Reclaim Cloud: Accessing Databases

Posted on February 25, 2022February 25, 2022 by Meredith Huffman

Previously on Reclaim Cloud Learning; I talked through working with SSL certificates on the Cloud and Mattermost training, and now I'm going to be talking about working through databases to round out the Reclaim Cloud month. This one, in particular, surrounds accessing databases (like WordPress, or Mattermost) without the confirmation emails from Jelastic. I'll walk you through getting access to the database node from your Cloud Dashboard without your database credentials. Reclaim Hosting uses this method on our support, so we don't have to reach back to the user to see if they've saved the credential emails. It helps us save...Read More

Reclaim Cloud: SSL Certificates

Posted on February 8, 2022February 24, 2022 by Meredith Huffman

SSL certificates, oh SSL certificates. Where to begin? These little certificates help hold the big web securely together to protect websites. But they are finicky. Reclaim Hosting uses Let's Encrypt across our infrastructure and using it on Reclaim Cloud was a no-brainer. Jelastic partners with Let's Encrypt to bring SSL certificates as an addon to most environments. This week was all about SSL certificates. And continuing on-trend with Reclaim Cloud learning, specifically using a custom wildcard SSL certificate for a few WordPress Multisite's Reclaim Hosting manages. I'd always issued SSL certificates through Let's Encrypt in cPanel or within the Addon...Read More

Reclaim Cloud Training: Mattermost

Posted on January 28, 2022January 28, 2022 by Meredith Huffman

One of my goals for 2022 is to spend some more focused time learning as much as I can on Reclaim Cloud. I've realized more (more now lately) that I am completely new to this mystical "Cloud" and all that's possible with it. I initially took some training when we first started to get prepared on admin side of Reclaim Cloud where we can manage any user management and billing. With the admin side training, I am very new to everything Cloud related. And with the Cloud, the possibilities are endless, which is super daunting. But I've been challenging myself...Read More