Cloudlynx Documentation

Documentation for Cloudlynx: a highly compliant Swiss cloud provider – offering IaaS solutions especially to regulated industries such as pharma, banking, and government.

• Building Instances
  • Introduction
  • Instance Building - the Essentials
• Cloudlynx Dashboard
  • Log in to the Cloudlynx Dashboard
  • Overview of the Cloudlynx Dashboard
    • The Side Bar
    • The Content Pane
    • The Title Bar
    • Change Password
• Network Setup
  • Create a Network and a Subnet
  • Router Setup
    • Create a Router
    • Set a Gateway
    • Connect a Private Network to a Router
  • Network Topology
    • View Network Detail
• Keypairs
  • How to Create a Keypair using PuTTYGen
    • Importing the Keypair
  • How to Create a Keypair on the Dashboard
  • How to Create a Keypair using Linux
    • Importing the Keypair
• Security
  • How to Create a Security Group
  • Security Group Rules
  • Floating IP’s
• Launch an Instance
  • Launch an Instance from the Dashboard
• Accessing an Instance using SSH
  • Accessing an Instance
    • Accessing a Linux Instance using Pageant
    • Accessing a Linux Instance with PuTTY (Manual Configuration)
    • Accessing a Linux Instance via SSH Using a Keypair on Linux
• Data Storage
  • Block Storage
    • Create a Volume
  • Attach a Volume to an Instance
    • Attach a Volume to an Instance in the Cloudlynx Dashboard
    • Attach a Volume to a Linux Instance
  • Object Storage
    • Create a Container
  • Store Files in a Container
    • Retrieve Files from a Container
    • Delete One File from a Container
• Transfer Files
  • Transfer Files to and from a Linux Instance (including attached Volume)
    • File Transfers Using scp (secure remote copy)
  • Manage Files in the Object Storage
• Account Management
  • Introduction
  • Registration
    • Apply for a Cloudlynx Account
    • Set a Password for an Account
    • Customer Account Activation
    • Account Registration post conditions
  • Manage an Account
    • Edit Account
    • Close an Account
  • Cloudlynx Billing Dashboard Overview
    • Side Menu Bar
    • The Content Pane
    • The Title Bar
  • Manage Users
    • Create a User
    • Modify a User
    • Delete a User
    • Forgot a Password
  • Change Infrastructure Quotas
  • View Invoices
• FAQ
  • Instances
    • Slow Instance Traffic
    • Stuck Instance Snapshots
    • RHEL Instance Snapshots
    • Change a Keypair
• Known Issues
  • Instances
    • Creating a volume from an image fails when the volume is sized smaller than disk size of the image
    • The resize function for instances doesn’t work
  • Networking
    • Multiple or repeated IP addresses may be shown in the Dashboard for running instances
    • The “Disassociate Floating IP” option in the Dashboard also releases the IP
    • Removing an ICMP allow rule from a security group doesn’t affect floating IPs
  • Images
    • Large image uploads fail when submitted via the Dashboard
    • Image uploads via the Glance API or command line client fail when the upload takes more than 6 hours or exceeds 1TiB