Not sure why many people Google how to do this, so we are making a FAQ page. But this is generally easy and well known in LEMP stacks to restart any module service you simply use the command “sudo service nginx restart” or substitute the “nginx” with the relevant Ubuntu package, such as “mysql” or […]
It is very easy to change your domain name. Since SlickStack is focused on technical SEO and local SEO performance we only support 1 domain name per server. This makes server administration super easy and predictable. To change your server name (site URL/domain) simply edit your /var/www/ss-config file using nano and change SITE_URL and SITE_TLD […]
An awesome feature of SlickStack is that SSL certificates are auto-renewed if you have ss-encrypt scheduled in your core cron jobs. By default ss-encrypt will run in the “sometimes” cron interval which means around every 2 months, which is within the 3 month expiration of Let’s Encrypt SSL certificates. By default SlickStack uses OpenSSL certificates […]
The easiest way to update your SlickStack LEMP stack is just to run sudo bash /var/www/ss-update which uses the built-in apt update and upgrade commands in Ubuntu. You can also run those commands manually if you prefer, and it should not affect any of your configuration. However, be sure to choose “confold” e.g. use the […]
No we don’t bundle fail2ban as we install Ubuntu’s own UFW Firewall already, which is very simple and easy to use. It includes a sort of IPtables function that is very lightweight and self-cleaning logs too. We feel that UFW along with Cloudflare’s own DDOS and other free features are more than adequate for most […]
No it doesn’t. This is because there are so many different analytics apps out there, and each team will want something different. There are really no market leaders either, as these apps are changing on a daily basis practically. Plus, our setup assumes you already have Cloudflare setup with free analytics too, which is better […]
No. This website, associated chat rooms and social media groups, and overall community is to promote and support our FOSS software SlickStack. We do not provide any free or paid services of any kind, and do not allow advertising in our chat rooms or groups either. If you need help setting up a SS server, […]
One of the goals of SlickStack is to provide a model for decentralization of WordPress, and CMS stacks as a whole. One of the key features we aim to promote is steering away from relying on WordPress.org for plugin discovery, installation, or updates. GitHub is the future, period (and with it, Git). The free and […]
Currently its not possible (or at least, not recommended) to modify the root Crontab. This is one of the main features of SlickStack, is hardcoded cron schedules to achieve top stability and performance. Too many teams jump into the Linux crontab and start hacking crons all over the place without thinking about the future, or […]
Because its extremely complex, even for advanced teams. As with many services and tech that gets “trendy” with corporate and enterprise teams, it eventually gets mentioned on blogs and at conferences and the “smaller” guys start to repeat these recommendations, even though they don’t have much idea about them. AWS is the perfect example. The […]