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How to create a resource usage control template

What is a Resource Control Template? A Resource Control Template is an option added in our SWPanel that serves to establish a resource usage limit in the Hostings, setting a maximum in the use of CPU, RAM memory and disk operations (IOPS). These Reso (...)

How to migrate my Plesk server to SWPanel

In the following manual we will learn how to migrate all the services from a Plesk server to our SWPanel server at SWHosting with our migration tool. In the new version of SWPanel we have added a new functionality to make it easier for our customers (...)

How to install XenTools on a Windows server

Sometimes we have found that some Windows updates generate incompatibilities with the Hypervisor Drivers. Affectations Due to the conflict between the updates of the operating system and the Drivers, we have detected problems related to the network c (...)

How to limit the resource usage of a Hosting by means of a template

What is resource limitation in a Hosting template? The resource limitations through a Hosting template allow one or more web hostings hosted on a server to have a defined limit on the use of resources that can be used. This is achieved by setting lim (...)

How to configure the network of a Windows server with the SWPanel data

In order to reconfigure the network of your Windows server, it is first necessary to know the data to be inserted. To do this, enter your SWPanel and, using the top browser, access the dashboard of your Windows Cloud: Then, from the side menu, click (...)

What is cache memory?

The cache memory is an essential component in computer systems. It is a high-speed memory close to the processor whose main purpose is to improve system performance. When running programs on a computer, the processor needs to access data and instruct (...)

Connect to your server Cloud Windows via Remote Desktop Connection

In this manual, we will show you how to access your Cloud Windows server from any computer using the Remote Desktop Connection application. ¿What is Remote Desktop Connection? Remote Desktop Connection is a feature provided by Microsoft on Windows co (...)

How to create a Cloud server budget from my SWPanel?

How to generate a budget To create a quote for one of the services offered in SWPanel we must follow the same steps as for the contracting. From the main dashboard click on "Create Service": We select the characteristics of the service we (...)

How to create a Cloud using a Template

How to create a Cloud using a Template A Cloud deployment template allows you to create a Cloud server with the same resources as the original (without data). ⚠️ Important: When deploying a service using a deployment template, the same IP will be co (...)

How to create Cloud deployment templates

How to create a Cloud deployment template A Cloud deployment template allows you to create a Cloud server with the same resources as the original (without data). ⚠️ Important: In order to create a Cloud deployment template, your Cloud server must no (...)

How to manage the disk volumes of your Windows 10 cloud server

All our Cloud servers with Windows 10 operating system have a customized disk partitioning structure so that, once you have created your Cloud Windows server, you can easily decide whether you want your O.S. to have a single disk volume C:/ or also a (...)

How to manage the disk volumes of your Windows Server cloud server

All our Cloud servers with Windows operating system have a customized disk partitioning structure so that, once you have created your Cloud Windows server, you can easily decide whether you want your O.S. to have a single disk volume C:/ or you also (...)

How to modify the values of PHP variables in your Private Hosting

To modify the PHP variables of a Cloud Hosting plan, first, you must locate from the "Tree of active services", the service where you want to modify, or you can use the general search engine of the SWPanel to find it: Once in the Dashboard (...)

How to modify repositories in Linux

If we wish to increase the capabilities of our operating system, we have the option of adding repositories to be able to install updated software or software that is not available for our distribution. It is important to mention that it is necessary (...)

How to create a load balancing system in SWPanel?

What is load balancing? Load balancing is a mechanism that allows to distribute the consumption of cpu, network, storage, ... resources in order to be able to serve a given service without the limitations that a single device would offer. A typical e (...)

How to start your Cloud Server

In this manual we are going to guide you, step by step, so that you can start your Cloud Server from the SWPanel. First of all, you must go to the SWPanel Dashboard: Using the top search bar that you have in the SWPanel, search for the Cloud server (...)

How to check your server's event log

To review the event log of your Cloud, you can follow the steps below: 1- Log in to SWPanel and go to the corresponding Cloud Dashboard using the top browser. 2- Once you are in your Cloud Dashboard, go to the LOG Manager by clicking on the LOGs ico (...)

How to manage the status of cloud services

Cloud services status management From SWHosting we have implemented a new tool, in order to facilitate even more the management of the services of your server, so that you can perform in a graphical and intuitive way the management of these services (...)

Setting up a cloned CentOS 8 server

Once the cloning of your Cloud server with CentOS as operating system is done, you can use the newly deployed machine to test your website or have a pre-production environment. To start operating with your clone you will need to provision your server (...)

Configuration of a cloned Debian/Ubuntu/Windows server

Once the cloning of your Cloud server is done, you can use the newly deployed machine to test your website, or have a pre-production environment. To start operating with your clone, you will have to provision your server with a series of previous mod (...)

Updating Ubuntu 19.04 repositories

Discontinuance of Ubuntu 19.04 Dingo Disk Ubuntu version 19.04 ended its lifespan at the end of January 2020. Canonical, the company that makes the famous open source distribution possible, offered nine months of support, which entails that updates a (...)

Connect to your Hosting by console through PuTTY

In this manual we will show you how to access the console of a hosting service, hosted on your Cloud server with SWPanel as a management tool with the SSH/CHRooT user and through the free application PuTTY. ⚠️To be able to activate the SSH/CHRoot us (...)

Connect to your Cloud by console via PuTTY

In this manual we will show you how to access your Cloud server console from any computer using the free PuTTY application. What is PuTTY? PuTTY is a free SSH client that allows us to connect to another machine in remote mode or via Serial. Its most (...)

How to stop your Cloud Server

In this manual we are going to guide you, step by step, so that you can stop your Cloud Server from the SWPanel. First of all, you must go to the SWPanel Dashboard: Using the top search bar in the SWPanel, search for the Cloud server to manage: Onc (...)

Let's Encrypt certificate installation in One Click App NextCloud

⚠️ This is basic configuration information based on the configurations available in the official NextCloud documentation, but with the routes and accesses of the installations that are carried out from SW Hosting. We remember that from SW Hosting we (...)

Enable AWStats option in my Cloud

In this manual we will learn how to activate the web statistics option in our Cloud to be able to use AWStats in the Hosting services that are within it. If you already have the option active in your Cloud and you want to start seeing the web statist (...)

How to plan your Web export

A planned web export involves setting a specific date on which all data will be exported. This content can be imported to another hosting service, or even used as a backup. In SW Hosting you can plan the export of your Web through the Dashboard of yo (...)

How to export your Web

How to export your Web The action of exporting a web site involves saving and moving the entire content to be sent. You can use the exported files to import them elsewhere, or use them as a backup. At SW Hosting you can export your website through yo (...)

How to change the root directory of your Web

To manage the root directory of your web hosting on your cloud server using the SWPanel, you will have to follow the following steps: 1. Indicate in the upper box of the SWPanel the name of the service whose root directory you want to modify. 2. In (...)

How to plan your Web Snapshots

How to plan your Web Snapshots A planned snapshot of a website is a snapshot of the content of your website on a specific date, previously scheduled. cta:cloud_app_swpanel_smart_d5 At SW Hosting you can create scheduled snapshots of all your web si (...)

File management

In your SWPanel, you have a File Manager with which you can manage and administer the directories and files of your Web. To access the file manager, you must first search for the service where the website to be managed is located, using the top searc (...)

How to sign up for SWPanel for Cloud training with SWPanel Smart Web

SWPanel training is perfect for those people who have just hired a Cloud with SW Smart Panel from SWHosting and want to learn how it works. What are SWPanel training courses? They are non-classroom courses that are carried out virtually using Zoom, w (...)

Create a Hosting service in your Cloud with a template

What is a Hosting Template? A service template is an option added in our SWPanel that allows you to create different services that have the same characteristics. Thanks to these, we can create many similar services in a more orderly and faster way. C (...)

How to manage my Cloud server updates with SWPanel

Upgrading a server is important in order to maintain optimal security and performance for your Cloud server. To upgrade the server through the SWPanel, you must follow the following steps: Go to the Dashboard of the server you want to upgrade: You (...)

How to clone a Cloud server with data or without data

Cloning a Cloud service can be useful to have a server with the same features / data as one previously created. In case of having a Cloud with SWPanel, the cloning of it must be without data. There are two ways to clone a Cloud server, with the sourc (...)

How to reinstall a Cloud server

Reinstalling a Cloud service can be useful to have a server with the same features as one created previously. Also, it is useful in case we have had any software problem that prevents us from recovering the server. danger Reinstalling a Cloud involv (...)

How to create a MultiCloud

Multicloud is the use of multiple cloud computing and storage services in a single heterogeneous architecture. This also refers to the distribution of cloud assets, software, applications, etc., across multiple cloud hosting environments. By default, (...)

Custody of logs

Our log storage service archives and classifies all your mail, Web and FTP logs for you, allowing you to retrieve them at any time. Offload your server from disk space. Our automatic system transfers your server logs to your own virtual log file, wit (...)

How to associate a registered domain to a One Clic App server with Odoo

In SW Hosting the access to the One Click Apps servers with Odoo is done through the URL corresponding to the name of the server. For example: http://ce2022021506001.dnssw.net In case you prefer to access your Odoo server with the name of an already (...)

Installing Laravel in the Cloud with Debian 10

Contract Cloud One with Debian Buster 10 First of all, you must have a Cloud server, for example a Cloud One A1. The Cloud contract can be done from our web or in case you are already a SW Hosting customer, from your SWPanel account. SSH connection A (...)

Use of your Cloud resources

To view the resource usage of your Cloud, first go to the Cloud Dashboard. To do this, search for the name from the search bar: Once inside the Dashboard, open the third Service Usage option on the left side menu, click on "Usage History": (...)

How to create a planned scaling of resources

What is a scheduled scaling? A planned scaling is the increase or reduction of your cloud resources (vCores and RAM) to run automatically at a specific date and time. This way you will be able to provision the necessary resources on your server to as (...)

How to manage my Cloud IPs

Add additional IPs to my Cloud A Cloud, by default, is delivered with a public IP for its connection to the Internet. Once you have purchased a Cloud you can customize it with different options, one of which is the provision of up to a maximum of 7 a (...)

How to create and manage SnapShots of your Cloud Server

A Snapshot (or snapshot image) is a copy of the disk file of a Virtual Machine (VM) at a specific time. It preserves the totality of the files on the disk, allowing us to restore the state of all the files stored on the disk on the date the snapshots (...)

How to create a Cloud with a One Click App

To create a Cloud service with a One Click App, you must first log in to your SWPanel, entering your username and password. Once inside your SWPanel Dashboard, click on the Create Service button at the top right: Next, click on Cloud & Apps, whi (...)

How to create a Cloud with SWPanel as management panel

To create a Cloud service with SWPanel as a management panel, you must first log in to your SWPanel, entering your username and password. Once you are in the Dashboard of your SWPanel, you must click on the "Create Service " button, which y (...)

How to create a Cloud from SWPanel

To create a Cloud service from your SWPanel, you must first log in to your SWPanel , entering your username and password. Once you are in the Dashboard of your SWPanel, click on the "Create Service" button, located at the top right: Here y (...)

How to create an SSL VPN with my Cloud servers

A VPN, an acronym for Virtual Private Network**, is a network technology that enables a secure extension of a local area network (LAN) over a public or non-public, controlled network such as the Internet. It allows a device connected to the local are (...)

How to create a VLAN with my Cloud servers

A VLAN, an acronym for virtual LAN (Virtual Local Area Network), is a method of creating logically independent networks even if they are located within the same physical network. One of the advantages of using VLANs, when managing a local network, is (...)

Increase and reduce my Cloud resources

Log in to your SWPanel by entering your username and password. Click on the "Services" tab located on the left side blue menu and select your Cloud Server: Once inside your Cloud server, you will see a button bar with all the icons of th (...)

Activating and deactivating the Antivirus service in a Cloud

How does it work? On all SW Hosting servers with SWPanel, ClamAV is implemented as an integral antivirus service. Its main function is to filter every email that enters or leaves the server to evaluate the possibility that the content includes some k (...)

Create a Web Hosting in my Cloud

Applicable to: Cloud with a SWPanel licence The Clouds with Administration Panel allow you to set up Hosting services within your Cloud in a matter of minutes without the need to access the machine or have advanced computer skills, all from SWPanel (...)

How do I access my Cloud using the console through SWPanel?

To access your server via console from SWPanel you must first access your server’s dashboard. You can do this by searching for it from the SWPanel search engine or from the services tree: Once in the Cloud server dashboard, you will need to click on (...)

How do I activate Layer 4 security profiles in my Cloud?

What are security profiles? Firewall security profiles are a set of predefined rules that allow you, when activated or deactivated, to accept or deny certain data traffic. In order to activate or deactivate the Firewall profiles, you must have contr (...)

How to park and unpark a Cloud

1. What is the purpose of parking a Cloud Imagine that for a while you are not going to use your Cloud, neither do you need it to be operational, although you know that in a while you will have to start it up again. Then a good option to save monthly (...)

How to upgrade SWPanel core on my Cloud Server

Preparation In order to upgrade SWPanel Core, you will need to connect via console to your server with “root” user. To do this you can follow the manual on How do I access my Cloud using the console through SWPanel and the credentials you received at (...)

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