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Mastering File Permissions: Understanding Linux chmod

March 18, 2024 / Tobias Mildenberger / Tutorials / 4 minutes of reading

File permissions are the cornerstone of Linux system administration, serving as the gatekeepers to the operating system’s files and directories. They dictate what actions a user can perform, such as reading, writing, or executing files, ensuring the security and integrity of the system. Understanding how to manage these permissions effectively is essential for anyone tasked […]

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The Ultimate Guide to Docker installation and deployment using Cloud-Init

June 15, 2022 / Linus Benkner / Tutorials / 10 minutes of reading

Setting up Docker and instantly deploying a Container over and over again can be time consuming. With Cloud-Init this just takes a few seconds!

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Get LAMP Stack Up and Running on Your Server in Less than 90 Seconds using Cloud-Init

June 14, 2022 / Linus Benkner / Tutorials / 6 minutes of reading

LAMP Stack (Linux, Apache, MySQL & PHP) is widely used for Web applications. In this article we will show you how to set up and run LAMP on your Server. This process only takes 90 seconds – thanks to Cloud-Init.

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How to Install Nextcloud on VPS

June 10, 2022 / Tobias Mildenberger / Tutorials / 7 minutes of reading

Nextcloud is a popular Open Source productivity platform among the self-hosting community. This tutorial will teach you how to install Nextcloud on VPS. We’ve included both a step-by-step video guide and written tutorial.

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Configuring Additional IP Addresses

December 31, 2021 / Tobias Mildenberger / Tutorials / 9 minutes of reading

The following guide will give you an overview on how to configure additional IPv4 addresses on the most popular operating systems. We designed this article to be helpful not only for our Contabo customers, but also for people using any other provider. In addition to learning how to configure IPv4 addresses, you may need to

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How to Connect to Your Server Using VNC

December 17, 2021 / Petr / Tutorials / 5 minutes of reading

In this guide I will show you how to connect to your VPS (or any server) using VNC. What is VNC and How Does It Work? VNC or Virtual Network Computing is a platform allowing you to control a remote computer, server or other device. It’s typically used to control your remote instance via graphical

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How Do We Retain German Quality Overseas?

April 23, 2020 / Markus / Company News / 2 minutes of reading

With the recent launch of our first location in the US, we hear a lot of questions on how we are able to keep our standards in St. Louis data center which is thousands of miles away on a completely different continent. Here’s a sneak peek into how we make it happen. It All Starts

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Contabo Introduces New Data Center Location in the United States

April 6, 2020 / Markus / Company News / 3 minutes of reading

Today is a big day for us at Contabo: After months of preparations, we are happy to announce the official launch of our third data center, located in St. Louis, Missouri, USA! USA was by far the most frequently requested location. We’ve heard you and we’ve delivered.

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Plesk training at Contabo

March 25, 2020 / Markus / Company News / 2 minutes of reading

Many of you, our valued customers, already use the popular administration panel Plesk Obsidian, since it offers lots of possibilities to manage and administrate your server in an easy way. In cooperation with our partner Plesk, we also offer you the unique opportunity to try Plesk Obsidian one month for free – the offer is

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What’s the “Managed Server” Add-On?

February 27, 2020 / Philipp / Company News / 2 minutes of reading

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 needs and requirements. Nonetheless, we understand ourselves as a “full service agency” at times for our customers, so we provide any support required upon request. Usually this

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Scheduled backups in cPanel and Plesk

January 16, 2020 / Johannes / Tutorials / 4 minutes of reading

Creating backups is a very important task for every server administrator. A loss of data often occurs suddenly without a warning. It is possible to create backups manually, but we would recommend to configure automatic backups. The steps below were tested by us, but you should always check yourself if the backups are still running

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Black Friday Deal: No setup fees for any VPS order!

November 28, 2019 / Markus / Company News / 1 minute of reading

In case you know us already, you are surely aware that we offer an unbeatable price-/performance ratio. Some even say that at Contabo, every day feels like Black Friday! But this year we take it to the next level and for the first time, we offer you a special Black Friday deal: No setup fees

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Plesk Obsidian: Try many new features for free!

November 13, 2019 / Markus / Company News / 2 minutes of reading

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 of our exclusive promotion with Plesk: You can try Plesk Obsidian one month for free in combination with every VPS and dedicated server at Contabo! Just select

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Cent OS 8 available at Contabo now!

October 17, 2019 / Markus / Company News / 1 minute of reading

Those of you who follow us closely or use our servers for their projects know it already: We always offer you the latest versions of the popular Linux operating systems. This includes the brand new Cent OS 8! As of now, you can select Cent OS 8 for your new virtual or dedicated server! Existing

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LEMP: Debian, NGINX + Certbot, MariaDB, PHP

September 18, 2019 / Gianni-Donato / Tutorials / 3 minutes of reading

This tutorial shows you how to prepare your Debian VPS for hosting your website.We are not going to perform any fine-tuning or optimization on the default configuration files. So neither NGINX, MySQL or PHP (LEMP) will get any other than the necessary configuration changes in order to run a website properly. 1. Install the Software

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