Hello and welcome to your quick mid-month summary of all things important and upcoming across our community: Announcements and blog posts RallyX & US10 Post-Mortem Our infrastructure lead Chris Blankenship provides a detailed post-mortem on recent issues with one of the host servers for Reclaim Cloud that significantly impacted one
As some of you may be aware, we recently had issues with one of the host servers for Reclaim Cloud that significantly impacted one of our Shared Hosting servers (rallyx.reclaimhosting.com) and resulted in some downtime. TL;DR: MySQL crashed and we had to restore backups to bring the
This academic year we've worked with institutions to develop institutional capability and infrastructure. What we’ve learned is that when it comes to digital education, things move fast and keeping up with the newest tools and technologies is an ongoing challenge. Our case studies offer quick insights into
Since the launch of the beta program for ReclaimPress many in our community have enjoyed seeing not only a new hosting offer for Wordpress but also the unique visuals that accompany our newest offering. Created by our long-time collaborator and friend Bryan Mathers, of Visual Thinkery, we have been working
As of this week, we've officially wrapped up our most recent flex course, Newsletters with Ghost. If you were waiting until it was complete to check it out, now's a great time. This is a free, beginner-friendly course designed to help users get started with the
News from April 2024 Welcome to the Roundup! April's been a big month, and May promises to be just as big as the school year starts to wrap up. Let's hit it! Announcements New Offering - Custom Professional Development Resources Digital capability is key in higher
Digital capability is key in Higher Education. If you’re looking to develop a new vision or champion the power of open-source tools and platforms within your institution, we can help. Over the past ten years we’ve become known for world-class hosting for Higher Ed and championing open software
We recently had the opportunity to lead a pre-conference workshop for the SUNY Digital Learning Conference. It was a great opportunity to discuss the work we've been doing around here to build our social presence and communication platforms on top of open-source tools. We were especially interested in
It's April and we have a spring in our step! Welcome to the mid month update packed with resources, events and important updates. Get a cup of coffee and enjoy! 📣 Announcements Our team is growing - we're hiring! Our team is growing... and we are looking
Our team is growing... and we are looking to for a new Customer Support Specialist to join our team. As a Customer Support Specialist, you will be at the forefront of ensuring our customers' technical needs are met promptly and effectively. You'll play a vital role in
As part of a recent update, cPanel has changed their provider for SSL certificates issued through AutoSSL. Previously they used Sectigo for automatically-issued certs, with Let's Encrypt available as an alternative for users through a cPanel plugin. Let's Encrypt has now replaced Sectigo, and will be
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Announcement: Reclaim Hosting is disabling Remote MySQL Access. Due to our new cybersecurity compliance requirements, we have blocked remote MySQL access across our infrastructure. If you are working with Domain of One's Own or Managed Hosting, this block can be bypassed with administrator approval, however, we do want