Tutorials Overview
Debian & Ubuntu Upgrade
At Contabo, we always offer you the latest version of many popular Linux operating systems. This tutorial shows you how to upgrade from an old version to the…
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,…
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…
SRV Records – How do I use them correctly?
Definition of an SRV record With a Service Resource Record (short: SRV record) you can make services, which are usually available via an IP:PORT combination, reachable using a…
Full Monitoring
The optional upgrade Full Monitoring from Contabo is an extensive monitoring tool for your VPS and Dedicated Servers. We are going to present the features of this tool…
Mounting local HDDs via RDP
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…
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…
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…
How to manage your RAID controller in Windows
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…
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…
Basic information about our Webspace
Today we would like to give you some basic usage hints about our webspace packages. First of all, our webspace offers are based on cPanel which is well…
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…
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.…
Overview of available RAID levels
With this tutorial we will explain certain types of RAID levels to you.Some of you might have already experienced a loss of data, no matter if it was…
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…
Plesk basics: The first steps
Plesk is a commercial web hosting platform initially developed by Parallels. It is available for Linux and Windows based operating systems and therefore for any operating systems offered…
The SSL certificate
Some of you might wonder in which situations an SSL certificate should be used. This tutorial will help you to find an answer whether or not you should…
Using your nameservers in cPanel and Plesk
To use your domain in the Internet, you need to configure nameservers. The nameservers are needed to resolve the domain names into IP addresses. We recommend to use…