How do I connect to my Windows server via RDP?
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…
Linux
New Operating Systems available: Fedora 28 and Ubuntu 18.04
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…
How to manage your RAID controller in Linux
Please note: This tutorial focusses on Linux OS. Should you be a Windows user instead, please confer our respective tutorial on how to manage your RAID controller in…
New Operating System: Fedora 27
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…
No space left on your HDD/SSD? Find big files and remove them!
It does not matter if you do website hosting, provide a gameserver or use other services, if you have no space left on your HDD/SSD problems will occur.…
Available now: Fedora 26 and Suse Leap 42.3
As of today, we offer you the brand new Fedora 26, it replaces the previous version 25. Additionally, Suse Leap was updated as well and the latest version…
Analysing log files in Windows and Linux
Everyone knows the scenario, you want to analyze an issue of your server or local computer but where to find all those log files? In the following tutorial…
New OS: Debian 9 available now!
Just released a few days ago, already available at Contabo: Debian 9, codename Stretch. You can order the operating system with your new VPS or dedicated server. Existing…
Being spoilt for choice – Windows or Linux?
The operating system is the centrepiece of a server. You can imagine how important it is to choose a fitting operating system. For servers, two operating systems have…
Advantages of ZFS
ZFS as a rather new filesystem offers various advantages in comparison to regular filesystems like ext3, ext4 and NTFS. We have summarized the most noticeable ones as follows:…
NEW operating system available at Contabo: Arch Linux
Great news: From now on we offer you a completely new operating system, namely Arch Linux! It is available for all your VPS and Dedicated Servers! What's even…
NEW at Contabo: Fedora 25 and Suse Leap 42.2
From now on, we offer you Fedora in its latest version 25, it replaces the previous version 24. Likewise, Suse Leap received an update and the new version…
Comparison of the different Linux distributions available at Contabo
As a valued customer of Contabo you have access to a variety of different Linux distributions, for use on all of our servers. These can be easily and…
Proxmox 4.0 and CentOS 7.2 available now!
We are happy to offer you further upgrades for our operating systems: CentOS 7.2 is available now, replacing the version 7.1! You may combine it with Software RAID…
New Operating Systems available: Fedora 24 and CentOS 6.8
Recently, two operating systems received an upgrade: Fedora is now available in version 24, replacing version 23. Also, CentOS 6.6 upgraded to 6.8. The latest versions are available…