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Resolving Stuck MySQL Processes Slowing Down Your Server

Your website suddenly feels sluggish or won’t load properly? A long-running MySQL process might be stuck in the background. Here’s how to spot it and fix it. 👉 The following guide is primarily aimed at cloud or dedicated server customers. If you’re on a shared or managed hosting service and…

Enabling SSH for a cPanel account (reseller guide)

As a reseller, you can grant SSH (Secure Shell) access to cPanel accounts you manage through WHM. SSH allows account holders to connect to the server via a command-line interface — useful for tasks such as running scripts, managing files, and using developer tools. There are two methods available to…

Setting up Git Webhooks in ULTRA Cloud Panel

So you’ve got your site setup to use a Git Repository and you now want to automate the process a bit, ULTRA Cloud allows you to configure Git Webhooks for automatic pull and deployment of code from your Repositories. 💡Note: This guide assumes that you’ve already setup a Git Repository…

Using Git Repositories in ULTRA Cloud Panel

You’ve got a site setup in ULTRA Cloud but now you want to automate things a bit by using Git Repositories to manage the content on your sites. This guide will show you how to connect your sites in ULTRA Cloud with a Git Repository. Obtaining Git Repository address: Navigate…

Installing a new PHP version on ULTRA Cloud Panel

Scout allows you to manage the PHP version used by your websites. This is useful when upgrading to newer versions for performance and security, or when specific applications require a particular PHP release. The process is straightforward and can be completed directly from the ULTRA Cloud Panel. Steps to Install…

Setting a Staging site to Live in ULTRA Cloud Panel

So you’ve built yourself a new site on a temporary/subdomain and you now want to set it live on another domain, perhaps one you’ve registered recently specially for this site. There’s a couple of different ways to do this in ULTRA Cloud, this guide will show you how to do both.…

Adding an SSH key in ULTRA Cloud Panel

Sometimes you’ll want to allow SSH/SFTP access to your sites to a colleague or a web developer, but maybe you’re not comfortable with handing over the SSH/SFTP password. Another method for allowing access is to add a public SSH key to the site. 💡Note: This guide assumes you know how…

Editing the hosts file

What is the Hosts File? The hosts file tells your computer which IP address to use for a specific domain name, overriding public DNS. This is useful for testing a website on a new server before updating DNS publicly. Common use case: You’ve built a new website on our servers…

Creating a redirect

There’s a handful of use cases for redirecting one domain to another and a couple of methods that can be used to achieve it. This guide will walk you through each method. Option 1, Using an Alias domain. 1. Login to your cPanel account. When you first set up an account…

Using WinSCP FTP Client to upload/download files

1. Download an FTP Client. We would recommend using WinSCP, it’s one of the most popular FTP clients and it’s also free! https://winscp.net/eng/download.php Once you have installed WinSCP, we can look at getting connected to the server. We are going connect using your cPanel login credentials. When you first set…