Tutorials

Guides and instructionals

Browse and discover tutorials and guides on UpCloud products and services as well as popular technologies and our partners’ services.

Linux security

How to secure your Linux cloud server

In this how-to guide, you can find some commonly recommended steps in order to protect your cloud server.

Security

Snort Ubuntu

How to install Snort on Ubuntu

This guide shows how to configure and run Snort in NIDS mode with a basic setup that you can later expand as needed.

Networking

Security

How to manage Linux user account security

Follow the examples in this guide to find out how to perform some of the basic user account management tasks, and how to implement a few added security measures.

Security

SSH keys

How to use SSH keys for authentication

Follow along to learn how to set up your first SSH keys using OpenSSH or PuTTYTray.

Security

Restoring backups

UpCloud provides several ways to restore data from your disk backups. This guide shows you how to bring back your data.

Backups

UpCloud services

Windows Server 2019 localisation settings

How to finalise your Windows Server deployment

Here is a quick run through on how to finalise your new Windows Server deployment.

Windows

Adding balance to your UpCloud account

In this guide, we explain how to add balance to your UpCloud account using a credit card or PayPal.

Account

UpCloud services

Flexible plans

Managing Cloud Server plans

One of the advantages of our cloud computing platform is the ability to freely change your server configuration, add or remove CPU cores, RAM, and storage to best suit your needs.

UpCloud services

How to resolve common problems with Windows Remote Desktop

This troubleshooting guide aims to help in ruling out some of the most common causes for poor functionality.

Troubleshooting

Windows

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