Independent Linux administration for Contabo VPS, VDS and Dedicated Servers.
Linux server setup, configuration, hosting control panels, web servers, databases, email, security, backups, troubleshooting, performance and migrations — for infrastructure running on Contabo.
Your server. Your provider. Our Linux expertise.
Generous resources, still your responsibility
Contabo provides the infrastructure while you retain administrative control of the operating system and everything running on it — Linux, updates, SSH, firewall, NGINX/Apache, PHP-FPM, MySQL/MariaDB, Redis, email, DNS, SSL, control panels, WordPress, backups. DirektSupport provides that administration layer without requiring you to transfer the server or your Contabo account.
VPS, VDS or Dedicated Server
WordPress, business applications, development environments and multi-site hosting — single intervention or ongoing management.
A different resource profile from standard VPS — production sites, multi-site WordPress, WooCommerce and business applications.
Full physical infrastructure — billed directly through your Contabo account while we handle the Linux administration.
New server? We prepare it for production — hostname, SSH, firewall, hardening, web/DB stack, SSL, DNS, control panel, backups — around the actual workload.
HestiaCP, DirectAdmin or cPanel & WHM
Manage multiple websites, databases and email accounts from a single server.
Installation, CustomBuild — particularly useful for multiple sites and customer accounts.
Server prep, installation, WHM configuration — resources and licensing reviewed before deployment.
The tools unique to Contabo’s platform
Handles infrastructure-level operations: start/stop, OS reinstall, configuration management, recovery functions, snapshots and network options. We work with both the Customer Panel and the Linux OS inside — useful for narrowing down whether a problem is inside Linux or at the infrastructure level.
A network-level firewall for supported VPS/VDS infrastructure, operating separately from the Linux firewall. We layer it with UFW, iptables, nftables and Fail2Ban — provider-level and OS-level firewalls have different roles and work best together.
Available for VPS, VDS and Dedicated environments when normal access isn’t possible — broken boot, lost SSH, filesystem problems. Gives access to the server without relying on the normal installed OS.
Available on supported Contabo Cloud VPS products via the Customer Panel — useful before OS updates, major software changes or risky configuration work. A snapshot is not the same as an independent backup — treat it as an additional recovery tool, not the only copy of production data.
Storage needs change as things grow
We investigate full filesystems, unexpected disk usage, large log files, database growth, email storage, WordPress uploads, backup retention, temporary files and inode usage. When more storage is needed, we help prepare the Linux filesystem after an infrastructure change — always with a verified backup first, before any operation that risks data loss.
Not sure your server is correctly sized?
- Is the server running out of RAM?
- Is CPU actually the bottleneck?
- Is MySQL using too much memory?
- Is Redis configured correctly?
- Is PHP-FPM using too many workers?
- Is storage I/O affecting performance?
- Would a larger VPS help?
- Would a VDS or dedicated server fit better?
The objective is to base infrastructure decisions on actual usage, not assumptions.
The full stack, not just the plugin
WooCommerce especially places far more load on PHP and the database — we look at PHP-FPM, MySQL/MariaDB, Redis, memory, CPU, disk I/O and cron activity before installing another optimisation plugin.
Coming from another provider? We handle websites, WordPress, databases, email, DNS, SSL, control panels and configuration.
Independence works both ways — if it no longer fits, we help move elsewhere. If it’s working well, we’ll say keeping it is the better call.
Linux/application issue, or infrastructure issue?
We also investigate at the network layer — ping/packet loss, MTR, traceroute, port accessibility — to pin down whether a “down” server is actually a routing problem.
Understand the reach before you clean or rebuild
We investigate suspicious processes, admin accounts, SSH access, malicious cron jobs, WordPress files and malware, firewall configuration and logs — to understand how far a compromise reached before deciding whether cleaning or rebuilding is safer. For serious cases, reinstalling from a known-clean environment is sometimes the more appropriate choice.
One-time help or ongoing management
No monthly contract needed — troubleshooting, control panel work, backup setup, server recovery, migration planning. Priority and Emergency Support available for urgent situations.
Server & service monitoring, OS maintenance, security updates, health checks, backup checks and priority access to an administrator who knows your server.
Planning a new Contabo server?
We evaluate VPS vs VDS vs Dedicated, CPU/RAM requirements, SSD vs NVMe, storage, location, distribution, control panel, web stack and backup strategy before you order — independent of Contabo, so there’s no reason to recommend more than you need.
More than 22 years of practical experience with Linux servers, hosting infrastructure, websites, databases, email, backups and production environments — across multiple providers, not tied to one vendor.
Your server. Your provider. Our Linux expertise.
Need help with your Contabo server?
Tell us what you’re running and what’s happening — we’ll take it from there.