From web hosting, domain names, various servers to SSL certificates. At Xitens you can find all kinds of online internet solutions. We only provide high-quality services and we also think about specific tailor-made solutions. Are you looking for a good VPS in the Netherlands? Then Xitens is happy to help you.
Wat is VPS hosting precies?
VPS stands for 'Virtual Private Server'. With VPS hosting, the main server is divided into small parts. As a customer you can use such a part of the main server. Just like the other customers at Xitens. However, your own part of the server is completely separate from the other parts. This means that you have full control over your server. For example, you can start, stop, disable or completely reinstall your server yourself. You can do all this with the SolusVM control panel. Points that are important when choosing a hosting party are, for example, to what extent backups can be made, how much disk space is available and how many e-mail accounts can be created. At Xitens these points are well covered and you can expand this as desired. We therefore have a range of different packages. Are you curious which package suits your needs? Check us out now aanbod.
VPS Operating Systems
When providing our online services, we attach great importance to user-friendliness. This also applies to the operating systems for our VPS. To make it as easy as possible for you, we have VPS templates that are pre-installed for you with a basic installation of Linux or Windows. We also offer user-friendly tools to manage your website such as WordPress, Joomla, Drupal, AbanteCart or PrestaShop.
VPS Hosting Packages
At Xitens we offer various VPS hosting packages On. The VPure SSD X1, the VPure SSD X4 and the VPure SSD X6. The differences in these packages can be seen, for example, in the amount of memory, disk space or data traffic. An important advantage of our VPS Hosting is that you have full management of your server with us.
SSL Certificates
In addition to offering excellent VPS hosting in the Netherlands, we also supply SSL certificates, for example. SSL also stands for the Secure Sockets Layer protocol. This protocol also serves to secure websites and transactions on the Internet. The protocol uses the created certificates, as it were, to secure the sent data and guarantee the identity of the owner. The Personal Data Protection Act requires online stores to handle personal data of visitors carefully and securely. That is why we strongly recommend that you purchase the SSL certificate. Visitors to a website can recognize a website with an SSL certificate by the fact that it has 'https' at the beginning of the URL instead of just 'http'. In addition, on websites with certain certificates you will see a green padlock in front of the URL with 'secure'. At Xitens you can choose from two types of SSL certificates. Interested? Check out the different ones options that we offer.
VPS security: 4 pieces of advice to make your hosting more secure
Research shows that tens of thousands of sites worldwide fall victim to a hack every day. This group also includes websites with Linux VPS hosting. Fortunately, there are a number of measures you can take to better secure your own VPS and prevent the above scenario. Follow these 4 pieces of advice to make your hosting even more secure:
Only use necessary services
Your VPS server contains various services, modules and packages. These are not always actually used by you. In that case, disable them, because each service represents an additional vulnerability that may give malicious parties surreptitious access to your server. For example, close open network ports and stop services such as http, IMAP or POP3 (only if you are not using them). In addition, uninstall the modules and packages that you do not need and focus mainly on outdated software. This way you reduce the workload for your server and the chance of bugs.
Keep your software up to date
We already mentioned it above: outdated software is an extra major risk factor the security of your VPS. Hackers are constantly finding new ways to discover vulnerabilities in software. The longer you wait before updating to a new version, the greater the chance that an old software version will be cracked. Therefore, keep your software up to date and update it with security patches as soon as possible. Consider, for example, VPS components such as Java and Open SSL Library.
Increase SSH security
As with your security patches, it is also recommended that you install the latest version of SSH. It is also important to change the default port to a different port number, which will lead to a dead end for hackers who use an automated port scanner. After following our first tip, you now know how to adjust or close open network ports. You can change the SSH server port in sshd_config – there are several good tutorials about this online.
Use strong passwords
It may surprise you, but in practice it appears that many website hacks still result from the use of easy-to-crack passwords. Therefore, pay attention to creating a strong password and use both upper and lower case letters, numbers and symbols to maximize complexity. In addition, it is important to change the password regularly. Success!