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DDoS Protection Overview
At a high level, a distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack uses a distributed group of computers (a botnet) to send a flood of requests to a server (often a webserver). This flood of illegitimate requests can cause the server to be unresponsive to legitimate requests,...
Cloud Server Overview
Cloud Server Overview A cloud server is a Virtual Private Server (VPS) on Hostwinds' Cloud platform. Cloud servers are virtualized within our Cloud platform using enterprise drives and hardware for dedicated resources your server utilizes. They can be quickly created in just...
Cloud Server Management
Cloud servers, and by extension the Cloud Control pages, can seem complicated upon first entry. This article will provide an overview of the Cloud Control area so you can master all tasks you want to perform using your cloud server. From the Cloud Control Home Note: To make...
HWAgent
The hwagent is an all-in-one solution for cloud infrastructure management and server administration. Well-designed routines make the adoption of the Hostwinds Cloud Platform seamless. You can sync your SSH keys actively between instances, update your networking configuration...
Reinstalling a Cloud Server
To "reinstall" your cloud server, you must create a new cloud server instance. This process will irrevocably destroy your current cloud server instance. Because of this, it is essential (if possible) to create a backup of the data on your current system. Hostwinds cannot...
Create a Cloud Server
What is a Cloud Server? A cloud server is a robust software infrastructure that Hostwinds uses to process our storage. We create these using virtualization software and divide our physical servers into multiple virtual servers that we provide to you. Connecting to a Server...
Cloud Agent Overview and Management
The Hostwinds Cloud Agent is a suite of tools that interface with the OS inside a VPS to the API for your Cloud Control. It is essentially a command-line tool running from an SSH connection or inside a cmd or PowerShell window. The Cloud Agent is responsible for setting the...