WebCat Blog

WebCat had an issue with registering non-Finnish contacts for domains. The issue was related to handling of birth dates vs. personal identification numbers in the correct format. A fix has now been released and registering non-Finnish contacts should work again. Please don’t hesitate to contact us if you experience any problems.

We’re currently developing VPS (virtual private server) functionality for WebCat. As part of this development, we’ve also moved the Clouden company website to WordPress, which runs on a WebCat server. One goal of this change is to let us write blog posts more often, to keep you updated on what we are up to.…

WebCat is Clouden’s domain registrar service. Our customers register and renew domains and manage their DNS records. This is simple on the surface, but involves quite a few integration points. We interact with external services like the .fi top-level-domain registry and external DNS services. We also have an order processing system that has grown…

As always, we’ve been closely following Amazon’s new cloud technology announcements at re:Invent 2020. The event was fully virtual this year and all the talks were streamed online. Announcements were mostly made during the keynotes, while the rest of the re:Invent presentations typically focused on education and customer showcases. Here are some of our…

We’re happy to announce several new features in our .fi domain registrar service WebCat. When you need a .fi domain, visit webcat.fi.

Happy Summer to all our friends! We’ve just completed an update to our website https://clouden.net which is now built using WordPress. This is mainly to make it easier for us to create and manage content. We’re not using regular WordPress though. We run a Serverless version of WordPress on AWS Lambda, which doesn’t need a server…

It’s the time of the year again when AWS releases a huge amount of new products and features at the re:Invent conference in Las Vegas. We have been following re:Invent closely at Clouden and we’ve made a list of our favorite product launches. API Gateway HTTP APIs HTTP APIs are a new cost-effective alternative…

Clouden’s .fi domain registrar service WebCat now offers DNS support. When you register a domain at WebCat, you get a free DNS zone and a web-based management interface for setting up the DNS records. To activate the DNS service for a domain you’ve registered in WebCat, go to the domain’s nameserver settings and select WebCat Managed…

If you’re active in online business, you may have heard of the EU PSD2 directive which sets new rules for online payments in Europe. In September 2019, a new requirement for Strong Customer Authentication (SCA) will take effect. It basically requires online payments to be authenticated with an additional factor, such as a confirmation…

We have just opened WebCat, our new .fi domain registrar service. If you need a .fi domain, just sign up and register one. We also welcome you to sign up for the WebCat Newsletter, which will keep you informed about new features and product offers. You can follow WebCat on Twitter, Facebook and in GitHub Issues if you’re interested in…