Webdock Documentation

Here we have gathered useful documentation regarding relevant aspects of our platform.
If you have any questions which are not covered here, please be in touch with support and we will do our best to help.

              Perfect server stacksClick here read all about how we configure our production-ready web server stacks

             PerformanceClick here to read more about Webdock performance including some stats and pretty graphs

             SnapshotsClick here read about how our snapshots work, how fast they are and other handy information

             About usWhat is Webdock?

Latest Articles

Common Certbot Errors
configuration ssl
Let's Encrypt Certbot sometimes kicks up a fuss. In this article we document the most commonly encountered errors and how to solve them.

Last updated: February 23rd 2020
How to configure Crontab on Linux
crontab linux
In this article we detail how Crontab works and all the available options for configuration along with correct syntax and examples

Last updated: February 11th 2020
How to enable Remote access to your MariaDB/MySQL database
perfect server configuration mysql mariadb
In this article we show how you can easily enable remote access to a new database in Webdock or alternatively how to perform the process manually if you need fine-grained access control

Last updated: February 11th 2020
Additional Products
webdock pricing
Get an overview of add-on products for your VPS and pricing

Last updated: February 24th 2020
How to free up disk space on an Ubuntu Nginx or Apache Web Server
nginx apache ubuntu optimization
This article outlines useful commands you can run on your server in order to free up disk space

Last updated: February 25th 2020

Perfect Server Stacks

Introduction to our Perfect Server Stacks
perfect server
Read more about how and why we configure our Perfect Server Stacks the way we do

Last updated: September 15th 2019
Choosing the right stack
perfect server
If you are not sure which stack you should choose, you can find some general guidelines here

Last updated: September 15th 2019
Ubuntu LEMP 7.4
nginx perfect server php7.4
Learn how to set up the Perfect Ubuntu Web Server - Linux NginX PHP 7.4

Last updated: December 4th 2019

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Webdock Control Panel

Changing the Web Root

Last updated: September 13th 2019
Enabling or disabling components

Last updated: September 13th 2019
Using SFTP

Last updated: September 13th 2019

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Shell Users and Sudo

How to get Shell Access

Last updated: September 13th 2019
Set up an SSH key

In this article we show how you generate an SSH key on your local machine in order to log in to Webdock servers

Last updated: September 13th 2019
Working with the default admin sudo user

Last updated: September 13th 2019

IP adresses & DNS

Server IP Adresses
networking
Read all about how IPs are assigned to your Webdock server and how to manage them

Last updated: September 15th 2019
How to point your domain to your server using DNS
networking dns
This article describes how you set A and AAAA records with your DNS provider in order to point your domain to your server.

Last updated: September 15th 2019
Networking in North America
networking dns
Switching profiles is not as easy as in the EU and IPv6 is not available in our North America datacenter. Reverse DNS also works a bit differently

Last updated: January 15th 2020

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Optimizing Performance

Webdock Server Benchmarks
performance benchmarking
Webdock is seriously fast. Click through to read more about how Webdock performs across our varying infrastructure.

Last updated: February 2nd 2020
Load Balancing

Last updated: September 13th 2019

How To Guides

How to Secure Nginx with Naxsi Firewall on Ubuntu 18.04 VPS
nginx naxsi firewall
This Article describes how you can set up and configure Naxsi firewall on a Webdock LEMP stack

Last updated: September 15th 2019
How to Configure Nginx to serve Multiple Websites on a Single VPS
nginx virtualhost
Learn how to serve multiple websites living in each their own web root with Nginx on Webdock Stacks

Last updated: November 4th 2019
How to Configure Apache to serve Multiple Websites on a Single VPS
apache virtualhost
Learn how to serve multiple websites living in each their own web root with Apache on Webdock Stacks

Last updated: November 4th 2019

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Wordpress Guides

Wordpress lockdown
wordpress security
Learn how our Wordpress Lockdown feature works and how it can help protect your Wordpress installation from hacks

Last updated: September 16th 2019
Unhackable Wordpress
wordpress security
In this article we show how we secured a Wordpress site and made it nearly unhackable by generating a static copy of the entire website on the fly, using shell scripting and HTTrack

Last updated: September 15th 2019
Migrating a Wordpress site to Webdock
wordpress migration
Our friend Erik Hanchett shows in this video how you can move a Wordpress site from any server to Webdock.

Last updated: September 15th 2019

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General Information

Third Party Control Panels

Last updated: September 13th 2019
Why you should avoid shared hosting

Last updated: September 13th 2019
Why you should not run your own mailserver

Last updated: February 18th 2020

Legal stuff

Terms and Conditions

Last updated: April 2nd 2020
Privacy Policy & GDPR

Last updated: October 25th 2019
Privacy Impact Assessment

Last updated: September 13th 2019

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Webdock

About us
webdock general information
Webdock is a different Cloud Hosting company focused on speed, reliability and ease of use. Read all about it here.

Last updated: September 17th 2019
About The Company
webdock company information

Last updated: November 3rd 2019
Become an author
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Webdock is always looking for talented writers

Last updated: September 13th 2019

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