How-Tos

Prerequisites: Prior to setting up a virtual machine, please make sure you have the appropriate privileges. Only contract owners, administrators, or users with the Create Data Center privilege can set up a VDC. Other user types have read-only access and can't provision changes.

Set Up a Dedicated Core Server	Learn how to create and configure a Dedicated Core inside of the DCD.
Set Up a vCPU Server	Learn how to create and configure a vCPU Server inside of the DCD.
Connect via Remote Console	Use the Remote Console to connect to Server instances without SSH.
Connect via SSH	Use Putty or OpenSSH to connect to Server instances.
Boot with cloud-init	Automate the creation of virtual instances with the cloud-init package.
Enable IPv6	Enable IPv6 support for Dedicated Core Servers and vCPU Servers.