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

How to safely decrease storage size on CentOS 7 Cloud Servers

Decreasing the storage size involves creating a new device with the desired size, transferring all data from the old drive to the new one, and then deleting the old one. This way, all data is kept secure during the operation, and everything gets safely copied as long as it can fit in the target space. […]

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How to use Object Storage for WordPress media files

Object storage is a popular solution for storing large amounts of static, unstructured data thanks to its scalability and API-friendly nature. It’s often used for serving data analysis software but also offers many other opportunities, such as saving media files on Object Storage for WordPress hosting. WordPress sites that work with rich media content could […]

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Increasing storage size

Increasing storage size is quick and easy to do on existing devices, and can even be done while the device is attached to a server.

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Launching Storage Import

How to upload data using Storage Import

Give your infrastructure a boost by migrating servers or importing custom installation media quickly and easily using Storage Import

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Launching Storage Import

How to upload data using the Storage Import API

Migrate data or upload custom installation media quickly and easily by using the Storage Import API advanced features

API

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Create new template

Custom server images

Custom server images allow you to create preconfigured system images that can be deployed in seconds. Check out this quick guide on how to create your first custom image and how to deploy it.

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Packer builder

How to create custom images using UpCloud Packer builder

Packer is an easy automation solution for creating custom images by simplifying temptation and making deploying Cloud Servers faster.

Integrations

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migrating to cloud

How to import VMware images

Upload your existing VMware server image and migrate seamlessly to the cloud. Here's how to get your VMware server running on UpCloud.

Quick start

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Adding and removing storage devices

Whether you are looking to increase data storage or make other changes to the disk configurations, this guide will help you to perform the required operations on Linux and Windows hosts.

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