I often get asked if DigitalOcean also offers a managed hosting service. More and more people notice the major cloud providers like DigitalOcean and see their cheap pricing. So they wonder if they could move their website from expensive hosting companies to DigitalOcean. The short answer is: No they don’t offer managed hosting. But read…
People often get confused about DigitalOcean firewall features. Of course like on any VPS host you can install a software firewall like iptables on your Linux VPS. But DigitalOcean also offers an additional network firewall. What’s the difference between both types? Host vs Network Firewall Most Linux systems use a host based firewall which relies…
DigitalOcean is a well-known service provider for cloud services. According to Netcraft they are the third largest hosting company in the world. They mainly operate as an Infrastructure as a Service (IaaS) platform. This means you can use the DigitalOcean cloud for a wide range of projects. On the one hand you can simply host…
