General
General information about using the platform and your services.
- Welcome to the Manager: how to sign in, where your services are and how they are paid Your account is already created: to sign in for the first time, request your password. What the Manager is, how the prepaid balance works and where each service lives: hosting, domains and VPS.
- Your hosting in the Manager: balance, hourly billing and cPanel access How your cPanel hosting or Multidomain Hosting is charged in the Manager, how to sign in to cPanel and WHM, and what happens if your balance runs out.
- Your domains in the Manager: renewal, reminders, expiry and transfer How your domains are renewed from your Manager balance, which reminders you get, what happens if they expire, how to restore them and how to move them to another provider with their EPP code.
- Your Legacy VPS and the Cloud VDC: differences and how to convert For customers with VPS ordered before the panel change: where they are (Legacy), what the Cloud VDC is, how they differ and how to convert a VPS to Cloud.
- Service suspension and deletion for insufficient balance What happens when your balance runs out: early warnings, suspension timelines, how to reactivate your services and when they are permanently deleted.
- Account verification Why we ask you to verify your account, what it involves (a quick selfie or an SMS code, your choice; no document), what you gain from it and how we protect your privacy.
- Deploy VPS with artificial intelligence: the GINERNET MCP server Connect Claude, Cursor or your favourite AI agent to the GINERNET MCP server and create, deploy and manage VPS servers in plain natural language. What MCP is, how to enable it step by step and real prompt examples.
- Granting access to your account: webmasters and collaborators Invite your webmaster or collaborators by email, with access to the whole account or only to specific servers, without ever sharing your password.
- Integrate your software with the Manager API How to authenticate against the Manager API with API tokens (recommended) or a session, how it is organised, where the interactive reference lives, and a sample PHP script that lists your VPS.
- Transferring a service to a new owner Steps and paperwork required to transfer a GINERNET service to a new owner: consent letter, ID copy and submission to the billing department.
- Direct debit SEPA direct debit is no longer available at GINERNET. Learn about the recommended alternative and how this payment method worked for customers who still have it enabled.
- Guide to choosing the ideal server for your project How to pick the right server based on CPU and RAM: processor frequency and generation, real resource usage on Linux hosting/VPS and capacity planning on Windows VPS.
- Inviting a new user to your client area How to give employees or collaborators access to your GINERNET account with custom permissions, without sharing your password.
- Payment methods and cancellation Payment methods available at GINERNET (card, PayPal, crypto and Bizum) with their discounts and fees, plus how to properly cancel a service or let a domain expire.
- Abuse Policy How GINERNET handles abuse reports: cases we act on immediately, law-enforcement requests, collaboration with Netcraft and our neutrality policy.
VPS
Guides and tutorials for your VPS servers: security, VPN, tooling and IP address policy.
- How to secure a server Essential measures to protect your VPS from attacks: strong passwords, brute-force protection, firewall, updates and what our terms say about your responsibility.
- Build your own VPN server with WireGuard on a VPS Step-by-step tutorial to set up your own VPN server with WireGuard on a VPS: ordering, SSH connection with PuTTY, script-based install and connecting from your devices.
- High disk usage with Magento Magento's session, captcha, report and cache directories can fill up your disk. Ready-to-use cron commands to free up space automatically.
- Importing files over FTP Script using lftp and the mirror command to download the full contents of a remote server over FTP, for example to migrate data to your VPS.
- Installing Elasticsearch for your Hosting or VPS Why Elasticsearch needs a VPS, how to install it step by step on Debian (v7 or v8) and how to protect it with a firewall so only your hosting can connect.
- Installing a VPN server (OpenVPN) on a VPS What a VPN is, what it is useful for and how to install OpenVPN Access Server on your VPS step by step, including the web administration panel.
- IP Address Policy How we manage VPS IP addresses: the advantages of being a RIPE LIR, the genuine IP assigned when creating a VPS and how to order additional IPs.
- What is a virtual server and what is it for A virtual server is a complete server running inside a shared physical machine, with its own resources and operating system. We explain how it works, how it differs from a dedicated server or shared hosting, and when it is the right choice.
- What is a VPS and how does it work A VPS is a virtual private server: the power and control of your own server without paying for a whole physical machine. What it is exactly, how it differs from shared hosting and dedicated servers, and how to know if you need one.
- Windows Remote Desktop: access your desktop from anywhere How to enable RDP and connect to Windows from another device, with a real test from a Mac: configuration, network latency, a saved file and continuity after reconnecting.
- RDP security: how to change the port and protect your remote desktop RDP is one of the most attacked services on the internet. How to restrict access by IP, stop brute force with RdpGuard, enable NLA and change the RDP port without locking yourself out.
- How to install n8n on a VPS step by step Complete guide to self-host n8n on a VPS with Docker and HTTPS: requirements, installation, reverse proxy with Caddy, updates and backups. Your automations running 24/7 with your data on your own server.
- How to create a Minecraft server on a VPS Set up your own Minecraft Java server on a VPS step by step: RAM requirements per player count, Java and Paper installation, running it as a service, opening the port and basic configuration.
- AMD vs Intel E5 VPS: a CPU test with matching resources Two VPS instances with 1 vCPU, 1 GB RAM and 10 GB disk, measured with five sysbench repetitions. Method, complete results, IPv4-inclusive prices and limits.
- Install WordPress on a VPS with Matrix: a real test and its cost A real WordPress installation with Matrix on an AMD VPS with 1 vCPU and 1 GB: request, approvals, verified result, timings and a final charge of EUR 0.41.
Hosting
Guides and tutorials about shared hosting services: cPanel, email, databases and more.
- Getting started with cPanel cPanel basics: access details, FTP, databases, email, antispam, CMS installs, PHP version and inodes.
- Getting started with WHM WHM basics for Reseller and Elastic hosting: what WHM is, how to create cPanel accounts, upgrade resources, access each domain and manage passwords.
- Why is my IP blocked when trying to access my email? What an IP block caused by failed email login attempts is, why it happens, how to avoid it and what to do if your IP is already blocked.
- What are the Razor and Pyzor antispam rules? Razor and Pyzor are collaborative databases of SPAM signatures. We explain how they work and what to do if your emails trigger these rules.
- What time are the DNS records of .es domains updated? .es domains do not propagate DNS changes instantly: red.es applies them in fixed time slots. Here are the schedules and how they affect migrations.
- MySQL backups on cPanel hosting How to export and restore MySQL databases from phpMyAdmin, and how to use JetBackup copies. If you need mysqldump from the command line, order a VPS.
- Cloning your website to a staging environment Two options to get an exact copy of your website and test without risk: the free Softaculous staging tool or a professional clone performed by our team.
- How to edit the hosts file on Windows Edit the Windows hosts file to preview a website on another server before changing the domain's DNS. Step-by-step guide with screenshots.
- How to view the headers of an email Learn how to view the headers (source code) of an email in Roundcube, Horde, Gmail, Outlook and Yahoo, with screenshots for each client.
- Setting up your email client Server, username and port settings (STARTTLS and SSL/TLS) to configure your cPanel hosting email in Outlook, Thunderbird or any other client.
- Configuring and optimising LiteSpeed and LSCache Safe LiteSpeed Cache configuration for WordPress and other CMSs: caching, crawler, optimisation, CAPTCHA, PHP and long-running scripts.
- Emails flagged as SPAM by the RELAY What to do when the GINERNET antispam relay blocks a legitimate email: how to read the bounce report and content best practices.
- Difference between hosted domains and aliases In our hosting plans, additional domains work as aliases. We explain why, and which options you have to host several independent websites.
- Emails received as SPAM How to find out why an email you received was flagged as SPAM: SpamAssassin's X-Spam-Report, the whitelist and the score threshold.
- Hosting disk space at 100% If your cPanel hosting has reached 100% disk usage, your website and email will start failing. You have two ways out: free up space or upgrade your plan.
- PHP mail() function vs SMTP authentication Why you should send your website's emails with SMTP authentication instead of PHP's mail() function: better deliverability, security and error handling.
- PHP error 500 log Enable a debug log through .htaccess to find out what is causing the 500 error on your PHP website.
- My website has been hacked, what can I do? Most common causes of a hack (outdated CMS, exposed passwords, brute force), protection measures and steps to repair a compromised website.
- My emails arrive as SPAM, how do I fix it? Complete guide to improve your email deliverability: content, server configuration (PTR, SPF, SMTP), IP/domain reputation and the major ISPs' forms.
- Email forwarders to external accounts Forwarders only work towards accounts on your own server. We explain how to import your email into Gmail and Outlook, step by step with screenshots.
- DNS servers The DNS servers you must configure on your domain to point to our hosting, and which DNS to use if you have a managed or unmanaged VPS.
- Checking the output of a cron job How to check what a cron job returns using cPanel email output, and what to do if you get no output.
- Whitelisting RedSys, PayPal and Stripe in Cloudflare: stop the WAF from blocking your payment gateway Learn how to allowlist the ASNs and IPs of RedSys, PayPal, Stripe and other payment gateways in the Cloudflare WAF, so its blocks and CAPTCHA-like challenges no longer prevent your online store from confirming payments.