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Description of the "SIM-Cloud"

  • General information
    • Description of the SIM-Cloud service
      • Key features
      • Main characteristics
      • SIM-Cloud structure
    • Regions and Availability Zones
      • Regions and Availability Zones
        • Regions resources
        • What is an availability zone
        • Availability zones benefits
        • Zone resources
        • Accounting and quotas
        • How availability zones may be implemented
        • List of available regions and zones
        • Restrictions
      • Migrating instances between Availability Zones
      • Migrating volumes between AZ
      • Use cases for several Availability Zones
        • Use-cases-AZ
    • Resource management
    • Storage
    • Network organisation
      • Security groups
      • Floating IP
      • VPN
      • Virtual routers
        • Mikrotik
        • Pfsense
        • Opnsense
      • Firewall as a service
      • NAT
      • DNS
    • Instance types (Flavor)
    • OS Images
      • Description
      • Microsoft Windows
      • Linux
      • FreeBSD
      • vRouter virtual routers
      • Other images
    • Instances
    • Security
    • Backup and restore

BEGINNING OF WORK

  • Quick start
  • Frequently asked Questions (FAQs)
    • General issues
      • How do I recover my login details/password?
      • How do I change my password?
      • How do I create an additional user?
    • Technical issues
    • Billing issues
  • Video tutorials
    • Quick start
    • General operations

Management interfaces

  • Management interfaces
    • Dashboard
    • CLI Tools
      • SIM-Cloud CLI. General information
      • Managing the system via a command line interface (CLI) in the Linux OS
        • Obtaining the archives with the utility and accompanying libraries from the official website openstack.org, then decompressing and installing them
        • Authorisation in SIM-Cloud using the RC file
        • Launching the openstack utility and obtaining general information about the project in SIM-Cloud
      • Examples of practical solutions using a command line interface (CLI)
        • Changing the IP address assigned to the instance port
    • API
      • SIM-Cloud API. General information
      • Managing a project through an API using the cURL console utility in Linux OS
        • Authentication using a RC file
        • Obtaining the token ID
        • Sending the API request
        • Handling the response
      • Examples of practical solutions using the REST API and cURL console utility
        • Changing the IP address assigned to the instance port

Fundamental cloud operations

  • Fundamental operations in the cloud
    • Operations with instances
      • Creating an instance
        • Launchan instance with cloud-images
          • Using a key pair (ssh-key) for instances with cloud images
            • 1. Creating a key pair in the “Sim-Cloud” project control panel when creating an instance.
            • 2. Creation of a key pair on the local computer, import of the public key into the “SIM-Cloud” project.
            • 3. Connecting to an instance from multiple access points
            • 4. Adding a key pair to an existing instance.
      • Changing instance type (flavor)
      • Starting an instance
      • Rebooting an instance
      • Shutting down an instance
      • Deleting an instance
    • Network operations
      • Security groups
        • Setting up security groups
      • IP addressing
        • IPv4
        • IPv6
      • Create an IPv6 “/ 64” subnet
      • Working with local networks
        • IPv4
        • IPv6
      • Floating IP
      • Allowed address pairs
      • Defining the MAC address for the network interface of an instance
      • Network restart
        • Network restart via SIM-Cloud web interface
        • Network restart via command line interface
    • VPN configuration
      • IPSec “Site-to-Site”
        • VPN IPSec (site-to-site) between Mikrotik virtual routers behind NAT Traversal (NAT-T)
        • Site-to-site IPSec VPN between VPNaaS (SIM-Cloud) and OPNsense router (remote office)
          • Description
          • Initial conditions
          • Site A configuration (VPNaaS)
          • Site B configuration (OPNsense)
          • Tunnel function check
        • Site-to-site IPSec VPN between VPNaaS (SIM-Cloud) and pfSense router (remote office)
          • Description
          • Initial conditions
          • Site A configuration (VPNaaS)
          • Site B configuration (pfSense)
          • Tunnel function check
        • Site-to-site IPSec VPN between VPNaaS (SIM-Cloud) and MikroTik router (remote office)
          • Description
          • Initial conditions
          • Site A configuration (VPNaaS)
          • Site B configuration (MikroTik)
          • Tunnel function check
      • Troubleshooting
        • L2TP
          • Windows does not connect to L2TP / IPSec server behind NAT
          • Access to Windows is lost when VPN L2TP tunnel is successfully established
    • Volume operations
      • Disc types
      • Creating a disk from an image
      • Creating a disk snapshot
      • Creating a disk from a snapshot
      • Changing the size of a virtual disk
        • Expanding a disk in the cloud
        • Expanding a disk in MS Windows Server
        • Expanding a LVM disk (without changing its structure)
        • Expanding a disk in CentOS
        • Expanding a disk in FreeBSD
        • Disk Expansion for 3CX Instance
      • Volume-transfer
      • Changing the disk type
      • Creating a complete copy of an existing disk (cloning a disk)
        • Creating a snapshot of the disk and a temporary image
        • Using the BaaS service
      • Attaching an additional disk to an instance
      • Detaching a volume
      • Deleting a volume
      • Creating an image from a disk
    • Operations with project quotas
    • Migration to the Cloud
      • Preparing Windows VMs for Cloud Migration
      • Migration with “Virt-V2V”
        • Description
        • Migration using a pre-installed “SIM-V2V” -image
        • Deploying the system
        • Converting a disk in manual mode

Services

  • Services
    • BaaS
      • Backup as a service - BaaS
        • Description of the service
        • How it works
        • Performance
        • Benefits of SIM-Cloud BaaS
        • Accessibility
        • Ordering the service
        • How to select a storage quota
        • The interface and basic actions
          • Overview
          • Backup plans
          • Creating
          • Deleting
          • Editing
          • Execute
          • Tasks running
          • Task history
          • Backups
          • Recovery
          • Deleting a backup copy of a disk
          • Disconnecting a disk
        • Notifications
        • Restrictions
      • Use examples of BaaS
        • Use Case №1
        • Use Case №2
        • Use Case №3
        • Use Case №4
        • Use Case №5
        • Use Case №6
        • Use Case №7
        • Use Case №8
      • SIM-Cloud BaaS service ordering
        • Algorithm for ordering SIM-Cloud BaaS through the website
        • Algorithm for ordering SIM-Cloud BaaS in SIM-Networks billing together with the main service SIM-Cloud
        • Algorithm for ordering SIM-Cloud BaaS in SIM-Networks billing in addition to the already used SIM-Cloud service
      • SIM-Cloud BaaS API
      • Backup Notifications (BaaS)
    • VPNaaS
      • VPNaaS - VPN as a service
        • Description of the service
        • Initial requirements
        • Practical application
      • Configuring VPN connections in VPNaaS without use of endpoint groups (legacy way)
        • Add the IKE policy
        • Add the IPsec policy
        • Add the VPN service
        • Add the IPSec connection
        • Configure the VPN connection using Openstack CLI
        • The VPN connection from the VPNaaS service has now been created.
      • Configuring VPN connections in VPNaaS using endpoint groups (recommended)
        • Add the IKE policy
        • Add the IPsec policy
        • Add the VPN service
        • Create an endpoint group for local networks of the cloud project
        • Create an endpoint group for remote local networks
        • Add the IPSec connection
        • Configure the VPN connection using Openstack CLI
        • The VPN connection from the VPNaaS service has now been created
      • VPNaaS - restarting the service
        • Restart IPsec connection via SIM-Cloud web interface
        • Restart IPsec connection via command line interface
      • Tuning VPNaaS settings
    • S3
      • S3-compatible storage
        • What it is built on
        • Configuration
        • The advantages of S3-compatible object storage
        • Situations in which S3 cloud storage is used
        • Cost cutting
        • Cases
        • Recommended software for use with S3
        • Backup products for use with S3
        • Cost

Application solutions

  • Recommendations for deployment
    • Protection of user infrastructure in the SIM-Cloud using a router on the basis of a separate instance
      • Description
      • Basic information
      • First steps
    • Backup/Recovery
      • Backing up a MySQL database to S3 storage
        • Description
        • Basic information
      • Creating a disk image file
        • Description
        • Basic information
        • Basic steps for converting a disk to an image file
          • Initial requirements
          • Creating a temporary instance on the basis of a Linux family OS image
          • Preparing the source disk
          • Converting the source disk to a file image of the required format
          • Completion phase
    • LAMP stack
    • LEMP stack
    • Windows terminal server
  • Virtual routers
    • Mikrotik
      • Basic configuration system for RouterOS (Mikrotik)
      • VPN IPSec (site-to-site) between Mikrotik virtual routers behind NAT Traversal (NAT-T)
    • Pfsense
      • Basic configuration of the pfSense v.2.4.4-p2 operating system in SIM-Cloud
    • Opnsense
      • Basic configuration of the OPNsense v.19.1.4 operating system in SIM-Cloud
    • FortiGate (FortiOS)
      • Basic configuration of the FortiOS v.6.2 operating system in SIM-Cloud

How to...

  • HOW TO
    • Solutions based on Windows OS
      • Preparing Windows Server OS for activation
      • Remotely connecting a USB device to the instance via RDP
      • Changing the default RDP port
    • Solutions based on Linux OS
      • Attaching an additional disk to a Linux server

Restrictions

  • Restrictions
    • Limitations on working with volumes
    • Limitations on working with networks
    • Unsupported / illegal actions

Support

  • Technical support
    • Diagnostics
      • Storage diagnostics
        • Diagnosing storage performance on Windows OS instances
        • Diagnosing storage performance on Linux OS instances
    • Fault resolution/troubleshooting
      • Troubleshoot network problems
        • Reloading the project router
    • Known bugs in the system
      • Initialisation of the Generic Bus driver for Win2016
    • Structure of technical support
      • How to create a ticket on the website
    • SLA

SIM-Cloud releases

  • Releases/Updates
    • SIM-Cloud 3.0
    • SIM-Cloud 4.0
    • SIM-Cloud 5.0
    • SIM-Cloud 6.0
    • SIM-Cloud 7.0
    • Service development plans

Glossary

  • Glossary