SmartVPSs: How do I change the document root of my website? Answer: What is the Document-Root?
This is the directory where your site lives, and where you should put your index.php or index.html file, or install your software. ...
SmartVPSs: Can I have root access or sudo for my web site or server? Answer: Yes! For Unmanaged VPSs and Unmanaged Dedicated servers we'll immediately provide you with root access and you can do as you please.
However, for SmartVPSs, which ...
SmartVPSs: How do I administer my SmartVPS? Answer: Brownrice SmartVPSs are powerful machines that can be fully administered via the Brownrice Dashboard at http://dashboard.brownrice.com
Add new web site or subdomain to be hosted on ...
SmartVPSs: How does one properly migrate a web site to Brownrice? Answer: First, please know that Brownrice will migrate one customer site per service free of charge for new customers. We're very good at this and happy ...
SmartVPSs: How do I create a cron job? Answer: If your hosting account is a shared hosting account:
Login to our Dashboard: http://dashboard.brownrice.com
Click Site Hosting & Email -> Manage Web Site -> Cron Jobs (button)
Follow instructions! ...
Site Building: How do I export or backup a database? Answer: Before you use either of the following methods:
Log in to the Brownrice Dashboard
Find your database credentials
DB username
DB password
database name
To Backup/Export via phpMyAdmin
From the Databases page, ...
SmartVPSs: How do I set up a database on my Smart VPS? Answer: To set up a database on your Smart VPS, you will need to use phpMyAdmin. The procedure is very simple. First, you need to know ...
SmartVPSs: How do I get a free SSL certificate for a domain alias? Answer: The short answer is that we don't support SSL certificates for aliases. However, you can still totally get this done. Here's how:
If you already set ...
SmartVPSs: What is the Brownrice backup schedule? Answer: We provide full server OS and root directory backups for all services and plans:
Daily backup, taken at 12:00AM (GMT) that we maintain for Seven Days.
Monthly backups, taken ...
SmartVPSs: What is Gen7? Answer: Our newest SmartVPS platform is Generation 7, which include these features:
PCIe SSD Drives for exceedingly fast data transfer.
FREE server management. We update and patch your ...
SmartVPSs: How do I administer my Gen 7 SmartVPS? Answer: Brownrice Generation 7 SmartVPSs are powerful machines that can be fully administered via the Brownrice Dashboard at http://dashboard.brownrice.com
Here is a list of things that you ...
SmartVPSs: What is a GeoSync Cluster? Answer: Our GeoSync Cluster is a fully automated, three-VPS cluster of servers spread across three data centers, in three different timezones. If one data center goes ...
SmartVPSs: How do I reset my WordPress password? Answer: Do you have a WordPress site with Brownrice, but don't know your WordPress admin password? This FAQ will guide you through getting your access back.
If ...
SmartVPSs: How do I connect my Brownrice registered domain to Squarespace? Answer:
Step 1 - Start the connection in Squarespace
The following steps must be done within your SquareSpace account.
To connect your domain, start in the Domains panel :
Open the Domains panel . Or, if there's a ? in ...