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Key Concepts

Public Cloud Instances - Key concepts

Getting started

Adding cloud credit
How to create a Public Cloud instance and connect to it
Managing your Public Cloud instances
How to start a Public Cloud instance on a bootable volume
Shelve or pause an instance
Activating a Windows licence for an instance in private mode
First steps with pre-installed applications

Configuration

Changing project contacts
Public Cloud Instances - Switching from hourly to monthly billing
Backing up an instance
Using instance backups to create or restore an instance
Changing the hostname of a Public Cloud instance
How to activate rescue mode on a Public Cloud instance
Putting a Metal instance in rescue mode
How to replace an SSH key pair on a Public Cloud instance
Deploying a GPU instance
How to configure reverse DNS for a Public Cloud instance
Resize an instance via the OVHcloud Control Panel
Creating and using a Server Group in Horizon and CLI
Creating an Instance via the Horizon interface
Managing your Public Cloud Instances in Horizon
Creating and configuring a security group in Horizon
Managing snapshots of an instance in Horizon
Creating, launching and deleting images in Horizon
Resize an instance via Horizon
How to revert a flex instance
Getting started with the OpenStack API
Starting with Cinder API
Uploading your own image
Resize a Public Cloud instance using the OpenStack CLI
Downloading and transferring an instance backup from one OpenStack region to another
Launching a script when an instance is created
Sharing an object via a temporary URL
Sharing images between Public Cloud projects

Migration

Migration of instances between different regions

Tutorials

How to use PuTTY for SSH connections and authentication
Using OVHcloud High Performance (S3) Object Storage as Terraform Backend to store your Terraform state
Using OVHcloud Object Storage as Pulumi Backend to store your Pulumi state
Create a custom OpenStack image with Packer
How To Install ownCloud on a Public Cloud Instance
Installing Plesk on an instance
Installing WordPress on an instance
Installing Prometheus Agent on a Public Cloud instance
How to deploy the 3CX IPBX automatically on OVHcloud Public Cloud
How to set up a web server (LAMP) on Debian or Ubuntu
Local Zone VPN-as-a-Service (VPNaaS) with Tailscale integration
Enterprise File Storage - Connect a Public Cloud instance to an EFS Volume via vRack Private Network

Security

How to create and use authentication keys for SSH connections to Public Cloud instances
How to configure additional SSH keys on an instance
Changing the admin password on a Windows server
Upgrading your operating system

Troubleshooting

Forensics: How to deal with Public Cloud instances
Repairing the GRUB bootloader
Resizing the file system in FreeBSD 12
How to retrieve databases in rescue mode
FAQ - Change of monthly billing method

Additional resources

Public Cloud Instances - Shared responsibilities
Public Cloud & VPS - Image life cycle
Local Zone Compute - Features, Capabilities and Limitations
How to obtain the carbon footprint of your OVHcloud services