Add a subdomain to your hosting account
For SmartVPS accounts:
Log in to your Dashboard
Navigate to VPS HOSTING
Select your VPS: yourvpsname.com -> Click Manage
AutoTune notices are just informing you of site "slow-downs," not outages. And these occasional Load Average spikes, or Web Server
Add any of the code below to an .htaccess file in the "docs" folder within your web site. i.e.
docs/.htaccess
Redirect to
We're backup fanatics and have saved many a web designer's *ahem* ass by retreiving files that they assumed were long
Our SmartVPSs support FTPS, SSH, and SFTP all on standard ports. We do not support non-secure FTP.
Using SSH allows you to do some advanced (or simple) systems administration on your VPS. You can SSH to your
In Apache2 - which is the web server Brownrice uses - mod_deflate has replaced Apache 1.3's mod_gzip.
mod_deflate is loaded and
How to change an FTP/SSH User password
For SmartVPS accounts:
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Navigate to VPS HOSTING
Select your VPS: yourvpsname.com -> Click
Brownrice’s SmartVPS AutoTune service continually collects over 30 VPS performance metrics and automatically re-tunes your web and database server settings whenever anything gets
How to upgrade PHP/MySQL versions
For Software Generation 7 SmartVPS accounts:
Log in to your Dashboard
Navigate to VPS HOSTING
Select your VPS: yourvpsname.com -> Click Manage
Brownrice VPS Performance Graphs/Statistics
Brownrice continuously collects over 30 data points (CPU, Sendmail, Apache, MySQL, RAM, etc.) from your VPS and
Allot more resources to one of your SmartVPSs on your Dedicated PrivateVZ server
Log in to your Dashboard
Navigate to DEDICATED
Select your
Add a web developer or access for another user to your Dashboard account
If you'd like someone else - like your
Do you have a WordPress site with Brownrice, but don't know your WordPress admin password? This FAQ will guide you
How to add your domain to the Brownrice DNS servers
Find the hosting service that is setup and note the IP
What is the Document-Root?
This is the directory where your site lives, and where you should put your index.php or index.html
How to clean up a Wordpress hack
The only way to ensure that a hacked Wordpress site is fully rid of
How to setup hosting for a new web site or subdomain to be hosted on your SmartVPS
You can add as
If you've been using a temporary brownrice.com URL to build your site on our servers prior to it going live
How to Upgrade or Downgrade your VPS
Log in to your Dashboard
Navigate to VPS HOSTING
Select your VPS: yourvpsname.com -> Click Manage (green