So, why did I personally like hosting from Beget? About many positive traits I already have this hoster. It wouldn’t hurt to mention a few more important technical features.
Site load monitoring
File manager
Beget is available in the control panel, very convenient file manager proprietary, often allowing you to do without using FTP clients. In 2015, Beget made this editor an open source project. source code and posted it on the Internet under the name SPRUT.io on the website of the same name.
The file manager has 2 panels that make it easy to copy or move files from one directory to another. In addition, there is, of course, the ability to upload and download files, create and unpack archives, install necessary rights to folders and files.
The file manager also has an online text editor with syntax highlighting, like the beloved Notepad++ editor, a very convenient thing.
It's even capable of highlighting syntax errors, which is also useful.
MySQL Databases
From the control panel it is possible to enable access to the necessary databases data (DB) from outside. This can be useful when the database size becomes too large and phpMyAdmin can no longer cope (for example, one of our sites has already reached 1.5GB in database size):
However, in the control panel it is possible to create backups separately for both website scripts and databases, saving them as archives on the site.
Terminal in control panel
Surprisingly, but true: for advanced web developers, Beget gives the opportunity to work in the console directly from the control panel, without authorization and installation of additional programs(for Linux and Mac – open a terminal). As reported in the manual, for convenience, the window with the terminal can be expanded to the entire screen, to part of the screen, or moved to a place convenient for work. When switching pages, you can continue working with the terminal without breaking the session.
additional services
In addition to the usual features for virtual hosting, Beget offers many additional services , which usually have to be either purchased separately or deployed independently, but on a VPS/VDS, which is much more difficult. For example, using a caching system Memcached can help to significantly increase the performance of a site and reduce its load on the hosting platform. Below in the screenshot you can see a list of additional features:
In a word, there are quite a lot of advantages, so I have been using this hosting since 2010 and recommend it to my clients.
Many people know that I have been working with BEGET.RU hosting for a long time and recommend it to everyone. Today I saw that my favorite hosting was hosting a giveaway, the main condition of which was to recommend the hosting service by writing a blog article. So I decided to talk about file manager, developed by Beget.
First, a little information. The company "Beget" LLC is Russian hosting. The servers are located with us. Previously, it was only St. Petersburg, but now, as far as I know, the geography has been expanded. MODX on hosting works great, and the prices will please many. Moreover, the first month of using any tariff is absolutely free.
Those who are already interested in my recommendation can follow the referral link and register: https://beget.ru/?id=12867 (yes, yes, the referral system works - up to 40% of each payment for referrals is transferred to the inviter during the entire period of cooperation).
In the meantime, I’ll tell you about the file manager.
Initially, the file manager was available only to hosting clients, but now it is dedicated to separate service and anyone can install it on their server.
The file manager is quite nice. It has two panels, and Drug&Drop also works - you can drag files from one panel to another
Those familiar with MC or FAR, or Total Commander will figure it out at first glance. File management is intuitive. The context menu works when you right-click.
The manager allows you to unpack and pack archives, so installing, for example, MODX is quite convenient - upload the archive and unpack it.
In addition, you can change file permissions and even edit them. By the way, guess what editor SPRUT.io provides?
This is our favorite ACE with autocompletion and customizable code highlighting! =))
These are not all the advantages of the SPRUT.io file manager. There is also image viewing, the ability to connect an external FTP server, search by folders and files, multiple file uploads, etc.
All the features are listed on the official website, and there are also instructions for installing it on your server.
SPRUT.io is an Open Source project, source code
Greetings, friends! I sat down to write about how to find a site file easily and simply, but I can’t resist - I’ll brag, although I’ve already received congratulations from many: on January 23, 2016, the blog was registered in the “ Search Engine Optimization» Directory of trust sites. And now I have a button in my footer where you can click and even leave a comment.
Now to the point. Everyone who runs blogs or websites has to make some changes to the code, for example, to edit the design. I now have a different task: to get rid of errors in HTML validity. of a web resource affects its authority no less than useful optimized content and other components. At first, the validator produced only 5 errors, and I contacted a specialist with the nickname Stary on the sbup.com forum, who gives free consultations, and also operates on a commercial basis. He discovered a global error due to which the others are not detected. After eliminating the global one, I now have about forty errors and warnings.
Fixing some of them was not difficult, for example, inserting missing spaces in links. And to eliminate others, it was necessary to find a place that needed to be edited. When searching for files, Beget clients can do without programs such as Notepad++. You can search by text or file name directly in the file manager. If possible, the search area should be narrowed, but if we don’t even imagine where the object we are looking for might be located, we look in public_html (the root of the site).
In practice, it looks like this: I need to delete a certain fragment, I select text search and insert an expression into the line. All that remains is to run the search and get the result.
Luckily for me, the result was one file, but there could be many. The search window, which is minimized by default, shows the path to the file. To see it in its entirety, the window needs to be expanded.
So, the file was found in the hosting file manager. Next step— open it and find the required section of code to fix.
But don't rush! It's time to download the file to your computer so that if something happens, you can replace the one that was tortured. With this approach there is no need to do Reserve copy of the entire site - an essential detail if the backup folders are uploaded to an account, and there is not a lot of extra space.
That's all. I told you how to find a site file on Beget hosting, but I think other modern hosting services have a search function.
To gain access, click on the "Get Demo Account" button, access will be sent by email.
How is he better than the rest?
Two-pane GUI
The file manager interface is made in the form familiar to the user: two areas for comfortable work with files.
In each of them you can open files on a server, remote FTP or on your computer.
When displaying files in a table, you can easily sort files and directories by type, size, creation date, etc. by clicking on the header of any of the columns.
Drag&Drop function
You can work with files and folders using the mouse, dragging files and folders to the server or remote FTP and back, to do this, select necessary files and folders, grab them and drag them to the desired location.
Working with remote FTP
Click on the " Remote FTP" in order to connect to a remote server from the file manager. You can save connections and edit them if necessary in the future.
You can open external FTP in both the left and right panels, and you can even do this simultaneously to work through a file manager with two completely third-party FTPs. In order to open the FTP of your hosting account, just click the button " Home FTP".
Tab interface
The tabbed interface allows you to open multiple files at once and manipulate them in the file manager area, similar to how you do it in the operating system.
This interface will make it convenient for you to work with several files at once, make it easy to copy code from one file to another, etc.
You can collapse or expand open files. You can also change the size open window as you wish. The files you have open are displayed at the bottom of the file manager in the tab bar.
You can manipulate windows as you wish, changing their size and arranging them on the screen in the desired order.
Basic functions for working with files
The file manager will allow you to perform all the basic functions for working with files and directories, such as: copying, moving, renaming, changing attributes, etc. Moreover, you can perform all these actions in a large number of ways.
1. Copy
In order to copy a group of files, you can select them with the mouse while holding down the button Ctrl. Then simply drag them to the desired location. As soon as you release the mouse button over the selected location, the file manager will display a dialog box asking whether you want to copy the files or not; if files with the same names exist, you will be prompted to overwrite the files.
You can also copy files or folders by selecting them by clicking right button to call the context menu. Then you need to click the “Copy” button.
A few more ways to copy are to use the button in the menu " File" or the button at the bottom of the File Manager.
There is also a hotkey combination for quick access to the copy function - Ctrl + 5.
2. Moving
To move, you can use all the same methods as for copying, with the exception of " drag and drop". Hotkey combination for moving Shift + 5.
3. Renaming
To rename a file or directory, you can also use context menu, menu item in the drop-down menu " File"or a hotkey combination - Ctrl + 6.
Unlike copy and move this function is not group and can only be applied to one element.
After clicking the " Rename" You will see a dialog box to enter a change to the item name. Enter the new name and click " OK".
4. Changing attributes
To change the attributes of a file or directory, you can use the context menu or the menu item in the drop-down menu " File".
You can set file rights either in numerical format or by setting rights using the appropriate checkboxes for the user, the group to which he belongs, and for everyone.
In short, rights can be set separately for user- directly the owner of the file, for the group ( group), for all ( All).
You can get the digital designation of rights by adding, where:
1
- execution rights;
2
- write rights;
4
- read rights.
For example, we want to set read and write permissions: 6 = 4(read) + 2(write).
There are 8 possible options in total:
7
= read, write & execute (read, write, execute);
6
= read & write (read and write);
5
= read & execute (read and execute);
4
= read(read);
3
= write & execute (record and execution);
2
= write(record);
1
= execute(execute);
0
= no rights.
On our servers, files are executed as a user, so the last two digits in the permissions must be 0.
For example, if you need to set permissions to everything for a file, you need to set the value: 700.
5. Removal
You can delete files using the context menu, the button in the drop-down menu " File", using a hotkey combination - Ctrl + 8 or button "Del".
Before deleting files File manager will display a dialog box asking whether you really want to delete the selected files.
Working with archives
File manager allows you to work with archives. You can create or unpack archive, as well as immediately download the necessary files/directories as an archive.
1. Create an archive
In order to create an archive from selected files or folders, select the desired files and/or folders and press the " button Create archive" on the quick access panel. In the dialog box that appears, you can change the archive name and archive type.
2. Unpacking the archive
To unpack the archive, click the " Unpack archive" in the Quick Access Toolbar. In the appeared modal window select the path where you want to unpack the archive and click " Unpack archive".
3. Download archive
You can download files and folders as an archive with one click by clicking the " Download archive" on the Quick Access Toolbar. You can also use the drop-down menu: tab " File", Further " Download" and select the type of archive in which you want to download the selected files/folders.
Multiple loading
Most convenient way working and uploading files from your computer to the server means opening your local file system in one of the areas, this is described above. However, if for some reason you are unable to use Java, then you can upload files by clicking on the icon " download files".
A window will appear for you to upload files to the server. Select files from your computer and click the "Upload" button. The maximum size of one file should not exceed 1.5 GB. The file manager will begin to sequentially download the selected files, the process of downloading each file to the server will be displayed in the browser as a percentage.
Text editor
File manager contains a convenient text editor for working with the code of your sites.
By pressing the " Settings" in the upper right corner of the editor, you can configure appearance text editor to your liking, change the font size and other parameters.
The text editor has a syntax highlighting function and can recognize which file you have opened, be it php script, bash script or other programming language. You can also choose your own code highlighting using the drop-down menu in the text editor.
A text editor will allow you to change the file encoding and resave the file in a different encoding.
Viewing graphic files
To view graphic files The file manager contains a built-in image viewer. You can flip the image, resize it, and move on to the next image.
Search by files and folders
If you need to find a file or folder, you can use the search in the file manager. Advanced mode allows you to search only files or only folders, and also search by file or folder size.
Access Control
Using the file manager, you can set a password for a folder and block access to the folder from specified IP addresses. In order to set a password for a folder, select it, in the top drop-down menu select the "tab" Tools" and then click " Set a password for the current directory". In the dialog box that appears, enter the password for the directory and click the button " Set password".
Similarly, you can block access to the folder from individual IPs. From the drop-down menu, select the " tab Tools", and then " Set blocking by IP address". In the dialog box that appears, enter a list of IPs in the format: xxx.xxx.xxx.xxx from which you want to open access and from which you want to block.
Functions for working with Home FTP
The file manager has a number of functions that are only available to Home FTP.
1. List of sites
You can easily navigate between sites in your hosting account by using the button on the quick access panel or selecting a site from the drop-down menu on the " tab Transition". By double click left mouse button on the selected site, you will be redirected to the root directory of the site.
2. Folder size
On Home FTP you can easily get the size of your directories by clicking on the " Size Analysis" on the Quick Access Toolbar.
You can also always see the total size of occupied disk space on the server at the bottom of the file manager.
Working with backups
Also, right in the file manager, you can view the list of available backups created for your account automatically by our backup system (by date). By clicking on the appropriate backup copy, You can view its contents and, if necessary, copy the necessary files from it.
Hotkeys
Like most desktops FTP clients our File manager contains a number of hotkeys, which speeds up work with the most common actions.
Below is a list of hotkeys:
Ctrl + 3- View;
Ctrl + 4- Editing;
Ctrl + 5- Copying;
Shift + 5- Moving;
Ctrl + 6- Renaming;
Ctrl + 7- Creating a new folder;
Ctrl + 8 or Del- Removal.
If you have any questions about work File manager, You can always contact our service.
This file manager review Sprut.io is intended primarily for webmasters who are faced with the difficult task of transferring website files to another hosting.
File manager Sprut.io is a project of a popular hosting provider Beget.com and was originally intended to work in its own website control panel.
However, later, “at numerous requests from webmasters,” Octopus was modernized and is now distributed in a cross-platform version. The license is free GNU GPL, so this extremely useful server explorer is available to all site owners completely free of charge.
Why was the file manager Sprut.io needed?
Indeed, there are several quite worthy OpenSource solutions on the market for managing files on remote FTP client servers:
- Legendary Filezilla
- Total Commander
- Winscp.net
- Coffee Cup Free FTP
The problem is that the listed FTP clients work on the “thin client” side, that is, on the personal computer platform, and when transferring many gigabytes of files from a web resource published on a remote server, various unpleasant and difficult-to-solve problems arise:
- Slow and unstable “home” Internet.
- Inability to edit documents, scripts, files on the hosting from the admin panel.
- Organizational and technical difficulties that arise when transferring sites from hosting to hosting or to other user accounts with one provider.
It is all of these problems that the innovative development of the programming team was designed to overcome.
And, I must say, they completely succeeded.
Main features of the Sprut file manager from Beget
This review of the Sprut.io file manager is intended more for website owners than for professional web developers. Therefore, without delving into technical and special details, we will simply list the new features that allow you to remove the administration virtual hosting to a new, higher quality level:
- Interserver data exchange at ultra-high speeds, available only to professional data centers.
- Direct editing of files, documents, program scripts, databases on a remote server.
- Fast and secure transfer of entire websites to alternative hosting.
- Perform the tasks described above in safe mode, without Root access to file system destination server.
- Convenient, intuitive two-panel interface, which supports the technology of copying and transferring files using the Drag-and-drop method.
- Access sites from anywhere. On the server, on personal computer, via FTP and the web interface of the admin panel.
- Direct editing, image resizing, scaling on remote hosting.
- File search function based on various parameters.
- Multifunctional code editor with custom highlighting and automatic programming language recognition.
- Ability to work using external or internal FTP.
- Tabbed support allows you to work with multiple site files in parallel.
- Built-in archiver.
- Manage levels of permitted access to folders and files. Blocking unwanted IP addresses.
- Supports hotkey combinations for comfortable and productive work.
In general, if you decide, then the Sprut file manager will be very useful to you!
Specification and installation
The official website Sprut.io provides detailed documentation and step-by-step instruction for installing the Octopus file manager.
- Requires a virtual environment with installed program Docker (Docker installation instructions provided).
- More than 1.5 GB free memory on disk.
Installation takes no more than ten to fifteen minutes.
Conclusion
If you are working on web projects and have not used Octopus before, it makes sense to purchase this useful software for yourself. This will allow you to significantly simplify and speed up routine website administration tasks, and increase the level of quality and safety of work.
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