VPS
Where are the managed IP-anycast VPS service providers?
VPS service providers have data centers located all over the world. You need managed anycast IP-addresses to direct users to the nearest VPS location.
VPS
Networking
Scaleway seems too good to be true
The French VPS provider Scaleway doesn’t deliver promised features like IPv6, reverse DNS, or Linux distribution availability.
VPS
Moved to Hetzner VPS: Shorter legal docs as a competitive advantage
Linode required me to agree to updated Terms of Service with not enough time to review them. Hetzner’s full contract was shorter than Linode’s preamble.
Linux
Linode and Vultr no longer disables SELinux in Fedora Server
Two popular VPS providers, Linode and Vultr, no longer modify their Fedora Linux distributions to disable the SELinux security feature by default.
DNS
Linode DNS Manager pitfall: No TXT record normalization
Be wary when entering DNS TXT records in the Linode DNS Manager. The web interface doesn’t properly normalize user input.
Backup
Restore from a Linode Backup
Learn how to restore your Linode servers from backup using the Linode Manager.
Review
Review of Linode VPS – 2 GB RAM plan for $10/month
I’ve migrated from DigitalOcean to Linode. I was surprised to learn it used a Unified Linux Kernel (with no SELinux support) instead of the upstream kernel.
VPS
Diving into DigitalOcean
I’ve migrated all my websites to DigitalOcean and saved 85 % on hosting compared to my previous VPS provider.