Learn how to manage your Public Cloud instances through OVHcloud Control Panel.
Requirements
- a Public Cloud project in your OVHcloud account
- a Public Cloud instance in your project
- access the OVHcloud Control Panel
Instructions
Using the management interface for instances
Log in to the OVHcloud Control Panel and open your Public Cloud
project.
Click on Instances
in the left-hand menu.
This page lists all your Public Cloud instances and some of their properties:
- The instance ID, needed for certain API calls
- The location of the datacenter i.e. the region of the instance
- The instance model
- The image i.e. the OS installed on the instance
- The IPv4 address of the instance
- Additional volumes (disks) currently attached to the instance
- The status of the instance, indicating whether it is in the
Activated
state
Management options on the instance dashboard
You can access all available management actions on the instance management page if you click the more options ...
button in the row of the instance you want to modify.
Instance details
Click on Instance details
.
On this page, you can view management actions, information about your instance and network, and the login information needed to connect to your instance.
Editing the configuration of the instance
Click on Edit
.
The new page displays a modified version of the instance creation options where you can edit the following items:
- Name: You can give a name to the instance for easier identification.
- Image: You can choose a different operating system for the instance. (Note that reinstalling an instance will delete all data stored on it.)
- Template: You can switch to a different instance model. Please refer to this guide for more information about the options.
- Changing the billing type: You can change the billing period of the instance from hourly to monthly. Please refer to this guide for detailed information.
Creating a backup of the instance
Click on Create a backup
.
Refer to our guide on backing up an instance for detailed information.
Creating an automatic backup of the instance
Automatic backups for instances can be achieved through the OVHcloud API. Refer to our Automatic Instance Backups via API guide for detailed information.
Suspending the instance
Click on Stop
.
This will put the instance in a suspended state. Refer to our guide on shelving, suspending, or pausing an instance for detailed information.
Click on Boot
to reactivate the instance.
Using rescue mode
Click on Reboot in rescue mode
.
This will activate rescue mode for the instance. Refer to our guide on putting an instance in rescue mode for detailed information.
Restarting the instance
- Click on
Hot reboot (soft)
to perform a software-level reboot. - Click on
Cold reboot (hard)
to perform a hardware-level reboot.
Confirm the reboot request in the popup window.
Shelving the instance
Click on Suspend
.
This will put the instance in the "shelved" state, here displayed as Suspended
. Consult our guide on shelving, suspending, or pausing an instance to learn more about the different states.
Click on Reactivate
to restore the Activated
state.
Reinstalling an instance
Click on Reinstall
.
This action will reinstall the instance with the same operating system, provided the image is still supported. Please note that if you choose to reinstall, all of the data currently stored on your instance will be erased.
Note that reinstalling deletes all data currently stored on your instance.
Deleting an instance
Click on Delete
. This will permanently delete the instance, as well as all of the data stored on it.
Confirm the request in the popup window.
Accessing the VNC console
Click on Instances
in the left-hand menu. On the instance management page, click on the name of the instance in the table.
Switch from the dashboard to the tab VNC console
.
Open in a new window
.The VNC console provides direct access to your instance. For this access to work, you need to configure a username and password on the instance first.
Consult our getting started guide to learn more about the necessary steps.
Go further
For more information and tutorials, please see our other Public Cloud support guides or explore the guides for other OVHcloud products and services.