This guide explains how to transfer an Infomaniak product from one Organization to another.

Preamble

• You can move almost all products subscribed with Infomaniak to a different Infomaniak Manager interface than the one on which the product is currently located; this is therefore an internal transfer.
• If your user has access to several Organizations it is even easier to send to one of them the product of your choice.
• This operation does not cause any interruption.
• The users currently having access to the selected products will not be transferred (and therefore may no longer have access to the products).
• The invoices for the selected products will not be transferred.
• kSuite cannot be transferred.

Generate a transfer link

Prerequisites

• Be Administrator or Legal Representative‍ within the Organization.

To transfer a product:

1. Click here to access product transfer management on the Manager Infomaniak (need help?).
2. Click on the Transfer products button:
   
3. Check the product(s) to be moved.
4. Read and accept the general terms.
5. Click on the Transfer button.

The transfer has started. Now, you have a choice:

1. Copy the transfer link.
2. Send it to the email address of your choice.
3. Complete the transfer by selecting one of the Organizations to which your user is attached, and the selected product will be transferred there:
   

Alternative method

In the case of a one-time transfer, you can also go directly to the dashboard of the product in question and click on Manage (example in the image below). However, since this menu is not always present, it is better to prioritize the first method above, which also allows for batch transfer:

Refer to this other guide regarding Jelastic Cloud.

Receive the product

Once a transfer has started:

1. Click here to access the Organization that must receive the product(s) (the user must have administrative rights).
2. Run the link obtained in the first step above.
3. If necessary, select the destination Organization using the drop-down menu.
4. Read and accept the General Terms.
5. Click on the button Receive the product (if the button is not clickable, make sure you have selected the Organization).

Find an ongoing transfer at any time from the bottom icon on the left sidebar of the Manager Infomaniak:

This guide allows you to quickly use the essential functions of your new Cloud Server.

Install an application

• Create a WordPress website
• Install a Web application (ownCloud, Joomla, Typo3, Drupal, phpBB, Simple Machines Forum, Magento, Prestashop, …)
• Install applications/technologies on Cloud Server (Fast Installer)

Configure the server

• Manage your MySQL databases
• Manage MySQL limits
• Manage your FTP accounts/users
• Manage and publish files on your hosting via FTP
• Modify the resources and configuration

Manage the sites and domains

If your domain name is not managed by Infomaniak or if your hosting is not managed under the same user account as your domain name, refer to this other guide to configure the DNS or records to link the domain name to your hosting. Also:

• Transfer a shared web hosting to a Cloud Server
• Add a site or subdomain to your hosting (multisite)
• Preview your site even if your domain name is not yet pointing to Infomaniak's servers

This guide explains how to order a Web Hosting at Infomaniak.

Order new Infomaniak Web Hosting

To order a first web hosting:

1. If necessary, create a user account.
2. Click here to access the Infomaniak Manager.
3. Click on Hosting (Web & Domain universe):
   
4. Once on the Shop, enter the domain name of your hosting and click on Search (even if you already manage it with another registrar).
5. Two scenarios are then possible:
   1. You do not yet own the domain name: click the Next button.
   2. You own and manage your domain names with another registrar: click on the action menu ⋮ to Order hosting only.
6. Choose the hosting that suits you.
7. Click on Next.
8. Complete the order.

You are already a customer and you already have hosting

To order additional hosting:

1. Click here to access your product management on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click on the supermarket cart icon:
   
   

This guide explains how to modify the automatic backup configuration for Infomaniak Web Applications (Joomla, Drupal, Typo3, PrestaShop, ownCloud, etc.) included in the paid Web Hosting offers.

Preamble

• This does not apply to WordPress, which can be backed up and then restored via:
  • the automatic backup of hosting,
  • extensions allowing you to manually back up everything, including an easy reinstallation file.

Set up backups

To manage the backups of the Apps:

1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the relevant product:
   
3. Click on the action menu ⋮ located to the right of the relevant Web Application.
4. Click on Settings for the application:
   
5. Click on Edit to the right of the Application:
   
6. Under the Configuration tab, click the box to access advanced configuration:
   
7. Choose the desired update and backup modes:
   • 7 recent backups are kept, as well as those from 15 and 30 days ago.
8. Save the changes using the button at the bottom right.

Learn more

• Install or uninstall a Web Application
• Change the domain name associated with the Web Application
• Restore a Web Application

This guide explains how to launch a content analysis of a Web Hosting to detect and clean files containing viruses and other malicious scripts that could threaten the security of websites.

Start an antivirus scan of the sites

To analyze potentially infected content:

1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the relevant product.
3. Click on Security in the left sidebar.
4. Click on Antivirus in the left sidebar.
5. Click the blue button Analyze:
   
6. Select the site(s) to analyze.
7. Click on the blue button Start the analysis.

Also consider the vulnerability detection tool to monitor potential vulnerabilities that are automatically fixed on your websites.

This guide explains how to allow certain incoming and/or outgoing ports in the firewall of a Web hosting or a Cloud Server.

Preamble

• On a shared Web hosting, it is only possible to open ports for outgoing traffic.
• On a Cloud Server, it is possible to open ports for inbound and outbound traffic.
• Opening ports ensures the proper functioning of certain applications but may decrease the security of your hosting.

Access the tool and add a rule

To manage port opening from the Manager:

1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the relevant product.
3. Click on Security in the left sidebar.
4. Click on Port Opening in the left sidebar.
5. Click on the Open a port button:
   

It is only possible to enter one IP address or host per line, and one port per rule.

By specifying an IP address or host, the connection will only be allowed in these cases:

• Incoming rule: if the connection comes from this IP or the indicated host
• Outgoing rule: if the connection is made to this IP or host

Same goes for the Typeof connection, if the protocol used for the connection is not the one indicated in the rule, the connection is not allowed.

Open outbound port 25 globally

You can open the outgoing port 25 from the manager if a destination host is specified.

With a Cloud Server, to open this port to the entire world, contact support Infomaniak and justify your request.

Default open ports

Once you have accessed the port opening tool, you will find the list of ports open by default on the page.

With a Cloud Server, to close some of the listed ports, contact support Infomaniak and justify your request.

The display may sometimes span multiple pages:

MySQL Ports

Regarding database ports, refer to these guides:

• Database access from another hosting
• Connect a Cloud Server to an external database
   

Check the activity of a port (Cloud Server)

On a Cloud Server, to check if an application is listening on a particular port (1234 in the example below) and to know the name of the application in question, run in SSH:

netstat -anpe | grep "1234" | grep "LISTEN"

This guide contains essential resources to help you get started with your VPS Cloud or VPS Lite offered by Infomaniak.

Preamble

• It is not planned to support UEFI and Secure boot in the VPS Cloud / VPS Lite offer.
• It is not possible to migrate a vmdk file to work on OpenStack because KVM is used for virtualization.
• Regarding port opening, refer to this other guide.

Which VPS version to choose?

• The configurations (vCPU / RAM / disk space) vary depending on the VPS offers, starting at 1 vCPU with very competitive prices - make your choice according to your needs; the evolution from a VPS Lite to a VPS Cloud is not yet feasible automatically and it is not possible to reduce a subscribed offer.
• The same Linux distributions and Windows versions are offered (Windows is not available on the smallest configurations).
• On VPS Lite, bandwidth is limited to 500 mbit/s and guaranteed SLA + snapshots are not available.
• Refer to this other guide if you wish to migrate from VPS Lite to VPS Cloud (the migration is irreversible).

VPS Cloud / VPS Lite Linux

• How to connect to your server via an SSH key?
• Which Linux distributions are supported?
• Format and mount the data volume of the Cloud Server (important)

VPS Cloud / VPS Lite Windows

• How to connect to your Windows server?
• Which Windows versions are supported?

This guide explains how to optimize the site you manage on a Web Hosting to make it faster and allow all visitors to browse it from the Internet without difficulty, regardless of their connection speed.

The role of the hoster

1. … your hosting server is functioning normally and has not encountered any issues in the last 48 hours.
2. … the network infrastructure has not experienced any disruptions in the last 48 hours.

The role of the site owner and the webmaster

Infomaniak does not intervene in the content of the servers or the development of websites. The creation or maintenance of a site is a different job, although it is related to its activities since the tools and services that a webmaster uses to create websites are offered.

Analyzing the cause of slowdowns

Here is what you should do if you notice slowness with your site:

1. Follow the Google PageSpeed Insights recommendations to optimize your website... The points highlighted concern the design of the website and not the server configuration; refer to this other guide if the test result suggests enabling resource compression on your site.
2. In case of slowness from abroad, consider activating DNS Fast Anycast.
3. Install and configure a cache system on your site to avoid redundant access to databases and speed up the display of your site.
4. Consider a CDN.
5. Test the server's response speed (TTFB).
6. Scan your hosting for viruses.
7. Purge the databases regularly and delete unnecessary entries.
8. Use the latest PHP version compatible with your site/CMS/Web application.
9. Avoid using images, counters, CGI, or media hosted by external providers, as if they are unreachable, your site will seem slow.
10. Disable any unnecessary WordPress extensions that consume a lot of resources in your CMS.
11. Keep your CMS/Web applications up to date regularly.
12. Implement a crawl delay for indexing bots, as some have a very "aggressive" operation; it is possible to limit their impact by implementing a Crawl-delay.
13. Check the possible error-logs which group all the errors generated by your site; by correcting these errors, your site will be more performant.
14. Check the slowlogs: they group the queries that take more than 5 seconds to execute; it is important to correct the queries listed in this file (SQL optimization examples).
15. Add a server cache system like Memcached (Cloud server only).
16. Increase the max_children value (Cloud server only).

If a problem persists...

As a site owner, if you are a webmaster or have hired a webmaster who also cannot find the cause of the slowness, contact Infomaniak support in writing only after obtaining the following information:

1. Hosted site name.
2. Dates and times when slowness was encountered.
3. Name of the database potentially involved / same for FTP account.
4. Your public IP address at the time of the tests (visible for example on https://www.infomaniak.com/ip).
5. Type of slowness observed (site display, FTP transfers...).
6. Issues (such as slowness) accessing the Infomaniak site intermittently?
7. Result of a traceroute to 84.16.66.66 and copy-paste the complete results (screenshot if necessary).
8. Result of a speedtest by choosing Infomaniak as the destination (speedtest.net — click on Change Server to select Infomaniak).

If your needs skyrocket…

If shared hosting no longer suits your site, you should consider moving to a Serveur Cloud. Your site can be easily moved to this type of server where it will be alone and on which you can install a cache engine, for example.

This guide helps you understand the error "Your Connection Is Not Private" when you try to access a website, whether you are the site owner or a simple visitor.

Understand the error

The error "Your Connection Is Not Private" sometimes appears in your browser when it has trouble establishing a secure connection with the site you are trying to visit. This usually happens when the website does not have a valid security certificate and does not use the SSL/TLS protocol to protect communication between the site and your web browser.

In fact, this is a security measure aimed at protecting your data. Websites with invalid SSL certificates may have security issues, making them less reliable. They can also expose your personal information to hackers if you enter sensitive data, such as your login credentials or payment information.

If you are a visitor

This may be due to configuration errors, such as an insecure Wi-Fi connection, incorrect date and time on your computer, or even an SSL/HTTPS analysis by your antivirus software.

If you own an Infomaniak website

Have you installed an SSL certificate?

Learn about the different certificates available on the Infomaniak site.

And if you already have an SSL certificate for your site, have you updated it to include any potential site aliases?

Check the SSL certificate expiration date

Certificates are renewed automatically. To check the expiration date:

1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Check the column containing the expiration dates:
   

Check the installation

If you think you have activated SSL on your site, check a few points in this other guide.

This guide explains how to manage the files of a Web Hosting with an FTP software/client.

Preamble

• To easily and quickly manage the files of your web hosting without having to install an application or enter FTP credentials, use Web FTP from your Infomaniak Manager (it notably allows CHOWN and compression/decompression of zip files).
• Regarding the protocols supported by Infomaniak (FTP, SFTP, etc.) depending on your hosting plan (Starter, Node.js, etc.), refer to this other guide.

Parameters to provide for FTP software

Prerequisites

• Create a account FTP/SSH.
• Install an FTP software/client like Filezilla, Cyberduck, Commander One, Transmit, etc.

Regardless of your FTP software/client, the three essential parameters for configuring FTP access are always:

1. Hostname: FTP server address
2. Username: FTP account name
3. password: the one for the FTP account
   
    
   • The port number is usually left at its default setting.
   • The connection type and mode is usually left at its default setting.
   • If a limit on the number of simultaneous connections is offered, it is recommended to activate it.

Get the connection information for the hosting

You will find all the information on your Infomaniak Manager:

1. Click here to access the management of your product on the Infomaniak Manager (need help?).
2. Click directly on the name assigned to the product in question.
3. Click on FTP (or FTP / SSH) in the left sidebar
   

1. FTP Host Name

The hostname to use in your FTP software/client is specified at the top of the page obtained in step 3 above and an icon allows you to copy the address to the clipboard.

Starter Offer - Basic Web Page

If the indicated domain is not functional (for example, it does not point to the IP address of the hosting) then use the IP address as the host name, in the form 123.45.678.123 (refer to this other guide).

Web hosting

Use the host name in the form xyzb.ftp.infomaniak.com for example.

2. FTP username

The username is the name of the account to create on your Manager: xyzb_abcdefg for example.

3. FTP user password

The FTP user password is set by the creator of the FTP account. If you forget it, edit the FTP account by clicking on it and set a new password.

Once the connection is established…

When you enter the three required parameters, your FTP application should display the directory structure of your hosting: