Bare Metal Servers

Learn what cloud-init is and explore its capabilities for automating cloud instance initialization and customizing Linux-based OSs. Customize virtual machines provided by a cloud vendor by modifying the generic OS configuration on boot.

Using Rancher is an easy way to streamline cluster deployment on bare metal and private/public clouds. Rancher provides a web UI and proxy for managing a Kubernetes cluster. This article will provide details setting up a Rancher-controlled cluster using the phoenixNAP BMC portal.

Calculate hybrid cloud costs by considering the factors that impact the budget the most.

This tutorial explains how to encrypt a BMC drive using the phoenixNap EMP platform as well as how to automate the unlocking process. Follow this three part tutorial to secure your disk.

Introduction Fail2ban is a software that protects your server from brute force attacks. It does this by monitoring server logs and detecting any suspicious activity. The program detects when there is an unreasonable number of failed attempts and automatically adds new to iptables that block the given IP. This IP (or host) is then blocked for a specified […]

Hybrid and multi-cloud strategies became popular due to the competitive advantages, such as lack of vendor lock-in, better app performance, flexibility, and disaster mitigation. The purpose of this article is to introduce you to Kubernetes as an effective way to achieve application portability in these environments.

GitHub Actions is a platform for software development workflow automation with a built-in CI/CD tool. This tutorial teaches you how to set up BMC GitHub credentials and manage BMC GitHub Actions.

Follow the sections in this Bare Metal Cloud Portal guide to learn how to navigate through the portal. This guide contains everything you need to get started using BMC servers.

This article shows how to deploy a new Bare Metal Cloud server in nine simple steps. Follow the instructions to create a server and view server details successfully.

The usermod command modifies user account details: username, password, home directory location, shell, and more. This tutorial explains and provides examples for the use of the command, along with its options.