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| ==== How do I activate my AnyCast IP? ==== | ==== How do I activate my AnyCast IP? ==== | ||
| - | To activate your AnyCast IP you **must** have a VPS in all of our locations (Las Vegas, New York, Luxembourg). Read the [[anycast_vps|Anycast]] page for more information. | + | To activate your AnyCast IP you **must** have a VPS in all of our locations (Las Vegas, New York, Miami and Luxembourg). Read the [[anycast_vps|Anycast]] page for more information. |
| - To activate AnyCast click on the " | - To activate AnyCast click on the " | ||
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| root # cat / | root # cat / | ||
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| auto lo | auto lo | ||
| iface lo inet loopback | iface lo inet loopback | ||
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| ====How do I backup my VPS?==== | ====How do I backup my VPS?==== | ||
| - | BuyVM offers backups starting at **$0.50/ | + | BuyVM offers |
| Backups are good incase your VPS has a issue, Hardware issue, disk failures or a incident at the datacenter. | Backups are good incase your VPS has a issue, Hardware issue, disk failures or a incident at the datacenter. | ||
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| We also have a " | We also have a " | ||
| - | ====How do I use snapshots==== | + | ====How do I use or create a snapshot?==== |
| Snapshots are a way to "roll back" your VM when testing or installing software and something goes wrong. | Snapshots are a way to "roll back" your VM when testing or installing software and something goes wrong. | ||
| - | We provide **5 free snapshots**. Please note that this is not like backups, if you want a automated backup system then please read: [[http:// | + | We provide **5 free snapshots**. Please note that this is not like backups, if you want an automated backup system then please read: [[http:// |
| If you're going to install or update anything it's best to take a snapshot in case something goes wrong and you lose your data. | If you're going to install or update anything it's best to take a snapshot in case something goes wrong and you lose your data. | ||
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| - Click " | - Click " | ||
| After that a snapshot will be created and show up on the list and you can roll back to it whenever you want. | After that a snapshot will be created and show up on the list and you can roll back to it whenever you want. | ||
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| + | ====How can I upload my own ISO to the Stallion and install it on my VPS?==== | ||
| + | If an OS you want isn't on the Templates section you are able to upload your own ISO's. | ||
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| + | To do this: | ||
| + | - Go to Stallion | ||
| + | - Go to your VM | ||
| + | - Click on the " | ||
| + | - Click " | ||
| + | - Put the direct link of ISO you want to upload (ex: example.com/ | ||
| + | - Click Upload. | ||
| + | - Once the ISO is uploaded it will show up on the " | ||
| + | - Click on "Mount ISO" on the ISO you want to mount to your VM. | ||
| + | - Now go to the " | ||
| + | - Click on "Boot Order" and click on "(1) CDROM (2) Hard disk" and click "Save Changes" | ||
| + | - Power off and power on your VM. | ||
| + | - Since you will not have SSH or RDP access, you will need to access the VM using the VNC Option. You can either choose the "Web Based Console" | ||
| + | - After you installed the operating system from the ISO image head over to " | ||
| + | - Head over to Settings tab, go to the KVM settings and change the boot order from "(1) CDROM (2) Hard disk" back to "(1) Hard Disk (2) CDROM" so your VM doesn' | ||
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