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How to connect Managed Databases to SDN Private Networks

Reliable and secure connectivity is an absolute necessity for databases. With UpCloud Managed Databases, you have the option to connect to your database using your account wide Utility Network or the customisable SDN Private Networks. Utility Networks are enabled by default but attaching a SDN Private Network affords you the highest level of security and […]

Databases

Managed services

UpCloud services

How to add Floating IP on AlmaLinux 9

When you attach a new floating IP, you can find it listed to one of the servers at your UpCloud Control Panel that the floating IP currently points to. However, using the new floating IP will require some manual setup. Follow the steps below on how to get this done on Cloud Servers running AlmaLinux […]

Networking

UpCloud services

How to deploy Managed Kubernetes cluster using Terraform

How to deploy Managed Kubernetes cluster using Terraform

Managed Kubernetes easily automates the deployment, scaling, and management of container workloads but takes a couple of steps to deploy by itself. So, what better solution to combine with Managed Kubernetes than the simple yet powerful open-source infrastructure management tool, Terraform. In this tutorial, we’ll show to set up a Terraform configuration for a Managed […]

Kubernetes

Managed services

Terraform

How to regain access to a server that was deployed using SSH keys

When deploying a Linux Cloud Server using SSH keys as the login method, the root user account is created without a password. This method greatly improves security but can present challenges if you lose your private key and need to regain access to the server. The first step in the process involves acquiring new root […]

Security

How to generate SSH Keys using PuTTY

If you’re using a Windows laptop or PC with the PuTTY SSH client, you can create a new SSH key pair using the built-in key generator called PuTTYgen. To generate a new key, open PuTTYgen and click the Generate button. In the Key Generator window, check that the type of key to generate at the […]

Integrations

Security

How to get started with OpenSearch on Managed Databases

An Introduction to OpenSearch OpenSearch is a community-driven, open-source search and analytics suite. It is a tool that lets you store, search, and analyse large volumes of data quickly and in near real-time. It is typically used for storing items such as data from log files, but it can also handle any type of structured […]

Databases

Managed services

How to get started with Managed Kubernetes

Kubernetes is an open-source container orchestration system which automates the deployment, scaling and management of containerised applications. UpCloud’s Managed Kubernetes offers a fully managed solution which allows you to create and begin using Kubernetes clusters in just a few minutes. Through Kubernetes, you can manage and orchestrate containers (such as Docker) across multiple hosts. Using […]

Kubernetes

Managed services

UpCloud services

Private VPN Server using UpCloud and UTunnel

How to set up a private VPN Server using UpCloud and UTunnel

UTunnel is an easy-to-setup VPN as a Service (VPNaaS) provider, offering robust VPN and Zero Trust networking solutions targeted towards small and medium businesses. UTunnel enables easy VPN server deployment and administration, as well as trouble-free user management. UTunnel offers two options to set up your VPN server on UpCloud: the Integrated Cloud option and […]

Integrations

Networking

Security

How to enable Anti-affinity using Server Groups with the UpCloud API

High availability is practically the bare minimum for modern web services and there’s no better way to increase availability than through redundancy. Creating additional Cloud Servers to host your application is simple enough, however, there’s a chance your resources end up running on the same physical host which in the case of a hardware failure […]

API

UpCloud services

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