How to Configure Cyberduck for Use with Storm Object Storage

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Storm Object Storage delivers a durable, secure, highly available solution for storage needs of virtually any size. With object storage access occurs via API calls to the object storage cluster, which replaces the need to rely on additional servers for dedicated storage.

Here we use the client Cyberduck to interact with Storm Object Storage. Cyberduck is available for download from https://cyberduck.io/?l=en.

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  • These instructions are intended specifically for configuring Cyberduck for use with Storm Object Storage.
  • I’ll be working from a Microsoft Windows 8 desktop with Cyberduck already installed.

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How To Add a Record With the DNS Zone Editor in cPanel

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cPanel Tutorial: Paper Lantern Walkthrough
I. How To Log In To cPanel
II. How To Create an Email Account in cPanel
III. How To Set Your Default Address in cPanel
IV. How To Set up an Autoresponder in cPanel
V. How To Set up Email Forwarding in cPanel
VI. How To Set up Email Filters in cPanel
VII. How To Enable Spam Protection in cPanel
VIII. How To Add an MX Entry in cPanel
IX. How To Use Webmail from Within cPanel
X. How To Change Your cPanel Password
XI. How To Update Your Contact Information in cPanel
XII. How To Change Your cPanel Theme
XIII. How To Change the Primary Language in cPanel
XIV. How To Add a Record With the DNS Zone Editor in cPanel
XV. How To Back up Your Website in cPanel
XVI. How To Use the Disk Space Usage Tool in cPanel
XVII. How To Create Additional FTP Accounts in cPanel
XVIII. How To Password Protect a Directory in cPanel
XIX. How To Use the IP Blocker in cPanel
XX. How To Set up Hotlink Protection in cPanel
XXI. How To Create a Subdomain in cPanel
XXII. How To Create an Addon Domain in cPanel
XXIII. How To Create a Domain Alias in cPanel
XXIV. How To Set up Domain Redirects in cPanel
XXV. How To Create a MySQL Database in cPanel
XXVI. How To Use the Index Manager in cPanel
XXVII. How To Create Custom Error Pages in cPanel
XXVIII. How To Set up a Cron Job in cPanel

This tutorial assumes you’ve already logged in to cPanel, and are starting on the home screen.

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  1. Let’s learn how to add an “A record” with the DNS Zone Editor.cpanel-paperlantern-14-dns--02
  2. Click the “Simple Zone Editor” icon.cpanel-paperlantern-14-dns--03
  3. Select the domain you want to edit.cpanel-paperlantern-14-dns--04
  4. Then enter the “A Record”, followed by the IP address you want it to point to.cpanel-paperlantern-14-dns--05
  5. Click Add a Record.cpanel-paperlantern-14-dns--06
  6. That’s it! We’ve successfully added an “A Record” to our domain.cpanel-paperlantern-14-dns--07
  7. You can see the new record listed here at the bottom …cpanel-paperlantern-14-dns--08
  8. Which is also where you can click to delete the record when it’s no longer needed.cpanel-paperlantern-14-dns--09

 

How to Upgrade Your VPS

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Upgrading your Storm® VPS (Virtual Private Server) is a simple process, and can be done in just a few satisfying clicks. Upgrades are a necessity. Let’s face it, you work hard on your blog, or ecommerce store, and the traffic grows! So, once you’ve optimized your WordPress site or Magento store, reward yourself with an easy upgrade process and increase the available resources to your Storm® VPS by following the steps below!

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How to Configure awscli for Use with Storm Object Storage

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Storm Object Storage delivers a durable, secure, highly available solution for storage needs of virtually any size. With object storage access occurs via API calls to the object storage cluster, which replaces the need to rely on additional servers for dedicated storage.

Here we use the client awscli to interact with Storm Object Storage. If you don’t have awscli installed then you can follow these instructions: How to Install an Object Storage Command Line Interface (awscli)

Storm Object Storage 101: Command Line
I. How to Install an Object Storage Command Line Interface (awscli)
II. How to Configure awscli for Use with Storm Object Storage
III. How to Use Basic awscli Commands with Storm Object Storage
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  • These instructions are intended specifically for configuring awscli for use with Storm Object Storage.
  • I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Core Managed CentOS 7 server with awscli installed.

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How to Use Basic AWS CLI Commands with Storm Object Storage

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Storm Object Storage delivers a durable, secure, highly available solution for storage needs of virtually any size. With object storage access occurs via API calls to the object storage cluster, which replaces the need to rely on additional servers for dedicated storage.

Here we use the client AWS CLI to interact with Storm Object Storage. If you don’t have AWS CLI installed then you can follow these instructions: How to Install an Object Storage Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)

Storm Object Storage 101: Command Line
I. How to Install an Object Storage Command Line Interface (AWS CLI)
II. How to Configure AWS CLI for Use with Storm Object Storage
III. How to Use Basic AWS CLI Commands with Storm Object Storage
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  • These instructions are intended specifically for using Storm Object Storage.
  • I’ll be working from a Liquid Web Core Managed CentOS 7 server with AWS CLI installed, and I’ll be logged in as root.

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How to Resize a Liquid Web Storm (Cloud) Server

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  • These instructions are intended specifically for resizing a Liquid Web Storm (Cloud) server.
  • I’ll be resizing a 2GB Storm VPS instance to an Storm Dedicated server.

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How To Create Child Instances On Private VPS Parent

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This article is just one of a multi-part series.
I. How To Create a Storm Private Cloud Parent
II. Available Resources On a Storm Private Cloud Parent
III. How To Create Child Instances On Storm Private Cloud

Now that your Private VPS Parent is setup and ready to go, you’ll want to kick-off a few Child Instances. We’ll start from the Dashboard for the Private VPS Parent, which is where we left off in the previous article: Available Resources On a Private VPS Parent.

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Available Resources On a Private VPS Parent

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This article is just one of a multi-part series.
I. How To Create a Storm Private Cloud Parent
II. Available Resources On a Storm Private Cloud Parent
III. How To Create Child Instances On Storm Private Cloud

To view the available resources on any Private VPS Parent that you’ve allocated, start by clicking on the + symbol next to the specific Server Name .

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