iWeb Communities: Blog

To improve the quality of our services, we always try to find solutions to improve stability and performance in our systems.

For several weeks, our IT team has been working on the Panelbox Platform, the infrastructure that provides iWeb’s shared hosting services.

Since the last series of maintenance performed on these systems, we have implemented several significant improvements. These improvements have been made in consideration of the feedback you have provided us. (more…)

The purpose of this example is to demonstrate how to use a single installation of WordPress on a server and run multiple websites or WordPress blogs with different domain names. (more…)

Last week, Skander Srasra and I were in Rust, at the Europa-Park Center, in south-eastern Germany, to attend WorldHostingDays. This international event claims to be the largest web hosting event in the world and after having attended, I have no trouble believing that this is the case. (more…)

iWeb promised to continually improve the Smart Server by regularly adding new features and functionalities. A new one just appeared in the Control Center: R1Soft Backups.

You will now be able to backup and restore your Smart Servers’ data and configurations (including MySQL databases) in a few clicks with R1Soft’s easy-to-use web based user interface. Easy activation and management is accessible right from the Control Center. Various available packages offer up to 500GB server backup storage. (more…)

Two new SCSI RAID configurations based on the Dual Xeon Quad “Harpertown” CPUs have been released in our Classic line of servers. (more…)

BIND has announced a vulnerability that can result in a denial of service (server crash) caused by receipt of a specific remote dynamic update message.

Please be aware that this vulnerability will affect all servers that have  Bind 9.7.1 or 9.7.2  installed.  Parallels Plesk Panel 9.5 for windows and Parallels Plesk Panel 10 for windows ships with this version of bind and these servers should be upgraded to Bind 9.7.3 immediately. (more…)

We recently introduced new Smart Servers equipped with Intel Core i CPUs.

Smart Servers are now available in several configurations that use the Intel Core i3, i5, and i7, starting at just $ 109 per month.

Here are some of the configurations available: (more…)

A new section has been unveiled on the iWeb website. Classic Dedicated Servers optimized for Windows have now taken their rightful place in our product portfolio.

Why choose a Windows Server? Because they are reliable, flexible and specially designed for the Web. These servers were designed to be used with one of four editions of Windows Server 2008 R2.
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Good news for Smart Servers owners! As promised when we launched the Smart Server, it is designed to evolve constantly and continues to become increasingly intelligent.

Here is the first in a series of new features that you can instantly benefit from: the automated reinstall of your operating system. (more…)

In our effort to offer you customized products, iWeb has launched Virtualization Ready Servers, a new line of Classic dedicated servers configured specifically for applications that require virtualization tools. (more…)

The new promos for February and March have been officially launched. This month we are featuring Virtualization, Ready-to-go Servers and Smart Servers with cPanel. There are a lot of great offers, now is the time to get on board. (more…)

Netcraft, a firm which measures reliability, uptime and network performance, has ranked iWeb.com as one of the most reliable web hosting company sites in January 2011. The reliability performance is monitored every 15 minutes, from several reference points. Netcraft’s measurements will allow you to evaluate reliability of data transfer. Second this month, on list, iWeb has regularly appeared in the top ten over the last year. (more…)

An upgrade to the Jinn and Lumiva email infrastructure is currently in progress.

Jinn and Lumiva are the servers that host email services for our shared hosting service. Clients who obtained hosting services on a Panelbox server within the past two years will not be affected by this upgrade.

Here are the steps that will be taken. (more…)

So you have decided to get your first Windows based dedicated server and you want to know how to setup your first website? You have come to the right place.

One of the things that is helpful about Windows is the user interface but with all the options, checkboxes and features you need a clear understanding of what needs to happen to configure IIS to successfully.

This article will rescue you from countless hours searching the web for answers, when you are not even sure what questions to ask. (more…)

A few months ago we launched our new line of servers that combine the flexibility of the Cloud with the robustness of the Dedicated: the Smart Servers.

We are pleased to introduce Gabriel Barbeito, our first client to opt for a Smart server and share his first impressions with you. (more…)

For several years iWeb has offered Parallels’ Plesk Panel as an excellent, optional, control panel.

Parallels has just released its latest version, Plesk 10 which will be supported on iweb servers shortly. Some users attempting to upgrade from previous Plesk versions to this latest version on their own have experienced some difficulties. (more…)

iWeb has successfully been granted Statement on Auditing Standards No. 70 (SAS 70) Type II Certification for its iWeb-CO co-location hosting services data center located in Montreal.

The SAS 70 standard is a widely recognized auditing standard that confirms, after an audit from a independent, external firm, that the company has control procedures and that they are adequately implemented. (more…)

cPanel’s security team has detected a critical exploit on the Exim MTA (Mail Transfer Agent) used on cPanel & WHT. The exploit could potentially allow an attacker to obtain root privileges remotely.

All cPanel Servers using the default Exim configuration are vulnerable. In order to update Exim with a fix please execute the command : /scripts/eximup.

You will find additional details in the communication sent by cPanel (more…)

This article was written by one of our guest bloggers, Charles Lacroix.

A few years ago, when I bought my first laptop, accessing a wireless network was brand new. Nobody secured their networks and “wardriving” was popular in my circle of friends. I even purposely left my wifi open so I could see if my neighbours decided to use my connection. (more…)

Today iWeb redefines dedicated servers with what is considered its biggest product innovation to date. This new product launch marks the first milestone of the company’s transformation into an innovative provider of automated on-demand server hosting services.

Dedicated Servers with a Touch of Cloud

Smart Servers are iWeb’s latest and smartest line of servers, bringing you an enhanced dedicated server experience. Powered by Smart Layer, our new provisioning technology, Smart Servers offer flexibility and autonomy in the way you manage your servers and bring most of the benefits of cloud computing to dedicated servers without its disadvantages.

Deployed in less than 2 hours and featuring a permanent remote console (KVM/IP), Gigabit blazing-fast local network connectivity and trouble-free migrations, Smart Server joins iWeb’s line of dedicated hosting products built to please web application and software developers in need of both server hosting flexibility and server hosting power. (more…)

Want to know more about Smart Layer and Smart Servers?

Your new Smart Server is powered by Smart Layer, a new server provisioning technology developed by iWeb. To know more about Smart Layer, we invite you to read the complete Smart Layer update thread on our forums.

Smart Layer

This is the first stable release (1.0) of iWeb’s new Dedicated Server provisioning platform called Smart Layer. Smart Layer is a software that enables datacenter automation & virtualization. The first version of Smart Layer is the result of a tremendous development effort by a product team that grew from 3 to 26 between April 2009 and October 2010. It is at the heart of iWeb’s future growth strategy and embraced by the whole iWeb team of 200 at this time. Smart Layer is an ongoing effort and many new features are planned for the future. (more…)

This is the first public release (version 1.0) of iWeb’s new Control Center that allows customer to manage Smart Servers (dedicated servers deployed using iWeb’s latest server provisioning technology called Smart Layer).

What is the Control Center?

Control Center allows you to manage all aspects of your new Smart Server. Once logged in, you will find easy access to your list of active Smart Servers. Simply click on the server you want to manage to access its Server Administration, Hardware and Network options. New features will be added frequently, you can read our Control Center update thread for all the details. (more…)

Last friday a security vulnerability affecting 64-bit Linux operating systems has been identified (see: http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-3081 and http://bugzilla.redhat.com/show_bug.cgi?id=CVE-2010-3301).

This vulnerability is potentially very harmful because it allows an ill-disposed hacker to take over a web server and give him full root access thanks to a backdoor. (more…)

If you get a new dedicated server, it’s very likely that you’d use it as a web server, or alternatively as a database server or file (assets) server. These represents the vast majority of cases.

From time to time though, we do see people using a server in very original ways, sometimes with bewilderment, sometimes with a blank stare, but most of the times amazed at the creativity. As a fun exercise, I’ve made a (short) list of creative ways on using a server. A few of them are useful and you could probably and run them on your machine, although my guess is that they’ll stay as as exceptions.  (more…)

iWeb has recently been voted one of the most popular web hosting companies by webhosting industry specialized website, Dedicated Server Directory

Part of the Serchen Network, this site lists all the webhosting companies in Canada and the United States. Every month it ranks the 25 most popular companies listed on their directory. (more…)