We are pleased to announce that secure two-factor authentication is now available for all SolVPS customers. With two-factor login, you can set a secondary login credential in addition to your account password. With this method you can easily prevent unauthorized access to your client account and services. Our two-factor authentication system works by pairing with your smartphone […]
We have resolved an issue with SSL validation on some browsers for www.solvps.com and www.solvps.com/secure. Due to mis-matched CA root keys, some systems and browsers may have displayed a warning message while connecting to the domain, over the past 5-10 days. Although SSL was active and securing all connections throughout this time, we apologize for any […]
We are excited to announce that Windows 10 Technical Preview is now available to install on our VPS instances. Through preliminary testing, we have not identified any major bugs with Windows 10 VPS instances. Although performing well so far, Windows 10 VPS instances are intended for testing and preview only, while we suggest Windows Server 2012 […]
Changing the timezone in your Linux VPS, or other Linux system, can be easily done via shell. Log in to your server, or open a terminal/console on your desktop, and use the following command to setup your preferred timezone: ln -sf /usr/share/zoneinfo/US/Central /etc/localtime You can explore the folder to see available timezones: ls /usr/share/zoneinfo/ […]
Port 3389 is the default port for RDP on Windows systems, but you may wish to change this due to your network configuration, or for security. After logging in to your Windows VPS with remote desktop, follow the steps below to update the RDP (remote desktop protocol) connection port: Start Registry Editor by using Start […]
In this guide, we will show you an easy way to install mod_security on a cPanel VPS, including rules to protect from MySQL injection and web attacks. Mod_security is a web application firewall module for Apache web server, and can provide extremely safe protection against web-based attacks, when configured properly. This guide requires cPanel/WHM to be installed on your […]
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This guide explains how to install WebSitePanel, a free web server management panel for Windows Server. The software requires a Windows VPS (virtual private server) or another Windows Server system for installation. We suggest: Windows Server 2012 R2 (Recommended) Windows Server 2008 R2 First, configure the pre-requisites required on a Windows Server 2008 R2 installation for WebSitePanel installation. Download the following […]
We are pleased to announce that we have added additional capacity in our New York and London data centers. With the expanded capacity we have added additional high-performance VPS hypervisors, hosting both our Windows and Linux virtual servers. + Windows VPS with Remote Desktop (RDP), a complete, fully licensed remote Windows server system running on our 100% pure SSD […]
If you are using a Windows Server 2008 R2 system, or an earlier OS, you might find that you need to upgrade .NET Framework to the latest version. Fortunately, the process is simple. Follow this link from your Windows VPS / Windows server to download the .NET Framework 4.5 update package directly from Microsoft: http://www.microsoft.com/en-us/download/details.aspx?id=30653 The […]
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