What you think about Germany based VPS Contabo ? I’m just exploring good VPS solutions and their prices looks unbeatable if we consider feedback they have. 4 vCores, 8 GB RAM & 200 GB SSD for just €4.99 Do any of you used the service, if so was there big issues?

I am a Contabo customer for the last 3 years. I personally have 2 VPSs from them where I host numerous personal projects and a discourse forum and I administer another one, for the company I work at. As of now we had almost no downtime (for 3 VPS we had 3 scheduled maintenances that required downti…

Hello @danb35 I just get an Contabo VPS. My need is only so far to install Discourse. Is there any recommendation to follow to install discourse in addition to the standard installation guide: discourse/docs/INSTALL-cloud.md at main · discourse/discourse · GitHub Port to open like 443 port ? Or it…

Bearing in mind that my post is two years old, I didn’t have to do anything special. Unlike some of the big providers like Amazon AWS and Oracle, Contabo doesn’t implement a firewall for you, so you don’t need to take any particular action to open ports or anything else.

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danb35 (Dan) February 11, 2021, 9:42pm 3

I’ve been using them for a few years, including for two Discourse instances, and have been pleased. They don’t spin up a VPS as quickly as DO, but that’s never been a problem for me.

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