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How do I connect to my Windows virtual machine via Remote Desktop?
Last Updated: May 5, 2026WebHostsOnline Self-Managed Virtual Private Servers using Windows Server can be accessed using Remote Desktop. Remote Desktop is available as standard with Windows operating systems. To connect from a Windows machine to a VPS using a Windows Server install: From this point, you can manage the VPS with full Administrator privileges.
How set up Mastodon on a Self-Managed VPS
Last Updated: March 25, 2026Mastodon is an open-source social network. Users can create their own servers and operate a microblogging service based around a timeline, similar to Twitter. These servers are often called ‘instances’. It benefits from being ad-free and wholly managed and moderated by its users: it’s decentralised. So we’ve created this guide on how set up a...
How do I connect to an Unmanaged VPS using SSH?
Last Updated: March 25, 2026Unmanaged Virtual Private Servers from WebHostsOnline are pre-configured to be accessible using SSH. To connect to your VPS via SSH you’ll need to make sure you have an SSH client available in order to connect – If you’re running Mac OS or Linux you should be able to utilise your terminal application to connect. If you’re running Windows we’d...
How do I install and enable Apache and PHP modules on my cPanel VPS?
Last Updated: March 25, 2026By default, cPanel/WHM is bundled with EasyApache. EasyApache is a useful piece of software that allows you to reconfigure Apache and PHP. For example, you may want to install a particular PHP module, that isn’t enabled by default. EasyApache provides an easy GUI-based method to do so. To use EasyApache, you will first need to log in to...
Does your hosting support Django?
Last Updated: March 25, 2026Django is a popular open-source high-level Python web framework that provides tools and structure for building web applications. Django isn’t currently supported on the shared hosting platform, or on our Managed Cloud Server platform. If Django is a requirement, we recommend purchasing an Unmanaged VPS to facilitate the Django framework.
How do I raise an additional IP address on my CentOS virtual machine?
Last Updated: March 25, 2026You can buy additional IPs for your WebHostsOnline virtual machine. You must raise the IP address on the virtual machine for it to begin working. To begin, connect to the VPS using SSH. After connecting via SSH, you will need to head to the network-scripts directory by using the following command: cd /etc/sysconfig/network-scripts/ You’ll then need to use...
How do I add an additional IP address to my virtual machine?
Last Updated: March 25, 2026Self-Managed Virtual private servers from WebHostsOnlineare configured for use with one IP address by default. Additional IP addresses can however be bought via the VPS dashboard. To buy additional IP addresses for a virtual machine: After ordering the additional IP, you’ll need to configure it as a secondary IP address by following the steps required for the specific operating...
What version of Windows do you run on the Windows servers?
Last Updated: March 25, 2026Our Windows servers run using Windows 2016 R. Each Dell web server has an Intel Xeon E5-core processor with hyper-threading. This gives 16 logical cores per machine. These have access to plenty of fast memory resources: 50 GB 3200 MHz DDR4 RAM.
Does your Windows hosting support .NET Core?
Last Updated: March 25, 2026Windows hosting doesn’t support the .NET Core framework. However, if you would like to run a .NET Core application you can use one of our Managed Hosting – on a virtual private server – which come with one-click installs for .NET Core.
How do I connect to my Windows virtual machine via Remote Desktop?
Last Updated: March 25, 2026WebHostsOnline Self-Managed Virtual Private Servers using Windows Server can be accessed using Remote Desktop. Remote Desktop is available as standard with Windows operating systems. o connect from a Windows machine to a VPS using a Windows Server install: From this point, you can manage the VPS with full Administrator privileges.
