Managed Server Version 8¶

You are looking at the documentation of our managed server version 8. Switch to other versions by using the Switch to selector at the bottom of the navigation.

Here, we created a short and handy list for you to help getting started with our services.

Creating a Server¶

Note

If you don’t have access to our Cockpit or need to reset your 2FA device, feel free to contact us.

Creating a Server: Visit https://cockpit.opsone.ch and navigate to Managed Server
Add a new Server according to your needs. Choose your Server Name wisely, this will be the Servers unique identifier
Custom Server Configuration Server Level Configuration
Monitoring your Server: Monitoring (Server)

Creating a Website¶

What is a Website: Website
Different Website types: Type
Website context Dev / Stage / Prod: Context
ssl / Let’s Encrypt: SSL/HTTPS Access
Monitoring your Website: Monitoring (Website)
Advanced Website configurations: Advanced Configurations

Tip

To disable Monitoring for your Website completely, remove all entries from the Monitoring tab.

Connecting to your Server / Website¶

Connect via SFTP: SFTP
Connect via SSH: SSH
Create an SSH key: SSH Key Handling

Tip

You can either deposit your ssh key on server level to ensure access to all websites on this server or deposit the key in a website to restrict access to only the selected website.

Different Users and their functionality¶

devop user: Generic Admin User
Website preview user: Preview User

How and where to find Logs¶

Tip

Log files are used to help find problems and errors that might be occuring on your server.

Available log files: Which log files are available
How to analyse Log files: Log File Analysis

Commom mistakes & errors¶

Let’s Encrypt validation failed: Debug validation problems
Diskspace doesn’t change after deleting files: Diskspace

Search and Glossary¶

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Note

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Open source¶

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