What UlarHost is
UlarHost is a low-end website hosting provider operated as part of the Sidular Network. It is deliberately simple: shared hosting on our own servers, running entirely on free and open source software, with a single up-front price instead of a monthly bill. The public site lives at ular.host.
Host Forever?
UlarHost’s slogan asks whether you can host forever. The honest answer is: not quite, but close. Hosting is provided until a specific prepaid date, and that date moves forward every time a new customer joins. All servers are currently prepaid until at least July 2027, and each order extends the date by two more months. As long as customers keep joining, the date keeps moving, which is as close to a lifetime provider as we can honestly promise.
How UlarHost fits alongside DoRoyal
DoRoyal, operating since 2012, is Sidular’s primary hosting operation: it powers all Sidular infrastructure, including this website, and serves the widest range of hosting and game server plans. UlarHost sits alongside it as the budget option, using the same Sidular-owned servers and the same open source platform to offer a single simple plan at a one-time price. The UlarHost name is also used internally for our in-house cloud gaming project, which has been in development for several years. Together they cover both ends of our hosting work: DoRoyal for full-service plans, UlarHost for simple, prepaid, open source hosting.
The platform
Every part of the stack is open source:
- OS: Ubuntu 22.04
- Control Panel: HestiaCP
- Web Server: apache2, with nginx as reverse proxy
- DNS: bind9
- Mail: exim4, dovecot, spamassassin
- Databases: mariadb
- Backend: php8.0 through php8.4-fpm
- Security: fail2ban, iptables, clamav-daemon
- Other: cron for scheduled jobs, vsftpd for FTP
The plan
UlarHost is sold as a single plan: a one-time $115 (a $2.00 monthly option also exists) covering 6GB of disk, 300GB of bandwidth, up to 3 domains, HestiaCP, free SSL, and a script installer. One-click installers cover WordPress, Dokuwiki, Drupal, Grav, Laravel, MediaWiki, NextCloud, OpenCart, Prestashop, and Symphony. Current pricing and availability are listed at ular.host.
Support model
To be absolutely blunt: UlarHost is a low-cost, pay once hosting provider. Due to the lower costs, it does not include hand-holding technical support services. It is here to host your website, nothing more and nothing less. Questions are answered by the community on the UlarHost Discord server.