If your website or wp-login page is giving a “too many redirects” error in the browser, many times it’s caused by an SSL mishap, proxy configuration, or plugins. Let’s take a look at the way to fix these most common causes! Cloudflare Infinite Redirects If you have your domain behind Cloudflare nameservers, and you are…
Your Windows Server Was Encrypted, What Next?
Updated June 10, 2024 to include DoNex Ransomeware decryptors from Avast. It can happen to the best of us. You open an unknown attachment from an email, install sketchy software, or the latest unpatched 0Day is running wild on your Windows Server 2022. What’s next? These are some of the possible options you have if…
20 Ways To Increase Email Deliverability From a Plesk Server
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…
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…
Regaining Access To An IONOS Account
Most of us have several dozen accounts that we must memory the username, email, and password for. It’s not unlikely that you’ve forgotten the password for one of your accounts in the past. If you have lost your IONOS account, or are unable to access your account, you may be panicking. But don’t worry, we…
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…