I currently have a Fully Managed VPS Host. The service and support is great.
The problem I find is that most hosting services are design to cover all kinds of sites and different scenarios. By doing this, the control panel is very confusing. The other concern is more security holes and it is harder to manage.
I only need
Wordpress blog.
One simple secure way to upload files
PHP
MYSQL
How can I streamline my hosting experience without having to spend my life managing my server? I don’t know what to shut off or how to shut off services.
If you have a VPS, use WHM to change the “package” for your domain’s account.
If you’re not sure, the “Fully Managed VPS Host” is generally more than willing to suggest configuration changes with you (and they’ll help implement, too).
Thanks for that. I also us WHM. I feel that I am asking for trouble if I start disabling things. My Web host told me that I should not have to make any changes. The default options should be on the secure side.
Why don’t you want ask your web hosting company to do this job for you. You do not need full time management so I think you will not spend much on this.