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How we migrated services to a new data center (with no downtime)
A couple of years back we acquired the hosting operations of NetValue Ltd. That included two data center sites: one in Auckland and one in Hamilton. The Auckland center was much bigger and had more equipment and better internet connections, but both had similar network designs. Early on, were hit with intermittent issues with our…
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Why are businesses ditching the cloud and returning to colocation?
The Shift from Cloud to Colocation: Embracing a Hybrid Future with Infrassembly The technology landscape is witnessing a significant shift as businesses re-evaluate their reliance on cloud computing in favor of colocation and hybrid solutions. This transition is exemplified by 37Signals, the company behind popular tools like Basecamp and HEY, which recently migrated its operations…
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Would you use co-location hosting if it was easier?
We are excited to announce the launch of InfrAssembly, a digital infrastructure assembly service designed to simplify the complexities of co-locating servers and networking gear in data centers. Understanding co-location Your own equipment in a data center. Co-location hosting allows you to own or lease your servers and networking equipment, while contracting space and power…
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DNS Aliases for bare/root/apex domains on Zomomi and RimuHosting DNS
Zonomi and – very shortly – RimuHosting have been updated to permit ALIAS records for root/bare/apex domains. Background. Many web services – eg. Azure, AWS, or our own Woop! Host wordpress hosting service – make use of CNAMEs. They let you point a domain like www.example.com to an alias like site-1234.woop.host. This lets the service…
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DNSSec
DNSSec lets domain owners give their registrar a key that permits DNS clients to verify the records they are receiving are valid ones for the zone. This check can help to protect DNS clients getting spoofed records from their ISP name servers. After you enable DNSSec you will need to add a key at your…
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Wireguard VPN setup
Wireguard is a modern, easy to setup, VPN. It has clients for Windows, Mac, Linux, iPhone, Android, and other OSes. In this post we are following the guide at https://serversideup.net/how-to-set-up-wireguard-vpn-server-on-ubuntu-20-04/ First, Order a VM. This will be the ‘server’ for the VPN. You don’t need a lot of memory or disk to run a VPN…
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“Sad SACK” network protection
Netflix has identified several vulnerabilities in the TCP networking stack that affects all Linux users with un-patched kernels. The vulnerabilities have been assigned CVE-2019-11477, CVE-2019-11478 and CVE-2019-11479. All three issues have already been mitigated for all our VPS customers. The original advisory says… The vulnerabilities specifically relate to the minimum segment size (MSS) and TCP…
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Virtualmin Changes binding from ip:80 to *:80 and breaks older configs … FIX
We have found some virtualmin installs will change the format of new virtualhosts from ip:80 to *:80 sometimes which breaks virtualhosts as the *:80 overrides the ip:80. This can result in websites showing another website content, and usually shows up right after you add a new domain in virtualmin.
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Whitelist your own computer in fail2ban
Fail2ban is a great “dynamic” firewall for servers that is installed by default on many of our VPSs, and we can install it on your VPSs at your request. It protects against brute-force attacks, where an attacker is trying to guess a password or exploit certain classes of vulnerabilities on servers. One potential problem with…
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VM hosting now available at NextDC in Sydney
We are happy to announce we are now offering VM hosting out of the NextDC facility in Sydney! Some highlights: Uptime Institute Tier III certification. N+1 power and cooling. Hot and cold aisles for peak cooling power efficiency. Cardboard- (and dust-) free data halls. Locked cabinets. Inert gas fire suppressant. Financially stable, publicly listed data…