Engineering capabilities
- VPS and dedicated server sizing
- Storage-heavy workload placement
- Panel and OS image selection
- Backup target and off-site copy design
Cloud & Virtualization
Contabo
Budget-weighted VPS and dedicated hosting, used where large amounts of RAM and storage per unit cost matter more than a managed control plane.
Security & hardening
- Independent host firewall since provider tooling is minimal
- Key-based administrative access only
- Documented patch and monitoring baseline
Contabo hosting architecture
Cost-weighted capacity with hardening supplied by us: provider tooling is minimal, so firewalling, patching and monitoring are built on the host.
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Edge
- DNS
- Host firewall
- Fail2ban
Because provider-side firewalling is limited, the host firewall is the primary control.
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Compute
- VPS instances
- Dedicated servers
- Storage VPS
Storage-heavy roles such as backup targets and media sit here where cost per TB decides.
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Services
- Web / application stack
- Database
- Control panel
Panels are bound to the management interface, never published wholesale.
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Protection
- Scheduled backups
- Off-provider copy
- Monitoring agent
Monitoring and alerting are added explicitly; nothing is provided by default.
Frequently asked questions
Is cheap hosting safe for production?
It can be, provided you supply what the price excludes: firewalling, patching, monitoring, backups and a restore test. The risk is treating it like a managed platform.
What do you use Contabo for most?
Backup targets, staging environments and storage-heavy secondary roles, where capacity per unit cost outweighs a managed control plane.
Can workloads be moved off later?
Yes. Builds are kept reproducible from configuration so a move to another provider is a rebuild and cutover rather than a rescue.
Scope the work before you commit budget
Send the environment details and get an engineered proposal with assumptions, risks and a rollback path.