Since today you are free to install Ubuntu 13.10 on your VPS or Dedicated Server by using our Customer Control Panel. The main focus on this release was set on improvements for mobile devices. For server environments, it offers the Kernel 3.11 and updated packages. More information can be found here: DistroWatch – Ubuntu
Attention Windows Server users: We released a new installation method for Windows Server operating systems today. It is already available for all VPS and Dedicated Server customers with Windows Server. The first thing you will notice is a much shorter installation time. Our Dedicated Server X with 1 Gbit/s port only took five minutes to
We are happy to announce the introduction of IPv6 in our network. IPv6 is the successor to IPv4. Normally, when talking about an ip address, one means an IPv4 address. An example for an IPv4 address would be 79.143.183.251. An example for an IPv6 address would be 2a02:c200:0000:0010:0000:0000:1231:0001. IPv6 is entirely optional, meaning you can
On the servers provided by Contabo an IPv6 address is already preconfigured. However on some servers the IPv6 connectivity still has to be activated. If your server can not establish a IPv6 connection, please perform the following steps: Linux Connect to your server via SSH Execute the following command with root rights:enable_ipv6 Reboot your server
As every year Contabo took part in the annual Oktoberfest. It is nearly a must for a Munich company to join the biggest fair of the world. Dressed in traditional clothes we left our office towards the Hofbräu-Festzelt (one of the big tents). The atmosphere was great. Besides beer (one of the main reasons to
For more than 10 years already, we offer hosting solutions for all needs – whether one is a professional Web designer getting his business online, or simply has a small hobby site. Contabo has the right hosting plan for everyone. Hosting with us has a lot of advantages one can benefit from: An established company:
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We are continuously working on improving our products. Today the smallest server of our server range has been improved with an upgrade free of charge: From now on our Dedicated Server Duo is available with more disk space and RAM. Here are the features: – Intel Core 2 Duo (2 x 2,13 GHz) – 4
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We have great news for you! As of now, the restriction on additional IPv4 IP addresses at Contabo has been lifted. From now on, all VPS interested ones can order up to 10 additional IP addresses for their VPS. The price per additional IP is 2 € / month. With just one click the desired
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If you run your own virtual or dedicated server, chances are that you want to run a specific program or a number of programs that make up the service you want to use or offer. If the program you want to run is part of the Linux distribution of your choice there usually is not
Yesterday we celebrated our third and last event on the occasion of our company anniversary. The whole team of Contabo came together at the outdoor Go-Kart track in Garching near Munich in order to find the fastest driver of Contabo. The starting conditions couldn’t have been better: we had 34 degrees outside and there was
Many of you have already heard about it or even used it once in a while, but most of you have probably not been introduced to it yet: Our rescue system! While hopefully not being needed at all, it provides many possibilities to fix certain problems and to bring the machine back online as soon
The first and second part of my overview about the history of Contabo was about our beginning on the hosting market and our rapid and continuous growth up to the year 2007. Now let’s move to 2008. Please find again on the chronicle below what has happened in 2008: In 2008 we relocated more than
One recurring question affects mostly our webspace packages, but should be interesting for many others as well: How can I move the content of my main domain to a sub-folder without affecting its appearance? cPanel always assigns one domain as the main domain for a user account. Add-On domains can be added easily, but they