Have you considered moving your Firebird-based application to the cloud and testing how Firebird performs in a cloud environment? Explore our ready-to-use images in Digital Ocean.
1. Register in Digital Ocean using this link and receive US$200 credit valid for 2 months.
2. Deploy Firebird using these pre-configured images (available as direct links or in the Digital Marketplace):
https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/hqbird-firebird-v5-0
https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/hqbird-firebird-v4.0
https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/hqbird-firebird-v3.0
https://marketplace.digitalocean.com/apps/hqbird-firebird-v2.5
We recommend selecting an 8GB or 16GB droplet. Your image will be deployed in 2-3 minutes and accessible at youripaddress:8082 with the default credentials (username: admin, password: strong password).
3. Start using HQbird in the cloud – connect to the embedded FTP server to upload your databases with username/password ftpuser/strong password, then establish connections and begin working with them.
Secure your installation by changing the access password from the default "strong password" to something more secure fro control panel and FTP.
Why Digital Ocean?
Digital Ocean (DO) is a cost-effective and technologically advanced cloud platform. It offers excellent conditions for production environments as well as for demos, MVPs, and proof-of-concept projects.
Digital Ocean operates data centers in: USA, UK, Germany, India, Australia, Canada, and Singapore. IBSurgeon is an official Digital Ocean Partner. We can help you implement your cloud infrastructure and optimize your setup.
Whether you prefer AWS, Oracle Cloud, Azure, Google Cloud, Hetzner, SaveInCloud, or another cloud provider, we have the expertise to help you:
- Select the most cost-effective instance type
- Use HQbird to reduce monthly costs and improve database performance in the cloud
Planning to move Firebird to the cloud? Contact us at [email protected].
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IBSurgeon provides the encryption plugin framework for Firebird:
To recover corrupted Firebird (or InterBase) databases you can use IBSurgeon FirstAID - the best recovery tool for Firebird and InterBase. FirstAID can automatically fix the vast majority of Firebird database corruptions. For big database (more than 65Gb in size) please contact our support, most likely it will require manual recovery service.