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

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Managing backups using the UpCloud API

This article explains how the backup functions can be used by employing the UpCloud API authenticated with your Base64 encoded credentials.

API

Backups

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Backup HDD only

How to migrate onto MaxIOPS

This quick guide shows how simple it is to move onto MaxIOPS using our cloning feature.

Storage

UpCloud services

New live CD server

Booting a server with live CD

Rather than loading the OS from the system storage, with a live CD you can quickly test different operating systems without having to spend the time to go through the installation process.

Storage

UpCloud services

User accounts and usernames

It is a good idea to understand the difference between accounts and their usage from a management and security point of view.

Account

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Accepted payment methods

This is a list of our current selection of accepted payment methods.

Account

UpCloud services

Workspace members

Getting started using the UpCloud API

This guide gives a quick introduction to the UpCloud API and will help you through the first steps of connecting to the API and automating your cloud servers using your favourite programming language.

API

UpCloud services

Managing firewall

Managing firewall

Your UpCloud control panel offers an L3 Firewall that is positioned just before the network interface connecting your cloud server to the internet.

Quick start

Security

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Taking backups

Taking backups

Our control panel offers two methodsĀ of taking backups of your cloud servers - instant, On Demand Backups, and automated, Scheduled Backups. Here's how to use them.

Backups

Quick start

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Server cloning

Cloning cloud servers is a useful tool for setting up a server similar to what you already have and wish to skip the hassle of configuring a new server from scratch.

Storage

UpCloud services

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