Can I bring my own IPs / can you announce my subnets?

The answer is yes! Periodically we’re asked if customers can announce their own IP space / subnets on our platform. The answer is yes. We will need an LOA (Letter of Authorization) for your IP space, and it will need to be registered with any of the RIRs (Regional Internet Registries) like ARIN, RIPE, etc. […]

Anycast Hosting Made Easy

Total Uptime can make any device hosted in any cloud or data center anywhere anycast enabled in minutes! Even though we don’t offer infrastructure (servers, virtual machines etc.) directly, we give you the power to build the anycast hosting environment you want. Our ADC-as-a-Service plans each come with a dedicated IPv4 and IPv6 address (virtual […]

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 […]

Cloud Platform Release v19.8.0

Today we’re excited to announce a minor release v19.8.0 which includes minor bug fixes and enhancements. Here is a quick rundown of the release notes. Password Expiration: We added a new feature visible in the company dialog to enable a company-wide setting to limit password age. By default this value is blank, which prevents password […]

Creating an Active-Active VPN Tunnel with BGP in AWS

In this article we will outline the steps required to create an active-active VPN tunnel with BGP dynamic routing between Amazon Web Services (AWS) and the Total Uptime Cloud Platform. By default, Total Uptime requires your devices (servers) to have internet-routable IPv4 or IPv6 addresses so we can direct traffic to them. By creating VPN […]

Creating an Active-Active VPN Tunnel with BGP in Azure

In this article we will outline the steps required to create an active-active VPN tunnel with BGP dynamic routing between Microsoft Azure and the Total Uptime Cloud Platform. By default, Total Uptime requires your devices (servers) to have internet-routable IPv4 or IPv6 addresses so we can direct traffic to them. By creating VPN tunnels between […]

Is Multicloud Networking just for connecting from TUT to my servers?

No, Multicloud Networking can be used for many different purposes. Here are the two most common: It can be used with the WAAP or Load Balancer to allow you to send traffic to devices using private, non-routable RFC1918 address space. Often this is desired if you are short on public IPv4 address space, or if […]

How to create an SPF record

What is SPF? Sender Policy Framework (SPF) is a protocol designed to help combat forged email. It allows the owner of a domain to specify which hosts are authorized to send email from that domain. Full details can be found in RFC 7208. How does SPF work? Domain owners publish SPF records in the Domain […]

Cloud Platform Release v19.1.0

Today we released a significant update, and our first release for 2019. This version is packed full of bug fixes, improvements and exciting new features in addition to data center upgrades and other back-end improvements. The most notable improvement with this release is a significant back-end upgrade. After a few years of reliable operation from […]

Supported Load Balancing Algorithms / Methods

There are numerous load balancing algorithms employed by the Total Uptime Cloud Platform to determine which service to select for the redirection of client requests.  Getting to know more about each will help in choosing the best method for your load balancing needs. Where to find the setting in the panel Methods Least Connection When […]