Just purchased VPS level 1 and i am just lost

[kashif2201]

I had once installed xamp etc on my home computer and made it server. i have very little experience of linux . i am a student of BS Computer Science.
I just moved from godaddy shared hosting to hostgator VPS level 1 . now i don't know what to do. i am looking at thousands of packages in panel and just looking at their names. i have searched this forum. some people saying install webmin, in this forum. i don't even know what it is.

can someone just give me link or something. i just want to install apache, mysql, php, webmin?maybe etc so i can run my smf forum. that's it
please help

and i don't want to upgrade to level 3 i hope i will get little experience soon

[wyredwing]

Although, I would recommend upgrading to Host Gator's Virtual Private Server plan, All I can say to help is, Google.com.

Wish I could provide more

[GatorJacob]

Hello,

We only recommend Level 1 and Level 2 VPS's for those that are very comfortable in a Linux command line environment.

This might help:
http://howtoforge.com/perfect-server...64-ispconfig-3

[eLIANT]

VPS is for those people whose sites might violate terms of service due to emails/hour, or simultaneous connections, or resource usage, etc, and who are knowledgable about Unix.

If you just want to run SMF, switch from VPS to Shared Server.

[weserver]

if you don't know what you're doing on your unmanaged server, you should *really* move to level 3 with cpanel, so that you get a managed solution with a real controlpanel (whm/cpanel) and full support from HostGator.

Or go back to a shared server, if you don't need a VPS (like for running a standard SMF forum)....

[kashif2201]

I was having problems with godaddy shared hosting. i am receiving 50k page views daily. so i had load issues. i am looking at different tutorials on Google now.

@GatorJacob thanks for link

[weserver]

ok. Then VPS / Dedicated is really the right thing to do.

[kashif2201]

ok, i have installed php, mysql, phpmyadmin etc.
tested and smf forum running ok. i am using ip only to access

now my domain is still on old hosting. should i just change the name-servers of domain or do i have configure something on my server like bind or something.

waiting for link or help or suggestion

[pmatra]

Hi Kashif2201,

First off- Kudos to leaving Godaddy- they suck big time

You shouldn't have to install php, mysql or anything as long as you created your account with WHM/cPanel when you ordered it.

I assume you are comfortable with those two?

There is also your container software Virtuozzo that allows you to see the services, allows you to do backups (of the container) etc. You shouldn't need to change anything when your VPS is set up.

I know the position you are in because it took me a few to figure out the structure until some told me - It is a server without the 'dedicated' name and that you have complete control except for a few things that Hostgator has to do for you, i.e. installing SSLs and dedicated IPs.

If you don't know Linux command line stuff this is an excellent time to learn (I am doing the same) In the meanwhile install the Putty suite and Winscp. You can surf securely with winscp and use a few command lines in a gui environment. winscp uses putty to enter the commands.
pete

[kashif2201]

^ actually i don't have any control panel installed. i am on level 1.
i am pretty impressed by service. only thing i am worrying about is bandwidth. i am using 4GB daily with simple text forum.
will upgrade. i am just 7 day old customer.


i have installed everything necessary even accelerator for php . my site is working smoothly now

[pmatra]

I suggest you upgrade to lvl 3. That is what I am at. It is inexpensive and is worth it. I don't know how hard it is to install cpanel when you upgrade but HG will do it for you. When I migrated from reseller to VPS it took less than 24 hours, but that is because I was using cpanel to begin with. Let me know how things turn out.
Pete

[GatorJacob]

Hiya,

cPanel is only meant to be installed on a fresh OS. I cannot and would not recommend installing cPanel over an already-configured VPS.

You would need to start fresh when upgrading to a VPS with cPanel installed.

[pmatra]

I had a feeling that was the case. How difficult is it to migrate the existing sites if someone wanted to do that?