UKC

Security, Performance and Feature Enhancements

We are pleased to announce that all hosting accounts that reside on UKC03 (Plesk 12) will be upgraded to the very latest Plesk Onyx panel between 2200 Monday 15th July and 0400 Tuesday 16th July. There will be no disruption to your service.

Plesk Onyx brings a whole suite of new features as well as the highest level of security and performance. In addition to the panel and base operating system upgrade your server hardware will be upgraded to the latest generation equipment thus delivering the highest performance for your web hosting services.

Access to the Plesk panel and the recommended name servers remain unchanged:

Panel access: https://ukc03.uk:8443
Nameserver 1: ns.ukc03.uk
Nameserver 2: ns2.ukc03.uk

The web server IP address will change from 5.77.35.249 to 5.77.32.6. If you use your own name servers (i.e. not the recommended name servers ns.ukc03.uk and ns2.ukc03.uk) then please ensure you change your DNS A records to use the new IP address within 7 days.

In the event that you have a problem with your web site service or you feel the migration of some of your data may need further attention please do not hesitate to contact the Helpdesk, advise of the specific problem you are experiencing and we will resync your data without delay.

We hope you enjoy the enhanced performance and security of your new UKC Plesk Onyx Server.

Are you one of the 3.2 million people who have rights to a .uk domain?

Domains registered before 23:59hrs on 28 October 2013 acquired the rights to the equivalent .uk domain.

If you own a .co.uk, .org.uk, .me.uk, .net.uk, .plc.uk, or ltd.uk domain, the matching .uk domain may have been reserved for you until 25 June 2019.

This could mean if you own yourwebsite.co.uk, your equivalent .uk domain, so yourwebsite.uk, may have been reserved. After 1 July 2019 any reserved .uk domains that have not been registered will be released into the public domain. This means they can be registered by anyone.

How to register a reserved .UK domain

You will need to register the .uk domain name yourself before 6am BST (UTC+1) on the 25th of June 2019. We suggest you contact our support team who will be able to help you with this.

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What are the costs to register a .UK domain?

There is no difference in price to a standard domain registration. The current prices for both registration and renewal are £5.99+VAT per annum.

What happens if I don’t register the corresponding shorter .uk domain?

When your rights elapse on 25th June, the ‘reserved’ domain will be available for registration by someone else.

If I don’t take up the corresponding .UK domain, what happens to my existing registration?

Your existing domain is unaffected and will continue as usual. Remember to continue to renew your registration each year.

When exactly do the rights expire?

06:00 BST (UTC+1) on 25th June 2019.

Where can I find more information?

Nominet provide more information and a “Rights of Registration” search at the following site: https://www.theukdomain.uk/do-i-have-uk-rights/

If you need any help or advice, don’t hesitate to contact us or alternatively, you can contact Nominet via phone; +44 (0)1865 332244 or email; nominet@nominet.uk.