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Here's how to Set up GoDaddy Gen 4 server.

i. The key differences between GoDaddy's Generation 4 VPS and Dedicated Server options are:

- Physical hardware - VPS runs on shared infrastructure, dedicated server is a physical standalone server.
- Resources - VPS allows selecting customized vCPUs, storage, RAM. Dedicated is preconfigured hardware.
- Performance - Dedicated server has higher potential performance with full access to resources.
- Isolation - Dedicated provides complete isolation at hardware level for security.
- Flexibility - VPS can scale resources up or down more flexibly. Dedicated has fixed configs.
- Management - VPS is more pre-managed. Dedicated requires more system admin.
- Cost - VPS is more affordable. Dedicated costs 2X+ more for entry configs.
- Uptime guarantee - Dedicated provides higher uptime guarantee SLAs than VPS.
- Control - Dedicated gives full server access for software and configs.

So in summary - VPS offers more flexibility and affordability, while dedicated servers provide maximum performance, isolation and control. Evaluate workload needs and budget when choosing.

ii. Here are the steps to set up reverse DNS for a GoDaddy Generation 4 Dedicated Server:

1. Login to your GoDaddy account and go to Web Hosting - Dedicated Servers.
2. Select your dedicated server and click Manage.
3. Go to the Networking tab.
4. Under Reverse DNS, click the Add PTR Record button.
5. Choose the IP address you want to set up reverse DNS for.
6. Enter the domain or subdomain name you want to use for reverse DNS.
7. Click Save.
8. It may take some time for the new reverse DNS entry to propagate fully.
9. You can validate it is working by doing a reverse DNS lookup on the IP address and checking it resolves to your entered hostname.
10. Setup PTR records for any additional IPs needed.

That's it! The reverse DNS hostname will now be returned when doing IP lookups which can help with deliverability and security. Contact GoDaddy support if you run into any issues setting up or validating the reverse DNS.

iii. Here is one way to set up NGINX as a reverse proxy cache on a GoDaddy Generation 4 VPS server with cPanel:

1. Login to cPanel and go to "MultiPHP Manager". Enable NGINX support.

2. Under "MultiPHP INI Editor" set the php-fpm version to match your cPanel PHP version.

3. Go to terminal and create an NGINX cache config file:

```
nano /etc/nginx/conf.d/cache.conf
```

4. Paste in caching and reverse proxy config, customize server names:

```
proxy_cache_path /var/cache/nginx levels=1:2 keys_zone=cache:10m max_size=1g inactive=600m use_temp_path=off;

server {
listen 80;

location / {
proxy_cache cache;
proxy_pass http://SERVER-NAME;
}
}
```

5. Save and exit. Test NGINX config:

```
nginx -t
```

6. Reload NGINX if successful:

```
systemctl reload nginx
```

7. Enable firewall port 80 if needed.

This will enable basic NGINX reverse proxy caching for your sites using GoDaddy's managed VPS platform and cPanel. Adjust cache settings as needed.

iv. Here are the steps to set up email accounts in cPanel on a GoDaddy hosting plan:

1. Log into your GoDaddy hosting account and go to cPanel.
2. Scroll down and click on "Email Accounts" under the Mail section.
3. Click on "Create Account".
4. Enter the name for the email account, for example GoDaddy@GoDaddy.com.
5. Choose a password for the email account.
6. Set the mailbox quota limit if needed.
7. Enable or disable auto-responders as desired.
8. Click "Create Account".
9. The email address will now be created.
10. You can repeat these steps to make additional email accounts.
11. To access the email, use the webmail link in cPanel or set up an email client like Outlook.
12. Make sure to point your domain's MX records to GoDaddy's mail servers.

That's it! With cPanel you can easily create and manage professional email accounts for your domain on GoDaddy hosting. Contact support if you have any issues.

v. Here are the steps to setup PHP error logging on GoDaddy shared hosting:

1. Login to your GoDaddy hosting account and open cPanel.
2. Click on "File Manager" icon.
3. Navigate to the /logs folder.
4. Create a new folder called "php_errors".
5. Now open the php.ini file:

```
nano /opt/cpanel/ea-php56/root/etc/php.ini
```

6. Find the line for "error_log" and change it to:

```
error_log = /home/username/logs/php_errors/php_error.log
```

7. Change log level to E_ALL:

```
error_reporting = E_ALL
```

8. Save changes in nano by pressing Ctrl+O and Ctrl+X.
9. Restart PHP to load new config:

```
/scripts/restartsrv_php-fpm
```

PHP errors will now begin logging to the php_error.log file. You can access and review this file in cPanel's file manager.

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