Jenkins helps you deliver updates faster while ensuring consistency in your deployments. Instead of repeating manual steps, you can use a pipeline to handle the creation, testing, and deployment of your application with every change. In this guide, we’ll show you how to set up a simple but effective Jenkins pipeline to support continuous integration […]

Ansible helps you automate server provisioning and configuration management with code. Instead of repeating manual setup steps, you run the same playbook on every server. As a result, you get consistent configurations, even across many VPS instances.  In this guide, you will see how to install Ansible, create a simple playbook, and run it against

As your web application grows, performance expectations rise with it. Sudden traffic spikes, user growth, and heavy workloads demand an infrastructure that adapts without manual intervention. In this guide, you’ll learn how to implement auto-scaling the smart way by focusing on dynamic resource allocation, smooth performance, and cost-effective cloud scalability.   What Is Auto Scaling  Auto-scaling

If your website seems slow, you’re not alone. Many websites on shared or managed hosting reach their performance limits over time, especially as content grows. For those running their hosting on cPanel, here is a piece of good news: cPanel includes several tools that can help you significantly improve load times without changing your hosting

As your website grows, your VPS must keep up with rising traffic, heavier workloads, and increasing performance demands. This guide explains how to optimize your current Contabo VPS, monitor its performance, and scale it vertically or horizontally. It’s all about keeping your website fast, responsive, and stable while ensuring an efficient and cost-effective setup.  Optimizing

Setting up a Kubernetes cluster may seem complex at first, yet you can build one quickly with clear steps. In this tutorial, you’ll learn how to create a complete Kubernetes cluster, from preparing servers to deploying your first workload. We walk through architecture, installation, networking, and deployment so you can follow along confidently on any

A Content Security Policy, or CSP, helps protect your website from cross-site scripting attacks. It limits which resources the browser can load and adds an important layer of defense to your VPS setup. In this article, you learn how to configure CSP, test your rules safely, and improve your site’s overall security with additional headers. 

Infrastructure as Code, often referred to as IaC, helps you build and manage cloud infrastructures with the same care you apply to software. Instead of clicking through dashboards or following manual setup instructions, you define your infrastructure in code and apply it consistently. This makes deployments faster, more reliable, and much easier to repeat whenever

Keeping your cPanel hosting secure protects your websites, data, and customers. With the right cPanel security settings, you reduce attacks and prevent unauthorized access. In this guide, you learn how to harden both cPanel and WebHost Manager using built-in tools and smart server-side measures.  Secure Your cPanel and WebHost Manager Access  First, secure how you

Cloud hosting offers high flexibility and performance. However, without the right security setup, your data and applications remain vulnerable. In this guide, you learn about the most important cloud hosting security practices, how to protect data and reduce threats on both cloud and VPS environments with Contabo.  Cloud vs. VPS Hosting Security  Even though cloud

When choosing the right cloud storage solution, it’s best to understand the basic storage types, so the decision becomes much easier. In this guide, you will learn where object storage and block storage work best and how to evaluate cloud storage pricing without surprises.   Step 1: Know Your Cloud Storage Options   First, you need to