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What’s New in cPanel Meridian: A Practical Guide for VPS Customers
cPanel Meridian is the redesigned cPanel theme introduced in cPanel & WHM version 138. This guest guide from the cPanel team covers the task hubs, Guided Setup, the…
RunPod alternatives for GPU workloads: three categories compared
RunPod alternatives fall into three categories: marketplace rental, dedicated GPU VPS, and hyperscaler instances. This guide compares them on GPU availability, billing, egress fees, and root access so…
Llamafile on a VPS: Portable LLM Inference in One File
A llamafile bundles an LLM’s weights and the llama.cpp runtime into one executable. Learn how to run it on a VPS, expose an OpenAI-compatible API, secure port 8080,…
New Customer Control Panel Now Live at my.contabo.com
The new Contabo Customer Control Panel is now live at my.contabo.com. Find out how to log in, contact support, set up Sub-Users, and access Dedicated Server features.
Own the predictable, rent the rest: how Upmotion runs two infrastructure businesses on a hybrid setup
Sezer Yasar has one rule: own the part of the load you can predict, rent the part you can’t. This is how he built a hybrid setup that…
Deploying Text Generation WebUI on a GPU VPS
Deploy Text Generation WebUI on a Contabo GPU VPS: clone the repository, load a model, and reach the browser interface over an SSH tunnel. You can also enable…
Setting Up lldap for Centralized VPS Authentication
lldap gives self-hosters a lightweight LDAP server without the usual complexity — here’s how to set it up on a VPS.
SGLang vs vLLM: Which Inference Engine Fits Your GPU VPS?
SGLang vs vLLM compared for self-hosted LLM inference — how they differ and which fits your workload on a GPU VPS.