Enabling DUO with Total Uptime

If you’re enabling two-factor / 2FA in the Total Uptime management panel and you want to use DUO because you already use DUO elsewhere in your organization, these additional bits of information may be helpful in completing the configuration. The Total Uptime panel requires you to enter an Integration Key, Secret Key and Host Address […]

Can you host a .gov domain?

Yes! Total Uptime does provide secure DNS hosting for Federal, State, Municipal and other Government agencies. We fully support the .gov TLD (top level domain) and offer DNSSEC and 2FA security to meet government security requirements with ease. To learn more about our service, you can visit our Government DNS Service page where you will […]

Do you support DNSSEC?

Yes, Total Uptime Cloud DNS fully supports Domain Name Security Extensions (DNSSEC). You can find the full details on DNSSEC Implementation here. What is DNSSEC? DNSSEC (Domain Name Security Extensions) is an enhancement to standard DNS which has been around for a long time. It enhances DNS by creating a secure chain of trust and […]

Cloud Platform Release v21.3.0

Our development team spent the last several weeks working hard to knock out a number of annoying bugs and enhancing features. This is a fairly significant platform update that also improves platform reliability and stability too. We think you’ll like what you see! New Rate Limiting Feature: We added a highly sought-after feature to ADC-as-a-Service […]

How Does DNS Failover Work?

Total Uptime’s DNS Failover automation is a powerful way of increasing availability for any type of web-based service or application that is accessible via multiple IP addresses. Some examples include: An application behind two or more different ISP links Two or more servers at the same or different sites Two or more cloud or hosting […]

Notable Cloud Outages of 2020

Periodically we talk to someone who says something along the lines of: “we don’t need Total Uptime since we moved to the cloud.” A most interesting statement that is simply the result of someone misinformed about the benefits and capabilities of cloud. Does the cloud provide incredible flexibility? Yes! Does it let you provision services […]

Cloud Platform Release v20.12.0

Between November 25th and and December 29th platform updates are placed on hold in order to minimize any impact to customers who rely on the holiday season for a significant portion of their revenue. So November and the vast majority of December didn’t see any significant changes released. But we were still working hard behind-the-scenes […]

Cloud Platform Release v20.10.0

In this release we addressed a number of pesky bugs and made a number of back-end improvements to ensure reliability. Below is a list of some of the more significant changes. Force Zone Transfer Button: Inside of secondary zones is a button to “Force Zone Transfer” that has been there for a number of years. […]

Total Uptime Successfully Completes 4th Consecutive SOC2 Type 2

Attestation confirms the company’s commitment to unprecedented availability ASHEVILLE, NC – June 12, 2020 – Total Uptime® announced today that it successfully completed its fourth consecutive SOC 2 Type 2 attestation highlighting the company’s continued commitment to security, availability and confidentiality. The certification further validates the resiliency and operational excellence of Total Uptime’s global cloud […]

Cloud Platform Release v20.5.0

Our awesome development team has been stuck at home for the last several weeks due to COVID-19 and have worked very hard to add a lot of new functionality and address a few bugs. Below you’ll find a summary of the most important updates included in this version: GEO Weighting: We released a long awaited […]