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Add Static IPv4 and IPv6 addresses to OpenBSD on IONOS

Note: This article has since been made into official IONOS documentation at https://www.ionos.com/help?id=5277 This article details the process of configuring a static IPv4 and IPv6 address on OpenBSD machines hosted with IONOS. It is assumed that the IP addresses you wish to use have already been assigned to your server via the Cloud Panel or…

Installing custom ISOs on IONOS Dedicated Servers

Installing a custom ISO onto a dedicated server involves booting the server into rescue mode (similar to a live CD), then using an emulator to boot the ISO and install the new operating system. The emulator will be given access to the actual disks in the server, so even though it is not running on bare-metal, it will be installed to bare-metal. Even more complex setups, such as software RAID or full-disk encryption, are possible with this method. After installation, the dedicated server can be rebooted into the new operating system.

Installing SSL Certificate in Glassfish 4

Glassfish uses Keystores (.jks), the certificate files need to be imported into the keystore with the corresponding private key before installation. After Installing SSL Certificate on your Domain, and downloading the SSL Files (Private Key, SSL Certificate, and Intermediate Certificate), we need to upload our SSL files to the Server, and prefer where Java is…

Dedicated Server or Cloud Server: Why a Dedicated Server might be the better choice.

In this article we will go over the benefits of choosing a Dedicated Server today vs a Cloud Server. In our example we will be comparing the newly released AMD-based server by IONOS: Dedicated Server: AR8-64 NVMe – $100/Month Cloud Server: Cloud Server XXL – $100/Month Name CPU Cores/Threads Ram Storage Price AR8-64 NVMe 8c16t…

Configuring custom mail server in Plesk with Linux. (The basics) Cloud VPS & Full Cloud & BMC.

To start you will need a domain registered by you that you own, or have control over. The first thing you will do is create a subdomain… Typically, mail.YOURDOMAIN.TLD. (Note: YOURDOMAIN.TLD is an example, and should be replaced with your domain name). Set the A record for mail.YOURDOMAIN.TLD to your server’s IP address. Set the…

Increase LVM Partition to Take Up Remaining Space UBUNTU

(For Cloud VPS, and Cloud servers NOT dedicated) Ubuntu VPS / Cloud Change configuration to the size you want. Then reboot. Via your cloud panel do a snapshot (actions > create snapshot) SSH in and perform the below. fdisk -l Disk /dev/sda: 40 GiB, 42949672960 bytes, 83886080 sectors Units: sectors of 1 * 512 =…