This guide contains essential resources to get started with your VPS Cloud or VPS Lite offered by Infomaniak.

Preamble

• Support for UEFI and Secure boot is not planned in the VPS Cloud / VPS Lite offer.
• It is not possible to migrate a vmdk file to make it work on OpenStack as KVM is used for virtualization.
• In case of a problem, refer to the knowledge base.
  • Contact Infomaniak support for questions concerning only the hardware part of the VPS.

Getting started with a VPS Cloud / VPS Lite Linux

• How to connect to your server via an SSH key?
• Which Linux distributions are supported?

Getting started with a VPS Cloud / VPS Lite Windows

• How to connect to your Windows server?
• Which versions of Windows are supported?

Which version (Cloud or Lite) to choose for the VPS?

• The configurations (vCPU / Ram / disk space) differ depending on the VPS offers, starting at 1 vCPU with very competitive prices.
  • Make your choice according to your needs.
  • Upgrading a VPS Lite to a VPS Cloud is not yet possible automatically, and reducing a subscribed offer is not possible.
  • Refer to this other guide if you wish to migrate from VPS Lite to VPS Cloud (the migration is irreversible).
• The same Linux distributions & Windows versions are offered (Windows is not available on the smallest configurations).
  • Only the official images of the operating systems are installed, without any security software such as fail2ban pre-installed.
  • However, the firewall is configurable from the Manager and a VPS also benefits from anti-DDoS protection.
  • Regarding port opening, refer to this other guide.
• On VPS Lite, the bandwidth is limited to 500 mbit/s and the guaranteed SLA + snapshots are not available.