Alplink Blog

Tutorials and guides on DevOps, Odoo, WordPress, NixOS, and managed hosting for independent European businesses.

Latest posts

• How to Deploy Odoo 17 on a Secure European Server: A Complete Guide — Learn how to install, configure, and secure Odoo 17 on a European-hosted Linux server. Step-by-step tutorial covering PostgreSQL setup, reverse proxy, SSL, and GDPR-compliant hosting.
• How to Harden WordPress for Security and GDPR Compliance — A practical guide to securing your WordPress site and making it GDPR-compliant. Covers server hardening, plugin security, database encryption, cookie consent, and European hosting requirements.
• NixOS in Production: Why We Run Our EU Cloud on It — Reproducible builds, atomic rollbacks, declarative servers — why NixOS is the foundation of Alplink's European hosting and what it means for you.
• GDPR Data Residency: The EU Cloud Hosting Rules in 2026 — Where your data lives now decides if you're GDPR-compliant. The legal traps of US hyperscalers, and how to pick a cloud that keeps you out of fines.
• European Digital Sovereignty: Why Businesses Are Moving Away from US Cloud Providers — Explore the growing movement toward European digital sovereignty. Learn why businesses are migrating from AWS, Azure, and GCP to European cloud providers, and what this shift means for data control, security, and independence.