Archive for May, 2011

Cloud Hosting Firewall Settings

Tuesday, May 31st, 2011

As a server administrator you have the ability to set custom firewall rules on your Cloud Server. To add a new firewall rule first log into the cloud control panel. Click on the server you want to setup firewall rules for, then select Networking -> Firewall.

The default firewall rules are to allow all traffic:

 

You can lock down all traffic on the Port, by making the default command “Drop” all connections. You can then allow specific IP addresses to access ports and resources on the server, like Port 3389 for RDP. Using IP source address 0.0.0.0/0 will allow all IPs to a specific port like 443 as shown below:

Cloud Hosting Control Panel

Wednesday, May 11th, 2011

FlareHosting’s Cloud Hosting offers an easy to use Cloud Control Panel.  You can build, start, stop, backup or delete cloud servers directly from the control panel. You can schedule and review nightly backups.

The Cloud Control Panel gives you intuitive control over every aspect of your cloud Server farm. When you first log in you are given an overall view of the resources used in your server farm.

Cloud Server Usage: The Control Panel has interactive CPU and bandwidth graphs for each virtual machine so you know and control how your servers are performing.

 

Free SmarterMail Pro 8 Mail Server

Monday, May 2nd, 2011

With out SmarterTools Partnership if you purchase any Windows Cloud Server, Windows Hyper-V Server (VPS) or Dedicated Server with Windows and you will receive the SmarterBundle Software Package ($800.00 Value) at no additional cost. The SmarterBundle includes:

  • SmarterMail Pro 8  – 250 Mailboxes ($299.00 Value)
  • SmarterStats Pro 6.x – 50 Sites($299.00 Value)
  • SmarterTrack Pro 6.x – 2 Agents($199.00 Value)

SmarterMail 8.0 delivers Exchange-level mail server features for a fraction of the cost. With lower hardware requirements, superior stability, and reduced maintenance costs and is the best-in-class Microsoft Exchange alternative for businesses.  It is easy to install and administer on your own VPS or Dedicated Server.

 

Cloud Server iPhone App

Sunday, May 1st, 2011

Our new Windows/Linux Cloud Hosting platform has an iPhone Server App that is available on the Apple App Store.  The iPhone application allows drilling down to the Cloud Server level you get into the details of your server you have the ability to turn the server off or on as well as reboot the server. You can also view CPU and Bandwidth utilization graphs, IP address allocation, and server backup details.