Knowledgebase : Cloud VPS - Windows
   


If your VPS package includes Plesk Control Panel, you can use Plesk to manage domains and websites on your VPS and to provide individual site control panels for your clients. You can access the Plesk admin panel on port 8443 on the main IP address of your...
Sometimes when setting up your ASP.Net site on IIS, you may find that normal HTML or ASP pages display OK, but all .aspx pages generate a 404 file not found error. This usually happens when ASP.Net does not appear as a valid web service extension in IIS, ...
If you want to send emails from your website, you can send them through the default virtual SMTP server built into IIS. This will allow you to queue messages to be sent either directly using DNS or to be routed through another server.If there is a connec...
Although a VPS is much like a dedicated server, you are typically paying for a smaller set of resources than would be present on a full-blown dedicated box. A typical VPS will have between 768 and 2048MB memory available, although some packages can have...
If you get the above error, it usually indicates that one or more of remote desktop sessions to your VPS were interrupted or not properly logged off. This can be fixed easily by connecting directly to the console session of the VPS.To do this, open up rem...
On any web hosting system, customers are able to upload their own content. This can include anything from simple HTML files and images, to complex web applications containing components from a number of sources. Because we cannot control the security o...
There are two backup methods supported on VPS accounts.Manual BackupsManual backups are snapshots of your VPS image that you can make, usually before making a major website update, installing a new software application, or making some other significant ch...
You can upgrade your VPS plan as follows:Log on to your control panelClick Billing -> My SubscriptionsClick on the VPS subscription you want to changeClick 'Switch Plan'Choose a new plan form the available optionsClick 'Choose Service Plan' to complete...
If you are using ASP scripts you will at some stage come across the dreaded 500 Internal Server Error page. _IN THE VAST MAJORITY OF CASES THIS DOES NOT MEAN THAT THERE IS ANYTHING WRONG WITH THE WEB SERVER ITSELF._ This message is displayed by ...
To configure SSL on an IIS website, you need to complete three steps.Generate a Private Key and Certificate Signing Request (CSR) for your websiteOrder and obtain your SSL certificate from Irish Domains or other CA.Install the Cert and any Chained Certs...
The Standard Service & Support Levels for VPS & Dedicated Servers can be found in the document linked below.
Third Party Applications Using third-party scripts which are often downloaded for free is a great way to add additional functionality to your website. The downside is that you ...
Unfortunately, website hacking and other compromise is an ever increasing problem. As your host, we provide a baseline secure environment by ensuring that our machines are regularly patched and updated, and that the versions of software we run are no...
Currently, we offer Cloud VPS packages with the following operating systems: * Windows Server 2008 DataCenter Edition R2 SP1 (64 bit) * CentOS 6 (64-bit) Additional distributions will be available in the near future.