GridPane and IPv6
Introduction GridPane requires that your servers and website’s have an IPv4 address, but for those of you who want to add an IPv6 address for your websites as well, this article is for you. Table of Contents What is IPv6?…
Category DNS
Floating IP Addresses and GridPane
Table of Contents Introduction Floating IPs and Your GridPane Servers Use Cases IaaS Provider Guides Introduction A floating IP address is an additional IP address that you can attach to one of your servers in a particular data center. The…
Speeding Up DNS Propagation: Manually Clearing Out Cached Records
Table of Contents Introduction Understanding DNS Propagation Manually Clearing Cached DNS Records Introduction Nowadays, DNS is pretty quick to “go live” worldwide, usually taking minutes instead of the older “24-48” hours standard. Even GoDaddy, in my (thankfully) limited experience working…
Snapshot Failover™ and DNS Strategy
IMPORTANT While you technically can sync more than one source server to one failover server, we strongly recommend against this. If you do go this route, please ensure that source servers do NOT contain any of the same domains as…
DNS Management Strategy and CNAME Flattening
Table of Contents Introduction What is CNAME Flattening? How it Works CNAME Flattening + Floating IP Addresses Strategies in Practice Introduction As the hosting side of your business grows, having an effective DNS strategy can save you a great deal…
Setting DNS Records
Introduction DNS stands for Domain Name System. In a nutshell, it’s used to point a website domain towards the IP address of the server where it’s hosted. There are many different types of DNS records, but to use your website/s…