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Our team is currently performing unscheduled maintenance on our phone servers. This affects the toll free number which will not be working during this time. Read More >

I had a great week at OSCON 2013 last week from 7/22 – 7/26 sitting in on a bunch of great talks, and meeting a Read More >

InMotion Hosting will briefly stop all credit card transactions for server maintenance on March 13 and March 25 at 2 a.m. EST.  During this time, Read More >

As part of our continuous commitment to thrill our customers by offering the best technology and latest innovations in the hosting industry, InMotion Hosting will Read More >

In this article, we cover how to get the best experience with our Community Support Center. Whether you have general questions about new software in Read More >

With our updated web design, we want to ensure you know how to participate in the InMotion Hosting community. If you can’t find an article Read More >

The article below has more information concerning that hack that affected InMotion Hosting on September 25, 2011. Dear Customer, At around 4am EST, our system Read More >

I’m sure you’ve noticed our new and improved look! For the last few months, we’ve been working hard to design and implement a new WordPress Read More >

If you’re interested in learning more about the web and what’s going on in the tech world, you should bookmark the InMotion Hosting blog. The Read More >

It has come to our attention that a UCEPROTECT Real-time Blackhole List (RBL) scam is generating false positives on blacklist checker tools. In our investigations, Read More >

Most likely if you’re reading this page, our Support Team has reached out to you via Twitter. What we’d like you to know is that Read More >

During the fourth week of February 2010, InMotion Hosting will be moving data center operations to a new facility in Downtown Los Angeles. The physical Read More >

2012.01.12 9:15am EST An issue with the peering between GBLX and Telia is preventing our customers in the southwestern US from reaching any servers in Read More >

2011.12.01 2:45pm ESTBiz96 has been experiencing intermittent service timeouts and degraded quality of service for an extended period. We have not yet identified the problem, Read More >

2011.10.17 11:50AM ESTWe are aware of a high load on biz100 that is causing intermittent service outages. This has been traced back to an attack Read More >

2011.11.22 9:30 am ESTOur Systems Administration Team recently identified an issue on our biz51.inmotionhosting.com server. Due to this issue they performed some emergency maintenance, which Read More >

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2012.01.10 4pm ESTOur ecbiz91.inmotionhosting.com server has been experiencing intermittent performance issues. Our System Administration team is currently investigating, and we will report more information when Read More >

2012.01.31 11:15 AM ESTIn order to mitigate an attempted attack on the server, our Systems Administration Team had to change the main ip of the Read More >

2012.02.28 10:25am ESTSystems administration has identified a DDOS attack on our biz117 and biz82 servers. While the server is up and on online, at times Read More >

Currently there is an outage affecting customers housed in our East Coast Datacenter which was caused by an issue at the facility itself in turn Read More >

UPDATE In order to mitigate the recent connection issue on the network, a new shared IP has been assigned to ecbiz97. Our Systems Team has Read More >

UPDATE The connectivity issue which interrupted service to our East Coast Data Center has been resolved at this time. We suspect the issue was due Read More >

Update As of 5:55pm eastern time all connectivity issues have been resolved. We apologize for any inconvenience this may have caused our customers and their Read More >

2012.07.31 4:25pm EDT The issue affecting connectivity to our East Coast Datacenter is resolved. If you are having any issues, please contact technical support as Read More >

Customers who were recently moved off of the biz117 server have been experiencing issues with their site attempting to point back to that server. This Read More >

We’ve recently had an increase in calls from customers of Comcast stating that they are having connectivity issues connecting to servers in our network. Our Read More >

ECBIZ135 is currently experiencing intermittent load issues. Our Systems Team will be posting the latest information regarding this server on our Status page: https://status.inmotionhosting.com/new/   Read More >

Starting at roughly 3:20PM EST on 4/25/2013 our senior system administration staff noticed a problem with the connectivity to our East Coast data center. At Read More >

Status: Problem is currently being addressed by our System Administration Team. Who is impacted? Those users on ecbiz135.inmotionhosting.com. Learn more about how to find out Read More >

Issue: Your domain is registered with Network Solutions, and will not load. Status: Fully resolved Who is impacted? People with domains registered with Network Solutions Read More >

I’m always trying to expand my knowledge on all sorts of web related topics, but sometimes after intense Googling sessions and learning things on your Read More >

The network issue with AT&T has been resolved between our Systems team and AT&T support. Please contact technical support if you continue to have issues Read More >

We are currently experiencing intermittent Quality of Service issues with server Biz136. Our systems administration is actively working to locate and resolve this issue as Read More >

Issue: Server biz136 is experiencing intermittent database connectivity issues. Status: Our Systems team is currently working to resolve this issue. Who is impacted? Users on Read More >

Issue: Our shared hosting server biz136 is currently experiencing quality of service problems. Status: Our administrators are working to resolve at this time. Who is Read More >

Issue: The main IP address for servers ecbiz97, and ecbiz85 was changed. Status: IP address change successful. Who is impacted? Users who are pointed to Read More >

Our shared server biz136 is currently experiencing the effects of a denial of service attack. You can view your account’s info in AMP to see Read More >

Our LD133 shared server is undergoing emergency unplanned maintenance. Customers with accounts housed on this server may experience intermittent connectivity issues until completed. No ETA Read More >

In this week’s InMotion Hangout, we will be speaking with Lisa Sabin-Wilson and Scott Bolinger about the incredible mobile application framework for WordPress, AppPresser. Episode Read More >

In this week’s InMotion Hangout, we will be talking about how to getting started on the web. Watch as we discuss choosing a Domain, selecting Read More >

In this week’s InMotion Hangout, we will be talking with special guests Franz Maruno, and Andy Embler from Concrete5. Concrete5 is a CMS (Content Management Read More >

Welcome to our weekly hangout! Today we will be talking with Brad Williams and Lisa Sabin-Wilson about their design and development company, WebDevStudios. With clients Read More >

General We have been receiving reports that many of our customers are unable to access their sites that are housed in our West Coast Datacenter. Read More >

On April 26, 2014, Microsoft has officially confirmed a new zero-day vulnerability that affects all versions of its popular Internet Explorer browser. There is currently Read More >

Issue: Emergency Maintenance – Reseller Servers Status: We are aware of some issues affecting the reseller servers, that is causing kernel panics. Who is impacted? Read More >

Issue: Emergency Filesystem Maintenance on biz100 Status: Our Systems team is having to perform emergency filesystem maintenance on biz100. Who is impacted? Users on the Read More >

Issue: Emergency Filesystem Maintenance on ld143 Status: Our Systems team is having to perform emergency filesystem maintenance on ld143. Who is impacted? Users on the Read More >

Issue: Quality of Service impacted on ecbiz135 Status: Our Systems team is working to correct issues with the services on ecbiz135 Who is impacted? Users Read More >

Issue: Biz104 experiencing Quality of Service issues. Status: Our System Administrators are currently working to resolve the issues. Who is impacted? Users on the Biz104 Read More >

Issue: ecbiz122 is currently undergoing an emergency file system check. Status: Our System Administrators are currently working to resolve the issues. Who is impacted? Users Read More >

Server maintenance has been scheduled for a number of servers with InMotion Hosting. In an effort to provide some clarity to the maintenance schedule, the Read More >

Issue: Bash Vulnerability Identifed CVE-2014-6271 Status: All of our custom bash shells have been patched and recompiled across ALL shared, VP node and internal servers. Read More >

Our systems team will be working on two specific servers between 10PM and 12 AM (PST) tonight. Biz117 has a bad RAID card that will Read More >

This is an update on the LD125 server maintenance that is continuing from 9/25. The server had a disk failure that required a replacement. Current Read More >

We have several planned maintenance windows scheduled for the evening of October 09, 2014. We make every effort to minimize downtime as a result of Read More >

We have a planned maintenance window scheduled for the evening of October 19, 2014. We make every effort to minimize downtime as a result of Read More >

Issue: Phone Server Emergency Maintenance Status: Our Systems Architecture team performed emergency maintenenace on our phone servers. Who is impacted? Customers trying to contact our Read More >

We are currently performing emergency maintenance on server biz49 due to a hard drive failure. Backups from most of the accounts on the server are Read More >

This maintenance will not be affecting VPS, Shared, or Reseller servers. Issue: Emergency Power Maintenance Status: The Systems Architecture team will be replacing a power Read More >

We have a planned maintenance window scheduled for the evening of October 19, 2014. We make every effort to minimize downtime as a result of Read More >

We have a planned maintenance window scheduled for the evening of November 05, 2014. We make every effort to minimize downtime as a result of Read More >

We have a planned maintenance window scheduled for the evening of November 11, 2014. This is a continuation of the November 5, 2014 maintenance. We Read More >

There will be a continuation of the planned maintenance activities in the East Coast Data Center for November 19. We make every effort to minimize Read More >

Earlier today we noticed that there were some hard drive errors on one of our east coast servers, ecbiz115. We have brought the server offline Read More >

Last night our network engineers performed maintenance on two core routers which should not have affected any servers in regards to downtime. Server# Date/time of Read More >

Planned maintenance activies in the East Coast Data Center are complete. Any resulting downtime due to maintenance is at times necessary in order to ensure Read More >

Tonight our systems administration team will be performing upgrades to network switches that will affect the servers below. Find out what server your account is Read More >

Our systems administration team will be upgrading network hardware and network cables as a preventative maintenance which will cause a short outage on the servers Read More >

Starting at roughly 10:30AM EST on 12/16/2014 our System administration staff noticed a problem with the connectivity to our East Coast data center. At this Read More >

Last Tuesday on 12/16/2014 our east coast data center had a network outage which lasted for almost three hours. Today we will be implementing a Read More >

Our system architects will be performing network maintenance January 7th 2015 at 11pm EST with a maintenance window lasting no longer than 10 mins. This Read More >

We are upgrading the kernels to the machines that holds VPS servers (VP Nodes). This will allow us to provide more security features and faster Read More >

We are upgrading the kernels to the machines that holds VPS servers (VP Nodes). This will allow us to provide more security features and faster Read More >

We are upgrading the kernels to the machines that holds VPS servers (VP Nodes). This will allow us to provide more security features and faster Read More >

We are performing kernel updates to shared servers throughout the week. Tonights servers are listed below. Server# Date/time of maintenance Maintenance performed Impact of customer Read More >

Due to the inclement weather recently impacting our area longer than normal response times may occur when contacting the support department. Thank you for your Read More >

Our Systems team has identified issues that require unplanned maintenance on shared server ECBIZ122. Customers with accounts that are housed on this server will see Read More >

Issue: Inclement Weather Affecting Response Times Status: Due to the inclement weather recently impacting our area, longer than normal response times may occur when contacting Read More >

Update 03/12/15: We have written a detailed update on what happened with ecbiz97, our current plans in action, and how we plan to prevent it Read More >

Update – 03/13/2015: The recent failover plan that we mentioned in this announcement for our ecbiz97 server has been completed successfully. All account data from Read More >

If you are using the SSH terminal program called PuTTY, there has been a vulnerability identified that should be addressed by updating the program. The Read More >

Issue: Hardware replacement on res167 server. Status: The res167 server is running for now but with limited resources. So the server will be brought down Read More >

The InMotion Hosting Support Center web site has undergone recent updates in order provide support for responsive design. The changes have also affected new social Read More >

On July 28, 2011 Google announced PageSpeed Service, an online service to automatically speed up web pages is coming to an end on 3rd August 2015. In the Read More >

Server Reboot June 15, 2015 – Our Systems Architecture team has discovered a kernel level vulnerability in servers running betterLinux. Our team will need to Read More >

Issue: Unplanned Maintenance on some Shared Servers. Status: Systems Architecture team is currently performing unplanned maintenance on several servers. Who is impacted? Customers on the Read More >

Issue with Upstream Provider of some ISPs There has been a reported outage in the L3 Internet backbone that routes through the Northern Virginia corridor Read More >

Status: Problem is currently being addressed by our System Administration Team. Who is impacted? VPS accounts on the ecvp162s node Learn more about how to Read More >

This issue has been resolved at this time. If you experience any further connectivity problems please contact our support department for troubleshooting. ALERT: East Coast Read More >

Issue: West Coast Data Center outage Status: Our Systems team are working to resolve the issue as quickly as possible Who is impacted? Users with Read More >

If your hosting account is housed on server “ecbiz111” then you may notice a temporary interruption in your service. Websites and email service will be Read More >

The support center “Ask a question” commenting tools are currently undergoing scheduled maintenance. We hope to complete the maintenance and be running as normal by Read More >

Issue: A vulnerability (CVE-2015-7547) was identified in glibc that affects many linux servers. Status: Our Systems architecture team will be deploying patches in the next Read More >

Upcoming Network Maintenance for 3/1/2016 An email was sent to all customers regarding an upcoming maintenance window that will occur on March 1, 2016. Details Read More >

Issue: A EXIM privilege escalation vulnerability (CVE-2016-1531) was recently identified. Status: Emergency cPanel updates have been completed on all servers at this time. Who is Read More >

This maintenance has already been completed and implemented. Issue: Scheduled Network Maintenance: Account Management Panel Who is impacted? All customers attempting to access their Account Read More >

In preparation for cPanel upgrades, we will be converting all shared servers from Courier IMAP to Dovecot. This is a required change since Courier is Read More >

Our network engineering team will be performing an enhancement to our network to further improve the security and reliability of our East and West Coast Read More >

Vulnerabilities have been discovered in two very popular browsers, Google Chrome and Firefox. The vulnerabilities are different for each browser and are detailed below: Mozilla Read More >

Over the night of 6/14/2016 the majority of our large disk (LD) servers were upgraded from Courier to Dovecot. During this process, the user’s email Read More >

Our network engineering team will be enhancing our configurations for better security and traffic control on our East Coast network. The maintenance will begin at Read More >

In addition to the regular maintenance on 6/28/2016, we will also be converting the following shared servers from Courier IMAP to DoveCot: biz123 biz146 res167 Read More >

On 7/12/2016, we will be converting the following shared servers from Courier IMAP to DoveCot: res195 ecbiz200 biz199 ecbiz198 biz197 biz190 ecbiz187 This change is Read More >

Issue: Our network architecture team will be performing planned network maintenance in our west coast data center. Status: Network maintenance is scheduled for 8/25/2016 at Read More >

Issue: Network Maintenance to AMP & Online Ordering Systems Status: Scheduled Who is impacted? All Customers Estimated Maintenance Window: Wednesday September 07, 2016 at 11:00pm Read More >

Network Maintenance on Oct 27 Network Operations team Performing Maintenance in West Coast Data Center Who will be effected? West Coast customers Estimated maintenance period Read More >

Issue: Our Systems Architecture team will be performing maintenance on some servers affected by the recent West Coast power outage. This should take no more Read More >

Server Maintenance Activity on April 27, 2017 T3 Performing Maintenance on Server RES210 Who will be effected? All customers using RES210 for their websites Estimated Read More >

Status: Partially resolved. Who is impacted? All accounts located on the West Coast Data Center Estimated time until resolution: We currently do not have an Read More >

InMotion Hosting Scheduled Maintenance West Coast Data Center Network Maintenance Who will be effected? Website served from the West Coast Data Center Time of the Read More >

Status: Scheduled- West Coast Data Center Network Testing & Maintenance June 28 after 11:00 PM PST Who is impacted? Customers using the West Coast Data Read More >

In this article: Why is this Happening? How does this affect me? Troubleshooting Why is this Happening? Our goal is to make sure our customers Read More >

Issue: Spectre and Meltdown Status: InMotion Hosting is aware of the reports. No services have been affected. Who is impacted? All computers and devices are Read More >

On June 8, 2021, we experienced an outage beginning at approximately 2:30 p.m. ET, lasting until 4:36 p.m. ET. Your service may have been intermittently Read More >

Planned Maintenance: In an effort to improve stability in connections to the East Coast Data Center and increase redundancy, maintenance is being performed by our Read More >

Planned Maintenance: In order to improve security and stability our fleet of servers will be rebooted. This temporary disruption of service is not expected to Read More >

IMPORTANT: This maintenance will NOT disrupt connections to the Data Centers that house our customer’s servers/websites. This announcement is simply to notify our loyal customers Read More >

Updating Our Privacy Policy We updated our Privacy Policy to make it easier for you to understand what information we collect and why we collect Read More >

Unplanned Webmail Maintenance Unplanned maintenance is being performed on some shared servers. Time of the Maintenance Activity Maintenance is ongoing. The InMotion Hosting network architecture Read More >

To enhance your work flow while you strive to protect your internet privacy, we created a !bang on the DuckDuckGo.com search engine. Now, you can Read More >

The InMotion Support Center has thousands of guides, but if you don’t see one that solves your problem you can post a question. Since this Read More >