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Latest articles
Data center uplinks: 200 Gbit/s at Contabo now!
Constant readers of our blog and our existing customers now it already: We are continuously working on improvements! This involves not just our regular systems, but also our…
LEMP: Debian, NGINX + Certbot, MariaDB, PHP
This tutorial shows you how to prepare your Debian VPS for hosting your website.We are not going to perform any fine-tuning or optimization on the default configuration files.…
Webspace: Creating a Blog in Minutes
This tutorial will show you how to create a blog and publish it world wide in just a couple of minutes. The requirement for the Softaculous automatic WordPress…
Installation of a graphical user interface for Linux
All Linux-Server operating systems are installed by default without a graphical user interface (GUI). A GUI on a dedicated server can only be accessed if a KVM is…
Debian & Ubuntu Upgrade
At Contabo, we always offer you the latest version of many popular Linux operating systems. This tutorial shows you how to upgrade from an old version to the…
Debian 10 available now!
Just released last week, available at Contabo as of today: Debian 10, codename Buster. It is available for all our VPS and dedicated server – just select it…
Hello Summer: Try Plesk one month for free with our Dedicated Servers!
While it is still pretty hot outside in Germany (as we let you know in our blog post last week) we joined forces with our partner Plesk and…
Fedora 30 available now!
Today is the hottest day of the year in Germany, with temperatures currently at 37 degrees Celsius (98,6 degrees Fahrenheit) and it is really tough to step out…