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How to use the Manage Server interface in LumaDock

Find each item in the server menu: upgrade, cancel, backups, firewall, console, reinstall and logs.

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Each server has its own page in the client area. The menu on the left of that page holds every tool for the server.

How to open your server's page

Step 1: Open My servers.
In the sidebar, click My servers.

Client area sidebar with My servers highlighted.

Step 2: Click Manage.
Click Manage next to the server.

My Products and Services list with an arrow to the Manage button.

The page opens on Information, which is explained in Server overview in the LumaDock control panel. The menu on the left has two groups:

The Manage page menu: Actions (Upgrade, Reconfigure Options, Request Cancellation) and Service Management (Backups to VM Power Tasks).

What you can do from the menu

Actions.
These change the plan or the service itself:

Service Management.
These work on the server:

  • Backups lists the server's backups.

  • Backup Schedules runs backups automatically, at most once a day, with times in UTC.

  • Firewall holds the client-area firewall rules. See Check which ports are open on your VPS firewall.

  • noVNC Console opens the server's own screen in your browser. It works even when SSH doesn't.

  • Reinstallation installs a fresh operating system and erases everything on the server.

  • Task History lists the power actions and reinstalls run from the client area.

  • Server Monitoring checks the server and emails you a Server check alert when a check fails.

  • VM Power Tasks schedules power actions.

Reinstallation erases everything on the server. Back up your data first.

Setting up automatic backups

Automatic backups need a backup slot. If Backup Schedules shows No backup slots available, click Add backup slots to add one.

Backup Schedules page saying no backup slots are available, with the Add backup slots button.

Once the server has a slot, click Create Backup Schedule on the same page.

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