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Configure and Connect to your cloud server

In this example we will use the provider Digital Ocean

Creates target machines

in this example we will use Digital ocean.

  1. create a DO account image

  2. create a new droplet image

  3. Select Ubuntu 22.04 (LTS) x64

  4. Plan basic
  5. Recommended the $15 / mo plan (it would work with the $5 / mo plan but very slow).

  6. For heavy production (50-100 Concurrent users) you may want to use 8 CPUS and 32 MB RAM image

  7. Select the region that is the closest to you image

  8. Generate a new SSH key and download it. It will download 2 files 1 with PEM extension and the second without extension

  9. Select project (FTYS)
  10. Press "create droplet"

Setup you access to the VM

Web

  • you can use a console directly in your web browser.
  • this is not the best approach for long term management, but it works
  • press the button image
  • run any command

SSH (Mac/Linux)

  • Copy .PEM file to the machine from which you are going to connect.
  • Make sure permissions on .PEM file are appropriate (chmod 600 file.pem)
  • Connect with ssh command: ssh vcloud@ipaddress –i privkey.pem

Putty (Windows)

  • Download Putty and puttygen
  • Use puttygen to convert file without extension to .PPK file.
  • Start puttygen and select "Load"
  • Select your file without extension
  • Putty will convert format to .PPK format. enter image description here
  • Select "Save Private Key" A passphrase is not required but can be used if additional security is required.
  • Connect with Putty.
  • Launch Putty and enter the host IP address. If connecting to the 10.X private address you must first establish an SSL VPN connection.
  • Navigate to Connection/SSH/Auth
  • Click "Browse" and select the .PPK file you exported from puttygen. enter image description here

WinSCP (Windows)

WinSCP can be used on the top of Putty to make browsing and editing of files more conformable.

  • Download WInSCP
  • Open WinSCP and create a new site

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Install FTS on the Cloud

You should now have an active SSH terminal on the cloud.

You can now install FTS using the ZeroTouch-Installer.

Tip

You can probably accept the implicit IP address. However, setting the --ip-addr will not be wrong.

Installation can also be done manually, but it is best to leave that until you have some experience.

Getting Support

Support is provided on the FTS Discord server by volunteers.

Use the Discord #installation-support-cloud Support channel.