Today we released version 3.12 of our Cloud Availability Platform. Yes, it is true that version 3.11 never made it to production, so don’t worry about the minor version jump. It is intentional. This update includes a few bug fixes, new features and enhancements as well as back-end improvements that we’ve been working on for […]
Yes, absolutely. There are no issues using their SSL certificates on our platform for Load Balancing or the Web Application Firewall. In fact, we already have the Let’s Encrypt Authority Intermediate certificate loaded into our repository and ready for your use. You can upload certificates manually through our UI, or you can automate/script the entire […]
Today we released a significant update to our cloud platform which includes numerous improvements to our user interface and API. This first 2016 release includes a number of new features as well as enhancements that will provide better UI feedback and responsiveness we know will make it simpler and easier for customers to deploy advanced […]
There are a few steps involved to successfully export SSL certificates from Microsoft IIS. Essentially, it needs to be exported, run through openssl to separate the key from the cert and split into two files. The two files can then be loaded into the interface. If you already have a key and cert file because […]
This release focused heavily on back-end improvements, although some minor UI enhancements were also included. Below is an overview. Back-end Infrastructure Upgrades: Enhanced monitoring: Prior to this upgrade, our remote monitoring nodes would report the status of a device once every 60 seconds, but this would occasionally create unnecessary delays. For example, if a device was […]
This is a question we receive often from customers wishing to migrate to the Total Uptime DNS platform. The simple answer is that DNS can easily be migrated without any downtime. But we understand that you probably want a little more information on exactly how we accomplish this, so we’re happy to oblige. First, you’ll want […]
MONITORS OVERVIEW The Cloud Networking system supports a very large subset of monitors from something as simple as a ping to something more complex as a DNS record lookup or even an HTTP Post that looks for specific content on the return. Configuring the correct monitor is essential to properly detecting outages for devices. Below […]
DNS domains (called “zones”) can be moved from any platform to Total Uptime’s DNS platform easily and without impact to end users. In this article, we will outline the steps required to ensure a smooth, zero-impact migration. There are 4 simple steps… Here are the steps required to migrate zones from your current DNS provider/infrastructure to ours. […]
As a DNS service provider, we frequently receive requests from customers who need assistance with understanding and creating SPF records. This short article outlines a few helpful steps that will hopefully make life easier for some. First, what is an SPF record anyway? Well, Wikipedia sums it up nicely: SPF (Sender Policy Framework) is an email […]
Version 3.3 of our Cloud Platform was released on September 22. While many months have flown by, we’ve packed this one full of several new features that many have been waiting for, as well as fixes to all of the known bugs up until September 15th. Here are the new features we’ve included in this […]