Hi guys, so this is the thing, by the end of this year my VPS KVM2 on hostinger will expire, prices went up so looks by now renew will cost me $203 USD or so, I have a second VPS on Contabo where backups from Hostinger server are stored and also have my woocommerce page there, I have a third server of Free tier Oracle only for backups, so pretty much, backups on server01 are sent to server02 and server02 backups are sent to oracle as last backup.
First thing, what I would like to do is, 1 month before server expires I would like to change server01 hostname to just server, set let’s encrypt for hostname, and few days before it expires, get a new server, use hostname as server01 backup everything and restored to new server and go to my domains provider and cloudflare and change all records that points old server to the new one, will be this as simple to change hestia hostname and set SSL certificate ?
The second topic here is where to get the new server, price matters for me hehe, still considering Contabo, as said, I have second server there and the issues I had with server has been solved actually by me, I only remember 1 day server went down for some Contabo issues, but not a big deal, I have also a customer where I set a server at Contabo for them with no issues after almost 2 years. So I could either, upgrade my server plan at Contabo for more power and get auto-daily backups or get another server there with auto-daily backups too and keep those 2 servers.
Also of course I would like to hear options too, maybe to keep it with 2 servers on different providers.
You didn’t mention your server specs or your preferred VPS location.
A couple of days before the move (or the number of days equal to the maximum TTL used for your DNS records), you should lower the TTL of all your DNS records to a minimum (e.g., 5 minutes) to avoid DNS resolvers caching old records after the move.
I’ve never used Contabo, but I’ve heard a lot of nightmare stories about them. However, if you’re happy with their service, go ahead.
Also, if you decide to move to another provider and you’re using your server to send emails directly from Hestia (i.e., not using an SMTP relay), keep in mind that most providers block outgoing port 25, so you won’t be able to send emails. To remove the block, you usually need to request it and meet certain requirements. For example, Hetzner only lifts the restriction after the first billing cycle (one month after purchasing the VPS). Other providers may have different requirements, so make sure to double check.
Thanks, you are right, I didn’t mentioned… but looking for maybe 8GB Ram, 2-4 cores depending of CPU, around 100GB storage SSD or NVMe… Location America, could be USA and yes I will need email on this server, I think on Contabo is opened, have sent emails from previous VPS there…
I would recommend Hetzner, they have data centers in West and East USA but I didn’t test them, only DCs in Germany.
Just in case, always check the doc or contact support for any providers you plan to use. Maybe Contabo might have enabled it for you if you’ve been with them for a while.
Thank you all guys, you rock, I will check all this options, my idea is to keep the Contabo server already have since works for me at least and price is ok for me, only has my woocommerce site and backups from Hostinger server, move all to Contabo sounds to be like a really bad idea, still thinking 2 different providers still a better idea like I have now but I don’t trust Contabo 100% now to move forward hehe.
Based on wat you have shared, I guess I will check during this months Hetzner and Netcup, as per your suggestions, also as mentioned that 25 port will be needed hehe.
