What’s the “Managed Server” Add-On?
Typically, we provide all of our customers with root or administrator access to their servers in order to enable you to configure your servers according to your own…
Root-Server
Plesk Obsidian: Try many new features for free!
The new Plesk Obsidian is available for quite a while now. Time for us to introduce it and, as the title of the posting suggests, make you aware…
Debian 10 available now!
Just released last week, available at Contabo as of today: Debian 10, codename Buster. It is available for all our VPS and dedicated server – just select it…
Hello Summer: Try Plesk one month for free with our Dedicated Servers!
While it is still pretty hot outside in Germany (as we let you know in our blog post last week) we joined forces with our partner Plesk and…
Migration using Plesk
The migration of a website is always a challenging task for the webmaster. Beside a loss of reputation and ranking on search engines, dead links or famous 404-errors,…
Easter Promotion: 500 GB SSD included free of charge!
Easter is just around the corner and we from Contabo have a very special offer for you! 😀 As of today, you will receive a 500 GB SSD…
Installation of Softaculous in Plesk and cPanel
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…
CHIP Hotline-Test 2019: “A+” grade for Contabo
Once again, we have great news from inside Contabo: This year, too, the well-known German IT magazine CHIP and the research institution Statista have tested the hotlines of…
Establishing a connection to your server via SSH
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…
Results of the customer survey 2018
At the end of April, we have asked you – our existing customers – to answer a few questions about us and our services in a survey within…
Review about Contabo at Top10-WebsiteHosting
Great news: The experts at top10-websitehosting have recently published a review about us. They have thoroughly tested our services and we have had the chance to do a…
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…
Comparison of administration panels: cPanel vs. Plesk vs. Webmin
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.…
E-mail server in Windows Server, part 2: Security
This is a follow-up to the tutorial How to install an e-mail server in Windows, directed to those who already have an hMailserver and want to increase the…
How to install an e-mail server in Windows Server
You want to send and receive e-mails with your Windows server and connect to it by using your clients on PC, smartphone or tablet? In this tutorial we…