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.
Latest Articles
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Focal Fossa Infrastructure Upgrade Event Timeline and Summary
Here we outline the timeline and all events of what happened on the platform following our Focal Fossa upgrade on monday.Last updated: May 21st 2020
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How to integrate your own SSL certificate in Nginx or Apache
In this article we describe how you can integrate your own SSL certicate in Nginx or Apache on a Webdock stack.Last updated: May 11th 2020
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How to Benchmark your server with ApacheBench
In this article we go through the commands you need to run in order to benchmark your server using ApacheBench as well as how you interpret the results.Last updated: May 11th 2020
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How to work with your firewall (UFW - Uncomplicated Firewall)
In this article we show how UFW - or Uncomplicated Firewall - works along with common commands and usage examples.Last updated: April 15th 2020
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Common Certbot Errors
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: May 11th 2020
Perfect Server Stacks
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Introduction to our Perfect Server Stacks
Read more about how and why we configure our Perfect Server Stacks the way we doLast updated: April 23rd 2020
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Choosing the right stack
If you are not sure which stack you should choose, you can find some general guidelines hereLast updated: September 15th 2019
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Ubuntu LEMP 7.4
Learn how to set up the Perfect Ubuntu Web Server - Linux NginX PHP 7.4Last updated: December 4th 2019
Webdock Control Panel
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Changing the Web Root
Last updated: September 13th 2019
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Enabling or disabling components
Last updated: September 13th 2019
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Using SFTP
Last updated: September 13th 2019
Shell Users and Sudo
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How to get Shell Access
Last updated: September 13th 2019
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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 serversLast updated: September 13th 2019
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Working with the default admin sudo user
Last updated: September 13th 2019
IP adresses & DNS
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Server IP Adresses
Read all about how IPs are assigned to your Webdock server and how to manage themLast updated: September 15th 2019
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How to point your domain to your server using 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
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Networking in North America
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 differentlyLast updated: January 15th 2020
Optimizing Performance
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Webdock Server Benchmarks
Webdock is seriously fast. Click through to read more about how Webdock performs across our varying infrastructure.Last updated: February 2nd 2020
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Load Balancing
Last updated: September 13th 2019
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How to Benchmark your server with ApacheBench
In this article we go through the commands you need to run in order to benchmark your server using ApacheBench as well as how you interpret the results.Last updated: May 11th 2020
How To Guides
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How to Secure Nginx with Naxsi Firewall on Ubuntu 18.04 VPS
This Article describes how you can set up and configure Naxsi firewall on a Webdock LEMP stackLast updated: September 15th 2019
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How to Configure Nginx to serve Multiple Websites on a Single VPS
Learn how to serve multiple websites living in each their own web root with Nginx on Webdock StacksLast updated: November 4th 2019
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How to Configure Apache to serve Multiple Websites on a Single VPS
Learn how to serve multiple websites living in each their own web root with Apache on Webdock StacksLast updated: November 4th 2019
Wordpress Guides
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Wordpress lockdown
Learn how our Wordpress Lockdown feature works and how it can help protect your Wordpress installation from hacksLast updated: September 16th 2019
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Unhackable Wordpress
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 HTTrackLast updated: September 15th 2019
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Migrating a Wordpress site to Webdock
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
General Information
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Third Party Control Panels
Last updated: September 13th 2019
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Why you should avoid shared hosting
Last updated: April 23rd 2020
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Why you should not run your own mailserver
Last updated: February 18th 2020
Legal stuff
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Terms and Conditions
Last updated: April 2nd 2020
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Privacy Policy & GDPR
Last updated: October 25th 2019
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Privacy Impact Assessment
Last updated: September 13th 2019
Webdock
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About us
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
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About The Company
Last updated: November 3rd 2019
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Become an author
Webdock is always looking for talented writersLast updated: September 13th 2019