DNSSEC Implementation Guide

We recently added an easy-to-use implementation of DNSSEC in our UI.  The currently deployed version in our UI makes it nearly impossible to misconfigure.  Every time you make a change, it is queued for review by one of our NOC engineers to ensure that the requested actions will not impact any existing chain of trust. […]

Web Application and API Protection Quick-Start Guide

Total Uptime’s Web Application and API Protection (WAAP) is an extremely powerful tool to protect web applications at the edge of the Internet as opposed to right inside your datacenter. The WAF shields your network and applications from the ever increasing number of application-layer attacks and can also aid with compliance, like PCI, by helping […]

A Comprehensive Guide on Supported Protocols

The Total Uptime Cloud Platform supports a variety of different protocols for use with the Cloud Load Balancer, Web Application Firewall and other networking solutions. These protocols were created to support additional features and functionality, usually at Layer 7, way beyond the standard TCP and UDP protocols also offered. Before you add a port/protocol combination, […]

A comprehensive guide to using device weights in the load balancer

The device “weight” select menu shown at the far right of your server or device within a Server Group allows you to adjust how traffic is distributed by the load balancer when you have two or more devices in a configuration. In essence, the higher the number, the heavier the weight, and the more traffic […]

Setting up Single Sign-on (SSO) with Okta

Total Uptime now supports Single Sign-On (SSO) with Okta®. With SSO you can allow users to access the Total Uptime management panel using third-party accounts created with the Okta SSO IDP. In order to begin using this functionality, some basic configuration is required. This document outlines the steps required for implementation. In order or proceed […]

Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB)

What is it? And how can you implement it? SHORTCUT: If you just want to get to the part about configuring GSLB in the Total Uptime panel, skip to it here! Global Server Load Balancing (GSLB) or GEO Load Balancing is in hot demand, perhaps now more than ever before. Placing content as close as […]

Measuring Failure

If you are goal-oriented, you know how important it is to measure success. For network professionals, the goal is usually 99.999% availability (well, 100% in our world). But despite all the counsel we’ve heard about focusing on the positive, sometimes we need to take a closer look at what negative things may affect us. For […]

Modify an existing Access Control Group Entry

Method:              PUT URI:                      ALF/Firewall/AccessControl/{IPType}/{ACLID} This method will modify an existing Access Control Group Entry (allow/deny rule) within the specified Access Control Group ID specified. The {IPType} is either “IPv4” or “IPv6” The {ACLID} is the ID of the group […]

Create a new Access Control Group Entry

Method:              POST URI:                      ALF/Firewall/AccessControl/{IPType}/{ACLID} This method will create a new Access Control Group Entry (allow/deny rule) within the specified Access Control Group ID specified. The {IPType} is either “IPv4” or “IPv6” The {ACLID} is the ID of the group […]