Email address with your own domain
Choosing a domain, creating mailboxes, setting up your email client, and what MX, SPF, DKIM and DMARC mean.
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Web hosting, domains and email
Managing DNS records yourself
A, AAAA, CNAME, MX, TXT, SRV, CAA, NS and TLSA, with wizards for SPF, DKIM, DMARC and DANE.
Read guideMoving a website to a new host
Transferring files and database, adjusting WordPress, testing, moving mailboxes and switching the domain last.
Read guideTransferring a domain to us
Requesting the authorization code, ordering the transfer, switching over without downtime.
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First steps on your vServer
Login, security and software setup after handover.
Read guideReinstalling a server without losing data
Moving data to the Rettungsverzeichnis (temporary storage that is kept during a reinstallation), reinstalling, restoring the data, and what the rescue system is for.
Read guideSetting up a WireGuard server
Your own VPN on Debian or Ubuntu: keys, wg0.conf, forwarding, connecting devices.
Read guideGame servers
Spieleserver Flex: how it works
One server, and you choose and switch the game yourself. Tiers, number of players per game, term.
Read guideSave after cancellation
The last save is kept for 90 days and can be transferred to a new server.
Read guideHow do my players connect?
Address, port and join code for each game, plus help with connection problems.
Read guideWhy does my Factorio server require Space Age?
The expansion mods are included in the server package and are active unless you make your own selection. What this means and how to turn it off.
Read guideCreating your own Hytale server
Official server, login with your Hytale account, joining via address and port.
Read guideHow much RAM does a Minecraft server need?
Guideline values by number of players, why the Java memory is smaller than the plan and how to tell when there is too little.
Read guidePlugins or mods for Minecraft?
Plugins only run on the server, mods must be installed by all players. How to tell the two apart.
Read guideUploading your own Minecraft world to the server
What belongs in the archive, what to watch for with the game version and why you should make a backup first.
Read guideFile manager for game servers
Viewing, uploading and editing files in the browser. Features per tier and protected files.
Read guideSetting up SFTP access
From Flex M: creating access, password or SSH key, connecting with FileZilla, WinSCP or sftp.
Read guideCustom Java startup parameters
Java agents, system properties and -XX flags for Minecraft and Project Zomboid.
Read guideProject Zomboid: sandbox settings
All 269 values of Build 42 in the customer portal, from Flex M also directly in the file.
Read guideProject Zomboid: Build 42 or Build 41
Switching the Steam branch, backup before the switch, what players and mods need.
Read guideGarry's Mod: 64-bit
Selecting the 64-bit version as a Steam branch, binary modules for 64-bit.
Read guideSetting up Project Zomboid mods
Workshop ID and Mod ID: the difference and where to find both.
Read guideTerraria server with tModLoader
Mods as .tmod files, a separate mod world, what players need.
Read guideValheim crossplay: PC, Xbox, PS5 and Switch 2
Enabling crossplay, sharing the join code, known limitations.
Read guideStreaming
Connecting Belabox to your own SRTLA relay
Selecting CUSTOM, entering the address and streamid, checking the bonding. Also applies to Moblin and IRL Pro.
Read guideMaking OBS reachable for scene switching
Enabling the WebSocket server, opening the port, setting up a fixed address. With a note on when it does not work.
Read guideSetting up IRL streaming
The signal path from the camera via the relay server and OBS to Twitch, with the required components.
Read guideSetting up web radio
Access details for BUTT and Mixxx, format and bitrate, playlist, player and track list for GEMA and GVL.
Read guideSwitching scenes automatically
Which thresholds for bitrate and duration work well, and why switching too often is disruptive.
Read guideDynDNS and home network
Accessing a Fritz!Box remotely
MyFRITZ! or DynDNS, VPN with WireGuard or port forwarding, plus the special case of DS-Lite.
Read guideAccessing Home Assistant remotely
Home Assistant Cloud, VPN or port forwarding with DynDNS and encryption compared.
Read guideSetting up DynDNS on a Fritz!Box
Step by step to a fixed name for your connection, with all the fields the Fritz!Box asks for.
Read guideDecision guides and costs
Game server or your own vServer?
When a ready-made game server is enough and when your own vServer makes sense.
Read guideHow much does your own server cost per month?
What determines the price, where hidden costs lie and when web hosting is cheaper.
Read guidevServer or web hosting?
When web hosting is enough and when your own server makes sense.
Read guideCustomer portal and billing
Downloading backups
Backing up, downloading and restoring web hosting, vServer and game servers at any time.
Read guideReferrals and Glowcoins
Your referral link: a discount for the new customer, Glowcoins for you, which you can apply to your own invoices.
Read guideSetting up access for additional users
A separate login for administrators, colleagues or moderators, with permissions per contract and per action.
Read guideSharing server costs
With the payment link, players, viewers or friends pay into your credit balance without your name appearing there.
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Email us at support@glowfish.de or call us at +49 89 55063107.