Pointing your Domain Name at a vCluster
By Joe Gardiner Thursday, 22nd July 2010
Welcome to a short guide on how to point an external domain at your vCluster. After following these steps you will be able to use an externally registered domain to point to your vCluster.
Firstly, make sure you have an external domain and a CatN vCluster. An external domain is one you have registered seperately like a .co.uk address or a .com one. For example...
www.olliearmstrong.co.uk
...is an external domain. There are many places to register one of these domains and a Google search will reveal multiple registrars that you may use. You will probably want to choose the cheapest one that offers the best service and value for money, and for that I can recommend:
livetodot.com
Visit them and buy a domain if you don't already own one. This will also be the registrar I will provide screenshots for.
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Cloud provider sign up check list
By Joe Gardiner Friday, 16th July 2010
With a plethora of cloud hosting services available to the market it is becoming more difficult to find a provider that suits your specific needs.
I decided to put together a list of questions to help you analyse exactly the service a cloud provider can offer you, to help your move to a cloud platform go as smoothly as possible.
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How do large web sites benefit from cloud provisioning?
By Joe Gardiner Wednesday, 14th July 2010
A cloud hosting platform offers many benefits. These are often reduced to four main categories, Cost, Stability, Security, and Scalability. You can read about these categories in more detail in a previous blog post...
For large websites arguably the two most important benefits are scalability and cost, and in a cloud environment they are closely linked. The nature of a cloud platform allows resources to be allocated and removed as a sites demand scales, which is reflected in the expenditure required from the business as quantities of resources are consumed. read more...
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Switching passport groups in the Control Panel
By Joe Gardiner Tuesday, 6th July 2010
At CatN all services are related to a group in the Fubra Passport System. This enables us to centralize payments, support, and any other subscriptions under a common account.
When you sign up we create a personal account and give you the option to create a business account as well. When you first login to the CatN Control Panel you will be in the context of your personal account. If your service subscription is associated with you business account then you will need to switch to this account in oder to view your CatN services.
You can switch accounts in the Control Panel using the drop down menu in the top right hand corner, next to the logout link.
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Getting to Grips With SSH – Part 4
By Ollie Armstrong Thursday, 1st July 2010
Welcome to the fourth blog in the series of posts teaching you basic SSH commands.
In this part, we will be building on what you learnt last time to improve your directory navigating, and also going over some more advanced switches.
Once again you will need to connect to your vCluster, and once again I will refer you to the tutorial on connecting to your vCluster. If you haven't read the third part yet, then you can find it in Getting to grips with SSH part 3.
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