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Knowledge Base

Setup guides, benchmarks and reference docs from the engineers who run the network.

Sep 15, 2026 5 min read
Boot Into Single-User Mode to Reset a Root Password or Fix a Broken Boot (Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky)

Single-user mode (on modern systems, rescue or emergency mode) boots your Linux server into a root shell before any service starts and, if you choose, before the root password is e…
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Sep 15, 2026 6 min read
Read Your Bandwidth Graphs and Transfer Totals: Portal and API

A bare-metal server shows the traffic on its switch port: what it is doing right now, what it averaged and peaked at, its 95th percentile, and the total moved in and out over the p…
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Sep 15, 2026 6 min read
Windows Server "Account Locked Out" After Too Many Sign-In Attempts: How to Fix It

“The referenced account is currently locked out and may not be logged on to” and “Your account has been locked because of too many failed sign-in attempts” …
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Sep 15, 2026 5 min read
SSH Keys on Netrouting: Store Once, Use on Every Server and VM (Portal and API)

Your SSH public keys live in one store on your account. Add a key once and it is offered everywhere a machine gets a system: a bare-metal reinstall, a cloud rebuild, and a live upd…
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Sep 15, 2026 5 min read
Reset or Retrieve the Root Password of Your Server or VM: Portal and API

We do not keep your passwords. When a machine is installed, rebuilt or has its password reset, the generated password is shown to you once and held for 48 hours so you can come bac…
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Sep 15, 2026 7 min read
Boot Your Server into Rescue Mode and Repair It: Portal and API

Rescue mode is what you reach for when a server will not boot and you still need to get at its disks. The machine restarts into a small Linux that lives in memory and arrives over …
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Sep 15, 2026 9 min read
Reinstall the Operating System on Your Server or VM: Portal and API

Reinstalling puts a fresh operating system on your machine. On a bare-metal server that means choosing the image, how the disks are partitioned, which SSH keys and post-install scr…
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Sep 15, 2026 9 min read
Open the Remote Console (KVM / IPMI) on Your Server: Portal and API

The remote console is the screen and keyboard of your machine, in a browser tab. It works when SSH does not: a server that hangs at boot, a firewall rule that locked you out, a ker…
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Sep 15, 2026 7 min read
Reboot, Shut Down or Power Cycle Your Server: Portal and API

Every bare-metal server and cloud instance on your account has its own power controls. You can reboot, shut down, hard-stop and start a machine yourself, at any hour, without a tic…
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Sep 15, 2026 6 min read
Set Reverse DNS (PTR) for Your IPs: Portal and API

Reverse DNS (an rDNS or PTR record) maps an IP address back to a hostname, the opposite of normal “forward” DNS. You need it most often so that outbound email is accept…
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Knowledge Base

Boot Into Single-User Mode to Reset a Root Password or Fix a Broken Boot (Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky)

Read Your Bandwidth Graphs and Transfer Totals: Portal and API

Windows Server "Account Locked Out" After Too Many Sign-In Attempts: How to Fix It

SSH Keys on Netrouting: Store Once, Use on Every Server and VM (Portal and API)

Reset or Retrieve the Root Password of Your Server or VM: Portal and API

Boot Your Server into Rescue Mode and Repair It: Portal and API

Reinstall the Operating System on Your Server or VM: Portal and API

Open the Remote Console (KVM / IPMI) on Your Server: Portal and API

Reboot, Shut Down or Power Cycle Your Server: Portal and API

Set Reverse DNS (PTR) for Your IPs: Portal and API

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