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Protect your business‑critical information: a WordPress publication checklist
How to Set Up Prometheus & Grafana Monitoring on Ubuntu
In this guide, you'll turn a fresh Ubuntu VM on Katapult into a self-monitored machine using Prometheus for metrics collection and Grafana for dashboards.
What is cPanel hosting and is it right for you?
A beginner-friendly guide to cPanel: what it does, who it’s for, and why it matters.
What is Magento hosting (and do you really need it?)
Discover what sets Magento hosting apart - and why your store’s performance might depend on it.
A few of our latest posts
Support is here for you this Christmas
While you're enjoying the festivities, our team is still available, working hard during the festive season, keeping things ticking over.
Effective Security Group Rules
We recently launched a new feature in Katapult that makes it easier to see exactly which security group rules apply to a specific virtual machine. It displays a consolidated list...
A refreshed Krystal Identity – and the first step towards something better
We've launched a new look and feel for Krystal Identity. While this update doesn't change how anything works, it does make the experience cleaner, more consistent, and easier to build on.
Why WordPress Multisite isn’t the answer (and what to do instead)
For a long time, running WordPress Multisite promised an elegant solution: one installation, one dashboard, multiple sites under your control. But the web (and WordPress) has evolved.
Family, Friends and the Future at FFConf 2025
On Friday, 14 November, Krystal was proud to be a sponsor of FFConf, a one-day conference in Brighton focusing on the future of the web, whatever that might be.
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