Softaculous offers a huge number of scripts which can be installed by the popular „Auto Installer“ under the Plesk and cPanel administration. For Plesk you can activate Softaculous only on a Linux operating system. The free version gives you access to more than 50 scripts whereas the fee-based, fully-licensed version offers around 450 scripts. An […]
Black Friday and Cyber Monday is nice to have, but we have got something bigger and better for you! This year, we came up with the Contabo Christmas Contest for you, our valued customers! Share and Particpiate! Honestly, it is that simple! Visit our Facebook page and share our Christmas-Contest post (right at the top
Some of you have probably yearned for it already 😀 now is the time: The brand new Fedora 29 is available at Contabo now for all of your virtual and dedicated servers! It replaces the previous version, Fedora 28. You can order it with the Software RAID 1 and Webmin and an installation via VNC
This tutorial will show you how to connect to your Windows VPS or dedicated server at Contabo via RDP from different operating systems. The following scenarios will be covered: Connections from desktop operating systems: Establishing a RDP connection from WindowsOS (e.g. Windows 7, 8, 10) Establishing a RDP connection from LinuxOS (e.g. Debian, Ubuntu) Establishing
In this tutorial you will find a guide on how to establish a connection via SSH to your Linux server. Please note that you will have to replace the place holder <IP Address> in the complete tutorial with the IP address of your server. Linux In case you are using a Linux operating system on
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Good news: From now on, we offer you the brand new Fedora 28, it replaces the previous version 27. Furthermore, Ubuntu 18.04 (LTS) is available at Contabo! Both operating systems can be combined with Software RAID 1 and Webmin. Additionally, Ubuntu 18.04 can also be ordered together with LAMP and Webmin+LAMP. An installation via VNC
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As of today, we offer you FreeBSD 11.1 as an additional operating system for your VPS and dedicated servers. You can combine it with the Software RAID 1. If you are already using our services, you can easily switch to FreeBSD 11.1 through your customer control panel. One more thing, which is most likely interesting
Not long ago, we have shown you in a different tutorial how to manage your raidcontroller in Linux. Below you can find the respective guideline for Windows. Monitoring a RAID array A hardware RAID has certain advantages, but also a hardware RAID has to be monitored. We always rely on tried and tested hardware to
A brief update regarding our Linux OS: As of today, we offer you the brand new Fedora 27 for your VPS and Dedicated Servers, it replaces the previous version 26. It can be combined with the Software RAID 1 and Webmin and an installation via VNC is possible as well. If you are currently using
We are often asked which panel we would recommend. Since there is a variety of different panels with different functions and focus, we cannot easily answer this question. Currently we offer cPanel, Plesk, LAMP und Webmin, which we will introduce here. cPanel/WHM cPanel is a webhosting panel which allows to administrate a great number of
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