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Which protocols are supported by Object Storage? S3 compatible Object Storage has it’s own protocol (i.e. how and in which sequence specified data formats are being exchanged) which Amazon AWS made popular in 2006 with AWS S3 Object Storage. That is why the following protocols will not work with S3 compatible Object Storage: SFTP / […]

What credentials do I need to connect to S3 tools and API? If you want to use S3 compatible object storage tools or connect to the S3 API, you will need a base URL which varies depending on the region of your object storage and your S3 credentials.  Below you can find out how to

Is Contabo object storage compatible with S3 storage? The Contabo Object Storage is based on Ceph but it is not fully compatible with AWS S3 API. For example, logging is not supported.  However for most use cases you shouldn’t have any compatibility issues. What is S3 compatible object storage? Simple Storage Service (S3) Object Storage is

Can I order object storage as an existing user? You can order object storage as an existing user via the Customer Control Panel. You can find a quick guide below on how to order object storage as an existing user.  How do I order object storage as an existing user? Log in to the Customer

What is the Full Monitoring tool? The Full Monitoring tool allows you to monitor your servers and receive notifications if your server suffers an outage. The Full Monitoring tool is an add-on that can be purchased either with a new server purchase or separately as an existing customer.  If you are an existing customer and

Can I use object locking on files in my Object Storage? You can use object locking to protect files from being deleted or overwritten. You can also make the protection last for a specific amount of time. You can find more information object locking here. How do I enable object locking on files in my Object

How do I move my SSL files to my server? Open “Remote Desktop Connection” application.  Click “Show Options” at the bottom of the window. Go to the “Local resources” tab and click “More” under “Local devices and resources”. In the window that appears, expand the “Drives” section and select a drive on your local machine

How do I install a SSL certificate on Plesk? There are a few things you will need to do before installing the SSL certificate on Plesk.  Plesk needs a .pem file to assign SSL certificates to your domain. As the Contabo SSL provider does not provide .pem files, you will need to create it yourselves.

How do I install a SSL certificate on cPanel? Log in to your WHM panel using your root credentials. You can usually access WHM by visiting https://<YOUR_IP>:2087 In the WHM sidebar, search for SSL/TLS and click on the Install an SSL Certificate on a Domain link: Type in your domain into “Domain” box and select

Can you provide more information on Contabo’s Horizen Node image? Contabo’s Horizen Node image is based on the Zen (https://github.com/HorizenOfficial/zen). The image contains all the necessary dependencies to set up your Horizen node for staking. How do I switch to the Horizen user? You can use the command below to log in as the Horizen

Can you provide more information on Contabo’s RunOnFlux Node image? Contabo’s RunOnFlux Node image is based on the RunOnFlux multitool (https://github.com/RunOnFlux/fluxnode-multitool). The image contains all the necessary dependencies to start your flux node setup. You can use the command below to switch to the flux user. su flux How do I start the Flux Node

Can you provide more information on Contabo’s IPFS Node image? Contabo’s IPFS Node image is based on the latest Kubo Client Docker image (https://github.com/ipfs/kubo). How do I switch to the IPFS user? For accessing ipfs command you should switch to ipfs user. sudo -u ipfs -i How do I retrieve the IPFS version? You can

Can you provide more information on Contabo’s Ethereum Node image? Contabo’s Ethereum Node image is based on the Eth-docker (https://eth-docker.net/). The image contains all the necessary dependencies to start your eth-docker setup. How do I switch to the Ethereum user? To access ethd, use the command below to switch to the ethereum user. sudo -u

Can you provide more information on Contabo’s Bitcoin Node image? Contabo’s Bitcoin Node image is based on the Bitcoin Core v25.0 (https://bitcoincore.org/bin/). The Bitcoin Image does not come with synchronized chain data, the sync starts after the image is installed, this can take up to 12-48h depending on the available nodes. What is the data

Do Contabo offer Blockchain images? Yes, Contabo offers pre-configured images for different blockchains available for Cloud VPS (Virtual Private Server) and Cloud VDS (Virtual Dedicated Servers).  When buying a server, in step 4 of the process you can see the Blockchain images offered by Contabo as shown below: How do Contabo BlockChain images work? For