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Managing Your Hosting Instance

Start, stop, reboot, and manage your hosting instances.

Dashboard Overview

Go to Dashboard → Hosting and click on your instance to see:

Status: Running, Stopped, Provisioning, Error
Resource Usage: CPU, RAM, Disk, Bandwidth
IP Address: Your server's public static IP
Uptime: How long the server has been running

Actions

Start / Stop / Reboot

Use the control buttons to manage your instance power state:

Start: Boot up a stopped instance (takes 30-60 seconds)
Stop: Gracefully shut down the server (saves state)
Reboot: Restart the server without losing data

Snapshots & Backups

Create Snapshot: Take a point-in-time backup
Restore from Snapshot: Roll back to a previous state
Enable Auto-Backups: Automatic daily backups

Domain Connection

Link a domain to your hosting instance:

1.Go to your hosting instance detail page
2.Click "Link Domain"
3.Select a domain from your account
4.An A record is automatically created pointing to your server IP

SSH Access

1.Go to your instance page and click "SSH Access"
2.A modal will display your current credentials and a temporary private key
3.Download the key and use: ssh -i key.pem username@your-server-ip
4.You can also use the browser-based SSH link to connect via AWS console

Firewall / Ports

Ports opened by default:

Port 80 (HTTP)
Port 443 (HTTPS)
Port 22 (SSH)

You can open or close additional ports from the instance detail page.

Retry Provisioning

If your instance is stuck in PROVISIONING or ERROR state, click the "Retry Provision" button on your instance page. This re-triggers the AWS provisioning workflow.

Auto-Renewal

Enable auto-renewal to prevent service interruption. Reminders are sent at 7, 3, and 1 day before expiry.

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