12-21-2019, 01:43 PM
OK. Looks like VPS 9 Phoenix is OK with CentOS 6.5. And NOT with CentOS 7. Virmach doesn't have CentOS 8 yet. Nor updated Ubuntu yet.
I decided to abandon my efforts to change the port number. I also didn't need to disable SeLinux - when I was installing software with yum I had no issues at all and it went reasonably fast. I was able to get a panel up successfully, create a database, and set up my WordPress site from the command line. All of it went very well.
In the end however I think my VPS functionality is reduced from before. Particularly the change in IP. Ping shot up from 36 for the old IP to 147 for the new IP and the speed is much reduced from before. I don't know how Virmach is doing the networking for the IPs, but could be it's a German IP that is networked through the US, so my ISP has to do a double take in transporting the packages to and from where the IP has been network to be located in Phoenix.
The VPS is still good for working, but there are a number of hurdles to work through. For someone with more sophisticated demands, for now, VPS 9 Phoenix is not recommended.
I decided to abandon my efforts to change the port number. I also didn't need to disable SeLinux - when I was installing software with yum I had no issues at all and it went reasonably fast. I was able to get a panel up successfully, create a database, and set up my WordPress site from the command line. All of it went very well.
In the end however I think my VPS functionality is reduced from before. Particularly the change in IP. Ping shot up from 36 for the old IP to 147 for the new IP and the speed is much reduced from before. I don't know how Virmach is doing the networking for the IPs, but could be it's a German IP that is networked through the US, so my ISP has to do a double take in transporting the packages to and from where the IP has been network to be located in Phoenix.
The VPS is still good for working, but there are a number of hurdles to work through. For someone with more sophisticated demands, for now, VPS 9 Phoenix is not recommended.