As of today, you can order the new operating systems Ubuntu 17.04 (replaces Ubuntu 16.10) and CentOS 6.9 (replaces CentOS 6.8) from us. Existing customers can upgrade within their customer control panel as well! Ubuntu 17.04 can be combined with Webmin, LAMP, Webmin+LAMP as well as the Software Raid 1. Apart from Webmin, LAMP, Webmin+LAMP […]
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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 established themselves: Windows and Linux. In this short overview, I’d like to present you the main differences between those two operating systems. You might have heard
Today we are going to show you how to change your Windows Administrator password the easy way. This tutorial works with almost all Windows versions starting from Windows XP/NT (Windows Server 2003). On Windows 10 or Windows Server 2016 you should make sure that you are using local user accounts – not any online accounts.
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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: The main benefit of using a ZFS filesystem is guaranteed data integrity ZFS protects your data by enabling volume management on filesystem level. This feature makes “Copy
In Windows Server 2016, the administration of the (automatic) Windows Updates has changed slightly. The following tutorial will show you how to check and manage the Windows updates for your Windows Server 2016 system. 1. Please connect to your server using RDP and open the Settings App via the Start menu. Afterwards you can click
At the end of the year, we would like to thank you, our long and loyal customers, for the trustful cooperation in the past 12 months. The entire Contabo-Team wishes you and your families Merry Christmas and a Happy New Year! In case any issues occur: We are available on the public holidays, in between
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 better: Arch Linux will always be up to date, which means you will always get the latest version! You can combine it with the Software RAID 1
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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 42.2 is available now at Contabo! Both operating systems can be combined with the Software RAID 1 and Webmin. In addition, Fedora 25 can be installed via
Not long ago, Microsoft officially launched its latest operating system for server systems, Windows Server 2016. We immediately went to work and performed numerous functionality tests and thus ensured a smooth integration in our systems. Today we can finally say: Windows Server 2016 is available as an upgrade for all our root servers and VPS
Some of you have probably clicked on the link “Server Status” on our website contabo.com already and were forwarded to our status website. In the very rare case of irregular issues occurring in one of our data centers, we inform you about it on this website. Recently we have revised our status site and added
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We offer you the latest Linux distribution Ubuntu 16.10 for free for all your VPS and Dedicated Servers! You can combine it with Software RAID 1, Webmin, LAMP and Webmin+LAMP. Important to know: In contrast to Ubuntu 16.04, there is no long term support (LTS) for Ubuntu 16.10. New features include, among others, a revised
With this short tutorial we will show you how to upgrade your Plesk installation to Plesk Obsidian. Before proceeding you should perform a backup of all important data. An upgrade always bears the risk of data loss. On an SSD VPS you will have the ability to create a snapshot, creating a snapshot will give
As of today, we offer you the latest version of the administration panel Plesk Onyx for your VPS and Dedicated Servers. Just released by Parallels, you can get this brand-new version from us already – after all, we always want to offer you the latest version of every software and we do not want to
The web hosting portal Webhostlist continuously examines hosting providers and honors the best in each quarterly period. In the second quarter of 2016, Contabo was awarded first place in the categories “Best Service” and “Best Price-Performance Ratio”! The selection procedure is based on high requirements. Based on strict criteria the website reviews each provider and
Summer break? Not at Contabo! We have worked extremely hard and updated our entire VPS portfolio for you. The result? Massive performance boosts combined with price reductions. The VPS of our 100% SSD series especially benefit from this extensive overhaul. In the host systems of these VPS, we have built in only the latest and
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