Installing A Virtual Machine (VM) From Template or ISO Print

There are 2 methods to install a virtual machine operating system (OS):

1. OS template (recommended, where available)
2. OS ISO

Installing From OS Template

Installing from an OS template has the benefits of much faster deployment & automated configuration of many of the operating system settings such as hostname, IPv4 address, etc.

You can create a VM from an OS template as follows:

1. Login to your Farbyte account at https://farbyte.uk
2. Click the Services option
3. Click the KVM Cloud service you wish to create a new VM under
4. On the Manage Product Page click the Add New Server button
5. Fill out the form fields as desired & set your server resources
6. Ensure you complete the User Password and/or SSH Public Key File (SSH access) for later access to the server
7. Ensure you choose your desired OS template from the KVM OS Template dropdown menu
8. Click the Add New Virtual Server button
9. Your new server will be deployed within 5 minutes & the server status icon on the Cloud KVM Manage Product page for the new server will turn green when the server is booted
10. KVM VPS deployed from templates use default user accounts, as opposed to root, (e.g. debian, centos, etc.) with the password you set during setup. You can use sudo & also sudo to root if required (i.e. sudo su -).

Installing From OS ISO

Installing from ISO is normally more time consuming than from an OS template, but allows you to install a wider variety of operating systems & have finer control over the overall installation.

Installing from ISO is a fully manual process. So you will need to run through the OS installation procedure, just a like a physical server.

Please note, if you're adding a public IPv4/6 address to the virtual machine, you will need to manually configure this during OS setup.

To install from ISO:

1. Login to your Farbyte account at https://farbyte.uk
2. Click the Services option
3. Click the KVM Cloud service you wish to create a new VM under
4. On the Manage Product Page click the Add New Server button
5. Fill out the form fields as desired & set your server resources
6. Ensure you complete the User Password and/or SSH Public Key File (SSH access) for later access to the server
7. Leave the KVM OS Template option set to Disabled
8. Ensure the CD-ROM: ISO option is set to the ISO of your choosing
9. Click the Add New Virtual Server button
10. Your new server will be deployed within 5 minutes & the server status icon on the Cloud KVM Manage Product page for the new server will turn green when the server is booted
11. When booted, you must connect to the server via the remote console option to perform the OS installation, just like a physical server
12. During the OS installation, you must configure the server with the Farbyte public IP/s provided on the server management page

Finishing The Installation

You can access the server directly via the remote console features (noVNC Console or XTerm.js Console) for the server under the servers Manage VM menu, or via a remote service like SSH (installed by default on all Linux templates).

By default, the firewall for the VM will block all incoming traffic.

So you'll need to open up specific ports & source IPs for things like SSH access.