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The SSL certificate
Some of you might wonder in which situations an SSL certificate should be used. This tutorial will help you to find an answer whether or not you should upgrade your website or anything else by adding...
View ArticleNew OS: Debian 9 available now!
Just released a few days ago, already available at Contabo: Debian 9, codename Stretch. You can order the operating system with your new VPS or dedicated server. Existing customers can upgrade to...
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Plesk Onyx basics: The first steps
Plesk is a commercial web hosting platform developed by Parallels. It is available for Linux and Windows based operating systems and therefore for any operating systems offered by us. Together with our...
View ArticleVPS: 100 Mbit/s – No limit, no throttling
Not long ago, the following rule regarding the internet connection of our VPS was in effect: 100 Mbit/s-port, when a certain traffic limit was exceeded, the port was limited to 10 Mbit/s. As of now, we...
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Analysing log files in Windows and Linux
Everyone knows the scenario, you want to analyze an issue of your server or local computer but where to find all those log files? In the following tutorial we are going to analyze specific log files in...
View ArticleAvailable now: Fedora 26 and Suse Leap 42.3
As of today, we offer you the brand new Fedora 26, it replaces the previous version 25. Additionally, Suse Leap was updated as well and the latest version 42.3 is available at Contabo! Both operating...
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Overview of available RAID levels
With this tutorial we will explain certain types of RAID levels to you. Some of you might have already experienced a loss of data, no matter if it was an SD card holding some vacation photos or a hard...
View ArticleNo space left on your HDD/SSD? Find big files and remove them!
It does not matter if you do website hosting, provide a gameserver or use other services, if you have no space left on your HDD/SSD problems will occur. Your websites might not be reachable anymore,...
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HostingAdvice has reviewed Contabo
Today, we have got some great news for you: The experts at HostingAdvice have carefully examined us and our services and published a detailed review about us. Besides our products, namely the webspace...
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How to install an e-mail server in Windows Server
You want to send and receive e-mails with your Windows server and connect to it by using your clients on PC, smartphone or tablet? In this tutorial we will explain how you can setup your own e-mail...
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E-mail server in Windows Server, part 2: Security
This is a follow-up to the tutorial How to install an e-mail server in Windows, directed to those who already have an hMailserver and want to increase the security. Spam protection To activate the spam...
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How to manage your websites in Plesk: The WordPress Toolkit
In Plesk Onyx, which we offer for our VPS and dedicated servers, you can comfortably manage your WordPress sites with the extension "WordPress Toolkit". The software enables you to set up a new...
View ArticleCHIP Hotline-Test 2018: First place for Contabo!
Great news from inside Contabo: The German IT magazine „CHIP“ has thoroughly tested the hotlines of several providers. Among companies from other industries, 14 hosting providers were part of that...
View ArticleComparison of administration panels: cPanel vs. Plesk vs. Webmin
We are often asked which panel we would recommend. Since there is a variety of different panels with different functions and focus, we cannot easily answer this question. Currently we offer cPanel,...
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We create more space for your servers!
Over the last couple of weeks and due to the turn of the year, it has been a little bit quiet here in our blog. But this does not mean that we have been idle during that time. Quite the contrary:...
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Our own tutorials section provides many helpful hints and tricks
Not only are we constantly improving and expanding our data centers, as reported recently. At the same time, we are publishing useful tutorials, which offer you solutions and short cuts for common...
View ArticleNew Operating System: Fedora 27
A brief update regarding our Linux OS: As of today, we offer you the brand new Fedora 27 for your VPS and Dedicated Servers, it replaces the previous version 26. It can be combined with the Software...
View ArticleNew Operating System: FreeBSD 11.1
As of today, we offer you FreeBSD 11.1 as an additional operating system for your VPS and dedicated servers. You can combine it with the Software RAID 1. If you are already using our services, you can...
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Review about Contabo at Top10-WebsiteHosting
Great news: The experts at top10-websitehosting have recently published a review about us. They have thoroughly tested our services and we have had the chance to do a Q&A with them. The authors...
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Contabo wins German Data Center Award 2018
Last year Contabo was already honored and received the German Data Center Award 2017 for the modernization of its data center in Nuremberg. Now we took part in this year’s contest as well and faced the...
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