Have you ever found yourself locked out of your own server because you forgot the password? Or maybe you need to update your credentials for security reasons after a team member leaves? Server password management is one of those essential tasks that can cause real headaches when you need access urgently. The good news is […]
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Learn how to easily add and configure additional IP addresses with Contabo to enhance security, performance, and server management efficiently.
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Windows Server 2025 is now available on Contabo VPS and VDS! Choose the latest server OS with enhanced security, performance, and cloud-init support for easy setup. Whether upgrading or starting fresh, Contabo offers the latest technology at no extra cost.
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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
With RDP it is not only possible to connect to a Windows server. You can also mount local HDDs on the remote Windows server in order to directly transfer data. In this tutorial this process is described step by step. By the way: In a separate tutorial, we explain how you can connect to your
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
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 security. Spam protection To activate the spam protection, please go to Settings >> Anti-spam in the hMailserver Administrator. In the tab “General” you can leave the settings
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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 will explain how you can setup your own e-mail server on a Windows system with a static public IP. This tutorial will work for our VPS as
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Welcome to our tutorial about installing Hyper-V on your Dedicated Server with Windows Server 2016. Step 1 Installing Hyper-V After receiving the login information to your dedicated server you might want to find out how Hyper-V can be installed. Hyper-V is an additional Server-Role for Windows which can be added within the Server manager. On
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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
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
The following tutorial will show you how you can check and administrate the Windows updates for your Windows Server 2012 system: 1. Please connect to your server using RDP. Please open the control panel of the server and select the option ‘System and Security’: 2. You will be forwarded to the following site: Please open
The following tutorial will show you how you can check and administrate the Windows updates for your Windows Server 2008 system: 1. Please connect to your server using RDP and open the control panel, where you need to choose the section „System and Security“ 2. You will be forwarded to the following site, where you
Ordering our FTP Backup-Space is always a good choice for saving important data on an external storage. Using that backup space can be done in many different ways, I will show you some of the most reliable ones. Please note, that a connection to our backup space can only be established within our datacenter. Therefore,
All traffic in our network has to pass through our core-routers, additionally switch ports are configured in such a way that they only accept ethernet frames with mac addresses originating from these routers. Consequently, no layer-2 traffic is forwarded between switch ports and direct communication between servers, even when on the same subnet, is not