Virtualizor
Manage your VPS with Virtualizor: power, OS reinstall, VNC, IPs and backups.
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Secure your Virtualizor account with 2FA and SSH keys
Change your Virtualizor panel password, enable two-factor authentication, restrict login IPs, add SSH keys for OS installs and review the panel's login and task logs.
Set reverse DNS (rDNS/PTR) for your VPS IP in Virtualizor
Set a PTR record for your VPS IPv4 and IPv6 addresses in Virtualizor, match it with forward DNS and the hostname, and improve email deliverability from your VPS.
Start, stop, restart and power off a VPS in Virtualizor
Understand the difference between Stop, Restart and Power Off in Virtualizor, when to use each, and what to do when a VPS will not start or is stuck.
Update Virtualizor and maintain your VPS host nodes
Update the Virtualizor panel and its nodes, apply OS and kernel updates safely, plan maintenance windows, notify customers and check that virtual machines come back.
Upgrade a Virtualizor VPS and grow the disk inside Linux
Upgrade your VPS plan for more RAM, CPU or disk, restart so changes apply, then extend the partition and file system inside Linux with growpart, resize2fs or xfs_growfs.
View and configure VPS IP addresses (IPv4 and IPv6) in Virtualizor
Find your VPS IPv4 and IPv6 addresses, gateway and netmask in Virtualizor, add an extra IP inside Linux, enable IPv6 and fix networking after changes.
Virtualizor VPS control panel: log in and find your way around
Log in to the Virtualizor end-user panel, understand the VPS dashboard, power buttons, resource graphs and settings, and know which tasks you can do yourself.
VPS has no network or internet? Troubleshooting on Virtualizor
Diagnose a Virtualizor VPS that is online but unreachable: check status and IPs in the panel, test from VNC, fix interface, gateway, DNS and firewall problems.
Which OS template should you pick in Virtualizor?
Compare the Linux and Windows templates offered in Virtualizor – AlmaLinux, Rocky, Ubuntu, Debian and Windows Server – by use case, support lifetime and control panel compatibility.
Why is my VPS slow? Performance troubleshooting on Virtualizor
Find the cause of a slow VPS: compare Virtualizor graphs with top, check CPU steal, I/O wait, memory and swap, disk space and network, then fix or upgrade.
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