Instances

Instances

The Instances tab is the main workspace of the service and used for managing virtual machines. It displays a list of all user virtual machines with the following parameters:

• VM name;
• Operating system;
• IP address;
• Number of CPU;
• Amount of RAM;
• Disk size (Disks);
• Number of snapshots;
• VM owner.

Key Features

• Viewing the list of instances (VMs) with key parameters;

• Filtering the VM list:

  • by name;
  • by status;
  • by owner;

• Creating a new instance using the Create button — performed by ordering a virtual machine image from the Catalog;

• Quick identification of the current VM status using visual indicators.

Instance Statuses and State Indicators

The operational state of an instance is represented by a status and a color indicator displayed next to the VM name. The possible states are listed below:

Status	Description	Indicator
Online	VM Instance is up and running.	Green indicator
Creating	The virtual machine is in process of being created.	Light blue indicator
Starting	The virtual machine is in the process of starting or resuming.	Green spinning indicator
Stopping	The virtual machine is in the process of stopping.	Orange spinning indicator
Offline	The virtual machine is stopped. The virtual environment is inactive at this time.	Grey indicator
Unknown	The system cannot determine the current status of the VM Instance. In this case, you may contact support.	Gray indicator with a question mark
Deleting	The virtual machine is in the process of being deleted.	Red spinning indicator

Instance Actions

The following actions are available via the context menu (⋮):

• Connect to an instance via:

  • browser console
  • client console

• Stop / Force Stop

• Reboot
• Reconfigure (change resources)
• Reset password
• Manage (navigate to advanced settings in Dedicated UI)
• Enable/disable virtualization - Virtualization ON/OFF

Access to a Virtual Machine

Browser Console

The browser console provides access to the display, keyboard, and mouse of the virtual server. The screen resolution displayed in the browser is configured within the virtual machine operating system.

To access the virtual machine, select Connect → Browser Console from the context menu:

Client Console

Connection Setup

To connect to a virtual machine using the SPICE or VNC protocols via a locally installed console client, download and install the virt-viewer client.

• Windows users: download and install the MSI version from the link.

• GNU/Linux users: yum install virt-viewer or apt-get install virt-viewer.

To work with the console, ensure that a VNC Viewer is associated with .vv files downloaded when clicking Client Console.

Replacing virt-viewer

The recommended virt-viewer client can be replaced with any other VNC Viewer.

Usage

Select Connect → Client Console from the context menu:

Wait for the console connection file to download and open it. The console will then be ready for use automatically, and the connection file will be deleted:

Console File Expiration

The console file must be used within 2 minutes after download; otherwise, it will expire.

Reconfiguration (Changing Resources)

The user can modify virtual machine parameters at any time.

To open the VM settings menu:

1. Open the context menu at the end of the VM row and select Reconfigure.

   

2. In the modal window, specify the new VM parameters: RAM, CPU, and optionally add Disks.

   

3. Click Save to apply the changes.

VM Reboot

Increasing memory does not require a reboot. Changing any other parameters requires a VM reboot.

Reset Password

The user can reset the password for a created virtual machine. To do this, select Reset Password from the context menu.

In the opened window, enter the VM username.
After some time, an email with the new password will be sent to the user.

Nested Virtualization

Nested virtualization is a feature that allows running virtualization inside a virtual machine. This means you can create virtual machines inside other virtual machines that act as a virtualization host. This feature can be useful when deploying all-in-one solutions that are typically installed on dedicated servers and operate under virtual machine workloads.

Important

Currently, only Intel-based clusters are supported, and only KVM-based virtualization is supported inside virtual machines. The use of VMware ESX and other hypervisors is not guaranteed.

To enable or disable virtualization, use the Virtualization ON / Virtualization OFF option in the VM context menu.

VM Reboot

A reboot is required after enabling or disabling virtualization.