1. Consider a professional email hosting service If you are hosting your email on your own dedicated, cloud, or VPS server, by using your own SMTP application, you should first understand the reprocussions of being your own mail system admin. By maintaining your own mail server, you leave your device susceptible to any and all…
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Performance Tuning A Linux Web Server
It is always mandatory to create a backup before making any changes to any server. If you do not have a backup: Purchase the IONOS Cloud Backup, follow the installation instructions, and complete a manual backup (video). If you are the administrator of a Linux web server using nginx, Apache, or Plesk, you may be…
Troubleshooting Ubuntu 22.04 With Netplan
Since Ubuntu 16.10, the developers switched to using systemd-networkd by default on the server editions, moving away from ifupdown. On their Ubuntu Desktop editions, NetworkManager is still used. Having to determine and differentiate between two different networking configurations became confusing. Thus, Netplan was born in Ubuntu 18.04 and continues to be used. Netplan reads .yaml…
How to Clear Cache on Linux and Windows Servers
It is always mandatory to create a backup before making any changes to any server. If you do not have a backup: Purchase the IONOS Cloud Backup, follow the installation instructions, and complete a manual backup (video). Cache is a temporary storage of data that helps improve the performance and efficiency of your system. However,…
How to Upgrade an IONOS Cloud Server
Check Plesk backups If you have a Plesk server, and you’re considering upgrading because you’ve ran out of space, I would first recommend checking the Plesk backups saved on your server. If they are consuming too much space, you should adjust the backup schedule and delete older backups. Plesk Global Backup Settings:https://docs.plesk.com/en-US/obsidian/administrator-guide/backing-up-and-restoration/global-backup-settings.59265/ Removing Backup Files…
Online KDE Installer
For those interested, We’ve just updated XellIX to include a KDE + xRDP installer for Ubuntu and Debian server/core. Check it out if you’re interested! You’re now ready to connect to your Linux server using Remote Desktop. Side note: Be sure to allow port 3389 in your Cloud Firewall and ufw if applicable.
IONOS Cloud Server FLEX
Update June 2024: This document is now deprecated, as IONOS Cloud Server FLEX have since increased in price. The IONOS Cloud Server FLEX is a good option if you require a specific configuration for your Cloud Server. A FLEX Server is a virtualized server that you can customize prior to purchasing, as well as upgrade…
How To Become A Web Hosting Reseller
So you’ve got a bit of technical finesse, you know your way around WordPress, and you even know DNS terms such as A record and MX. You want to start turning your hobby into an income, but you’re not sure where to start? Think Big, Start Small If you’re to succeed with your new endeavor,…
Recovering Data From an IONOS Cloud Server with Knoppix
Hint: This guide works if you have a Cloud Server with IONOS. If you have a dedicated server, you will need to boot into Windows or Debian rescue instead. If your server is not booting or responding locally, or if you just want a clean method to copy data off of your server, you may…
IONOS Default Gateway, Subnet Mask, and DNS Servers
If you are manually configuring a server through an ISO, or you have misconfigured your current server’s networking, you may be searching for the default gateway, subnet mask, and name servers for IONOS. Legacy Servers (dedicated and older VPS versions), Cheap Server Deals, AMD and Intel Dedicated Servers on Cloud Panel, and Cloud Servers: Public…