SmartServ Hosting

Re: A big package for a small price. ~support has been great too.

2010-08-24T13:30:33Z

I been so happy with smart-serv.net that I donated some money to the Freebsd foundation. I've been using freebsd for a long time now and enjoy not wiping out my hard drive anymore from silly mistakes. I've been able to run phpbb(bullenboard), elgg(social network), unrealircd, simpleid(open-id), and recently Plone a CMS; but not fully yet.

Without smart-serv.net none of this could have been affordable or possible.

Thanks smart-serv.net

PS: Unix commands can wipe out your webspace so handle rm -r ../ somefile (missed a space) with care.
and back-up

Re: Domain Record cloning

2010-08-22T20:16:49Z

I explained the idea to Jeremy in the IRC channel but I am posting it here as an idea.

Basically what I want to be able to do is to sync or clone the records from one domain to another provided only the .com/.net/.whatever at the very end is different. I want to make sure that there is an option where you can choose to clone or not clone the record(s) and also that they would be sent to the httpd if there is a site hosted with Smart Serv.

Re: My experience with .CO domains.

2010-08-10T14:04:38Z

Hello
Not many people to talk to about this so I thought to write it down somewhere.

On May 17th I prepaid for a .co domain name. Just before I paid for it I notice that it not all that easy and I would have to wait untill July 20th. Well I went ahead and paid for it early knowing I might not be the only one wanting this domain name community.co but it was available at the time.

To my relief a aution never happened because that what would have been the next step. However this domain name never became unavailable on July 20th. So I'm now just sitting and waiting to see if someone is going to offer my money back $45 from sibername so I can argue about this a bit.
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Any idea's about getting this domain name?

Re: Outage - August 9th, 2010

2010-08-10T05:18:40Z

It appears a power outage occured affecting web1 and our toll free. We are currently investigating the exact cause and will post more information when we have it.

Thank you for choosing SmartServ Hosting for all your hosting needs.

Re: Outage - July 23, 2010; Upcoming maintenance

2010-07-26T07:31:51Z

Around 12AM MST, Friday July 23 web1 experience an unexpected outage resulting in partial service interruption. The cause of the outage is under investigation and a solution for future will be implemented when the cause is revealed.

We are going to schedule a maintenance window this Monday (July 26, 2010) to patch the kernel for a recent vulnerability, the reboot should last no longer than a few moments. The window is scheduled for 12AM to 2AM MST. We apologize for any inconvenience.

- SmartServ Hosting

Re: VPS Hosting

2010-07-08T15:52:14Z

We are proud to announce the introduction of VPS Hosting here at SmartServ Hosting. As demand increases for more diverse solutions VPS's have become a popular solution for keep costs down. We are offering this service to new and current customers.

Existing customers may purchase a VPS as an addition to their account, or migrate from one of our current services. Customers may request a VPS currently by submitting a ticket indicating the following information: Package, Hostname, Swap Size (default 512 MB), and Operating System. Existing customers MUST have an up to date account or their request for a VPS will be declined.

If you have further questions, you can contact our experienced sales representatives by phone: 1-866-702-2904, email: sales@smart-serv.net or even right here on the forum!

Currently the only available location is Paris, France. We do plan to offer more locations in the future.

Re: BOO!

2010-07-08T01:50:51Z

OK, so that was lame. As it always is.

Here's something just as lame: The Padres lose 9-6 in 18 innings as Josh Wilson gives up a 3-run HR to Mark Reynolds in the top of the 18th.

Yes. Josh Wilson. A shortstop.

Way to run out of pitchers, Bud Black.

Re: New loopback feature bug

2010-06-20T20:06:18Z

After enabling the new loopback feature under settings in SmartPanel, I noticed my reverse DNS had been changed back to a smart-serv.net address. Then when attempting to change it back to an eclipseirc.com address it changed back again. (Either that or javascript flaked out in the ajax popup).

My RDNS is now successfully changed back though I'm not sure why it defaulted in the first place. It could have been the enabling of loopback or it could have been something else over the past couple of days that I didn't notice.

Jer has been notified to it but I'm posting it to serve as a reminder/official bug report.

Happy hosting

Re: [BETA] Individual loopback addresses!

2010-06-17T03:44:39Z

We are proud to announce a new feature in beta state, shell customers can now take advantage of the loopback interface using their own loopback ip address. There are a few benefits to this including linking services across the loopback interface limiting public access.

This is provided as an opt-in service, so you need to enable the feature if you would like to use it. To enable this you may log into SmartPanel, the Settings icon is now clickable and this is where you will find the enable/disable for Loopback Address, after enabling for the first time when you visit the Settings screen again it will display your assigned loopback address.

Re: New Email SSL Certs Installed

2010-06-01T03:13:30Z

Starting on Friday, 5/28/10, if you use SSL for your email, you may have noticed that it was prompting you that our SSL Certificate had expired.

Well tonight (05/31/10) we installed a new set of certs, with our signing Certificate Authority changing to CACert (http://www.cacert.org), from a previous self-signed certificate. This allows you to know that the identity of the domain has been confirmed by a higher authority, and that someone isn't hijacking your SSL session.

Going forward, we will continue to use CACert for our email, and GoDaddy for SmartPanel.

If you have any devices (i.e. smartphones), that need the CA Cert to verify the server cert, please grab the CACert Root CA Certificates from here: https://www.cacert.org/index.php?id=3

If you have any questions about this, please feel free to contact us.

Thank you for choosing SmartServ Hosting!

Re: IRQd server

2010-05-05T13:38:15Z

Spending a day trying to connect to my ircd. This is my second day at it. I asked smart-serv.net for info on how to use it, and they basically said its none of their business.

And I have an an account, so much for support on that.

Re: How do I set up a sub-domain in my home directory.

2010-04-30T19:17:25Z

I want to run a sub-domain and I already set it up on the cpanel. In the past (last week) when adding a domain I had to create the folder in my domain directory and make sure the dns was setup.

Re: mod_python3

2010-04-30T05:12:21Z

I was wondering if mod_python3 is available at smart-serv.net or could you point to an equivalent.

Re: Installing phpbb3 on a shared server.

2010-04-26T16:02:14Z

Hello

As I'm Installing phpbb3 I have come across some trouble. Here is my screen

__________________I'll check back regularly.

Re: One of the best experiences

2010-04-23T01:31:01Z

I've had my fair share of shell providers in the past, and Smart-serv has really been one of the best. Any downtime is very rare, and always explained if anything will happen. Also, the account activation and set up was painless and happened very quickly.

The part that really sets them apart for me, is how if you go and ask a question to the staff members via the fourm or chat room, you are given a correct and fast answer with out being tormented with a "you are stupid" tone that usually happens elsewhere.

I plan on being a customer here for a long time to come. The staff really makes the difference.

If you are looking for a place to host your website, or irc or shell account, this is the place.