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In our opinion, every successful project should needs to own a website. It helps attract more customers and increases target audience. Fortunately, these days, there are  lots of solutions from hosting providers in this regard, starting from shared hosting to dedicated servers. However, in today's article we will talk about VPS. Particularly, we will figure out what a vps server represents in Canada.

If your site is being visited daily by a large number of users or there are security problems, then you should think about renting a VPS. Such servers not only have fixed capacities, but also do not depend on the operation of other VPS on a physical machine. Together with a virtual private server, you get a flexible range of settings and scaling. Both organizations and ordinary people can use VPS for blogging or other activities.

If you plan to bring your business to the Chinese market, then be sure to take care of renting a VPS server in China. This will not only increase the download speed of the resource for local residents, but also improve the position of the site in the search results. The main difficulty when renting a VPS in China is getting a special ICP license. It is free, by itself, but without certified documents with information about you and your business, you cannot get it. Without such a license, you simply will not be able to launch a site in China.

VDS (Virtual Dedicated Server or VPS) is a virtual dedicated server that is similar to a physical server and can be located anywhere in the world. You get a server with full access to customize and modify it for your needs if you order this type of server. You can fully control the server while being from thousands of kilometers away. And finally, you can freely install any operating system and software on such  servers. 

Many factors must be considered while choosing a VPS server for work.  We want to help you to understand them, so we strongly recommend you to read this article. There will be told in details about one of the most important characteristics of virtual dedicated servers. We will talk about the types of virtualization, as well as their advantages and disadvantages.

If you have ordered the server via our website or other web hosting company you don't have access to the physical server and you have to login remotely to the server. So now we'll show how to login remotely to a Linux Virtual Private Server (VPS) using Secure Shell (SSH)

It is easy to gain directly access to the command line of your Linux VPS with SSH. This will allow you to execute Linux commands to control your server and manage files and directories and applications.

No matter which operating system is preinstalled on your virtual machine, you should understand that security of your server is a must. Below we have listed some pieces of advice on how to keep your VPS secure and protect it from malicious activity. While some tips can differ depending on the OS you are using, most general guides are applicable both for Windows and Unix-based virtual servers.

Virtual Personal Server (VPS) hosting is often regarded as an excellent alternative to other hosting options because:

it is not so expensive as a dedicated hosting;

• but much more reliable and flexible than a shared hosting.

Also, installing or reinstalling an OS of your own choice in any time is one of the benefits, which VPS has compared to shared hosting.