Step 1: Request SSH access for your account.

You can request access for SSH by following our tutorial. 

Step 2: SSH to your GreenGeeks Account

Step 3: Go to the Drush page and copy the link address for the version you would like.

Step 4: Run the following commands in order:

Navigate to your home directory:

cd

Download the Drush tar:

wget http://ftp.drupal.org/files/projects/drush-7.x-5.9.tar.gz

Extract the tar:

tar -zxvf drush-7.x-5.9.tar.gz

Remove the file:

rm drush-7.x-5.9.tar.gz 

Correct the permissions on the file:

chmod u+x drush/drush

Create the drush alias by editing your .bashrc file in your home directory:

nano ~/.bashrc -or- vim ~/.bashrc

add the following line to the bottom of your .bashrc file.

alias drush='~/drush/drush'

Reload your profile:

source ~/.bashrc

Test to see if it works:

drush core-status

I’m encountering errors installing Drush!

When you enter the last command, you should see Drush running properly. However, you may encounter shell_exec errors which our support team will need to address for you.

If you have any problems installing Drush including any shell_exec errors, please contact our support team and we would be happy to help. Opening a support ticket in your Account Manager is the best way to reach us.

What is Git?

Git is an open source version control system designed to make distribution of software and version control quick and easy.

What Makes Git Secure at GreenGeeks?

GreenGeeks uses special file system isolation tools as well as cloud linux technologies to protect our customers data as much as we possibly can. Check out our blog post about what makes our servers different for more information about how GreenGeeks is unique when it comes to only the best servers and security.

How do I use Git?

The makers of git have released a great tool for learning git. For information on how to use git within the GreenGeeks environment, check out the GreenGeeks Knowledgebase. As always, should you have any questions or concerns, please open up a support ticket within your Account Manager.

To use the git commands, you will need to login to your hosting account using a SSH client such as PuTTY. You may need to request access to SSH on your account if you get a message that it is not yet enabled on connecting. Please see this article on how to request access.

Cloning a Project.

To clone or copy a copy of a project, you will use the following command from your public_html directory.

git clone url directory

An example of this, if we wanted to clone a copy of the Forget Your Resume script from github we would do the following.

cd public_html
git clone https://github.com/ebinnion/Forget-Your-Resume.git resume

This will put the software in the resume folder of your public_html and initiate a local copy of the software. You will then follow the developers instructions on installing it manually.

Updating a Project.

To keep your software up to date, or if the developer of your software has committed changes to the repository. We need to tell your local copy to update itself. You would do the following.

cd public_html/resume
git pull

This will poll the remote server that you set with the clone command and download and merge any changes. You may want to make a copy of any configuration files before doing this as they will be overwritten.

For more in-dept help regarding git and all of its commands you may want to read through the quick reference guide or the official documentation.

Step 1 – Login to your Outlook.com account.

Step 2 – Click on the “More Email Settings” button.

Step 3 – Click on the “Safe and blocked senders” under the preventing junk eMail header.

Step 4 – Click on the “Safe senders” link.

Step 5 – Add both greengeeks.com and websitehostserver.net to the “Sender or Domain to mark as safe” input box and click “Add to List”.

You should now see the domain in your Safe senders and domains list. Any email sent from our domains will now reach your inbox!

To log into the account manager, follow the steps below:

#1. Click on the Client Login link at the top of our page.

#2. Enter in your Username and Password. The username will be your e-mail address of which you used to first sign up with us.

You’ll then be taken into the account manager to manage your services with us. If you’ve forgot your password, you can click on the Forgot Password link at the bottom.

If you need further help on resetting your account manager password, see the change your Account Manager password article.

1. Click on the Cloudflare Icon in cPanel under the  Software/Services section.
2. Enter your email address and accept the EULA.
3. Select the domain you want to enable cloudflare for on the box on the left.
4. The interface will pull up a list of sub-domains you can enable cloudflare protection on, click on the grey clouds for the sub-domains you want to enable and wait for them to turn orange.
5. Once CloudFlare is enabled, simply open a support ticket through your GreenGeeks Account Manager requesting Railgun services be enabled. Ensure you provide the Domain that should be enabled.

The markup of websites does not change that frequently from one request to the next. Instead of transferring the entire request between CloudFlare and the origin server, Railgun will transfer only the changes in markup from one request to the next. This cuts down on bandwidth, transfer time, and overall page load times. Railgun caches these differences in memory to make page processing as fast as possible