Hosting glossary
Unmanaged hosting
In short: You rent the server; installing, updating and securing it is up to you.
Unmanaged servers are cheap and flexible, and suit people who are comfortable on the command line. The host keeps its hardware and network running, but the operating system, software, security updates and backups are your job.
Also called
- Self-managed
- Unmanaged VPS
See also: Managed vs unmanaged hosting: what's the difference?
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