at http://cyberduck.ch/. Configure Cyberduck Click the icon in the bottom left hand corner. Change the first dropdown from FTP (File Transfer Protocol) to SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol). ...

  18. questionTransmit SFTP Client
    Transmit is a popular for-pay SFTP client for Mac OS X. Transmit can be downloaded at http://www.panic.com/TRANSMIT/. Support for Transmit can be found at http://www.panic.com/transmit/support.html. Once Transmit is installed, you can connect to your container: Click the "Favorites" tab and th ...

  19. questionBackup a MySQL database
    Prerequisites: Creating a database Accessing a container with SSH Once connected to the container via ssh, run the following command: mysqldump -u db_05hubs2 -p -h db1.slc1.stackable.com --databases db_05hubs2 > backupFeb092010.sql in explanation, this command has the following flags: -u ( ...

  20. questionVIM basics
    Prerequisites: Connecting to your Container via SSH To start vim, ssh to your container and type: vim filename.foo Vim is a powerful text based editor for Linux/Unix based operating systems. Much can be done with it, but we want to focus on the basics, as vim isnt intuitive right off the bat. ...

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