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1&1 Dedicated Servers finally updated!
So it’s been a while since I’ve posted any updates and I apologize for that. Since May, I’ve left working for 1&1 and went into an entirely different…
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BlockStorage is released for 1&1 Cloud
So for the past two years of the 1&1 Cloud, there’s been some exciting things. 1&1 has finally added CloudInit about 6months ago allowing your configuration of servers…
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1and1 releases Cloud-Init support for NGCS
So it appears that 1&1 has silently released an update to their CloudPanel products to support the Cloud-Init functionality. This is the same functionality seen with AWS, Linode,…
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Reset Windows Password on 1&1 CloudServer
So a task that I’m given alot is to go ahead and reset a lost Windows Password on one of my customer’s servers. The customer is in a…
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DIY-CDN, a good read and some ideas to expand.
So I came across an interesting read at scalescale.com regarding building a small CDN network using DigitalOcean, and I wanted to take a look at it to see…
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Server 2012 – VPN with 1NIC – [1and1 version]
I case recently was brought to me to investigate using Windows Server 2012 and setting up a native VPN using the features that 1and1.com provides. 1&1’s CloudServers and…
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