lesson 8 | VPS Server | what is VPS?

lesson 8 | VPS Server | what is VPS? 

in the name of Allah the entirely

merciful the especially merciful

peace be upon you and welcome to lesson 8

in the Server Admin Course

I am Muhammad ElNmr from
 (SystemAC) Blog & Channel
 and this lesson is the VPS Server

 The content of this lesson

 in this lesson, we will discuss the following points
 point 1: what is the VPS server

point 2: how does any server

Introduce the VPS service
 point 3: VPS most popular application types and 

In practical

 one: how to install the VPS server and 

Two: creating a VPS and Tuning its settings

 point: 1 what is the VPS server

 it's a server which

introduces the service of virtual

private servers VPS, this means that the

server is divided into a group of small

virtual servers called VPS and each VPS

Takes a specific part from the server's

resources such as RAM, CPU, hard disk and

Etc..., and this image shows that

if this is the main VPS  

Server, it divided into a small VPS

servers and each VPS can hold

a private operating system such as

Windows or Linux

point 2: how does any server introduce the VPS service 

it will be achieved when we install any VPS

Server application on

Point 3:  VPS server most popular application types and we

will mention them in linux system
where there are: the XenServer and VirtualBox

And others and in windows systems there is

the hyper-v of Microsoft company 

the practical part

 and you will explain

 1: how to install the VPS server

We chose here the VirtualBox program

 2: creating a VPS and the tuning its

settings

No.1: installing the VirtualBox program VPS server

 on Windows Server 2008 R2

Note that the VirtualBox program can be

used in Windows and in Linux systems

First, open your browser on the server

and then open Google search and type

"Download VirtualBox" and then click on

downloads oracle VM virtualbox the first link 

After that this page will appear

to you and  here's the last version

VirtualBox 5.2.6 

we will choose a

"windows hosts" as we install  on

Windows Server 2008 r2, if you have a

Linux system you will press "Linux

distributions" as we said before we

will install on Windows Server 2008 r2

Then we will choose a or

click on "Windows hosts" after that your

download will be shown with you

 After the VirtualBox a program is

downloaded with, you right click on it

and then press on "run as administrator"

to set up

 After that press next

 and here

you will find the location of the

The VirtualBox  program on

the server, it is on C partition and then

Program Files folder and then Oracle

folder and after that VirtualBox

Folder you can change it from "browse" or

let it as default as shown here then

Press next

 now let these settings as

default as shown here after that press

Next

 and now press "yes" to proceed

 press

"install" to begin the installation

click

On "install" again to install the

VirtualBox network adapters

and this

Is the final step in the installation,

press "finish"

No.2
In practical: Creating the VPS and Tuning its Settings

 And this step will be

divided into two stages

 stage 1: creating the VPS and

stage 2: tuning its settings

Now stage 1:

Creating the VPS

and now open the

VirtualBox icon by clicking on start

Button then type "VirtualBox" and the
 oracle vm virtualbox icon will appear

With you click on it

 After that

the program interface will be shown with

you

 click on "new" to create the new VPS

now enter the VPS name for instance

"TestMachine"

at the type, you'll find the following operating

Systems types such as microsoft

windows and linux, solaris, BSD, IBM, MAC

And others, and here we will choose

"Microsoft Windows"

and your choice will

Be shown here next to type

 and here in

the version you will find the versions

According to the operating systems that

you've chosen for instance you will find

As we chose Microsoft

Windows then you will find Windows XP,

Windows Vista, Windows Server 2008, Windows 7,
 Windows 8, Windows 10

And others and here we'll choose Windows 7

 After that, your choice will be shown

Beside version as shown here
 then press

"next"

 And now choose the memory size of

the VPS for example here "1024" that means

one gigabyte, after that press next

Choose "create a virtual hard disk now"

and then press on "create"

 choose the hard

disk file type the second one "VHD" so you

can use this hard with other

Virtualization software such as hyper-v,

and then click "Next"

And now the storage of the virtual hard

disk on the physical hard disk choose

"dynamically allocated" that means your

hard disk will use only a small space at

first and then will be increased

dynamically up to a maximum fixed size

After that press "next"

From here you can

change the name of the virtual hard disk

And from here you can change the

location of this virtual hard disk on

Your physical hard disk, or let them as

default as here and from here you

Can change the size of the virtual hard

disk for instance

we've here entered 50 gigabytes after that

click on "create"

Stage 2:

Tuning the VPS settings

select the

system machine that we've created after

that click on "settings"

At the left many

categories will be shown with you at the

First category  general you will find

basic, advanced, description and

The disk encryption and

in the basic category you can

change the name, type and the version

of this virtual VPS

 the second tab

Advanced,  from here you can change the snapshot folder and the

Snapshot folder is a folder that

contains within the snapshot you take from

Your VPS, and the snapshot is a feature

you can make it on your VPS where you

Can take a snapshot of your VPS

at specific time to save all your VPS

Settings at this time, so you can 

restore it if you face any issue and in

The shared clipboard you can click on

this arrow and the shared clipboard

is the process of copying and paste

 between your server and your

VPS
Then click on this arrow beside shared clipoard

 you will

find here these options: disabled,

Host to guest, that means you can make

copy and paste from the server to your

VPS and here guest to host, you can make the

copy and paste from the VPS to your

Server only, and bidirectional it's two

way that you can make copy and paste

From the server to the VPS and vice

versa, and so we will choose bidirectional

And now the 3rd option Drag&Drop, choose

also bi-directional so you can make a

drag-and-drop between your server and

the VPS and vice versa, drag and drop of

the files

 in this tab "description" you

can type a description of the of the

Operating system of your

VPS, also some settings such as the

CPU type and the hard disk size and the

memory size and others and this

Description will be shown to you as a

configuration file of your VPS in the

Form of comments

And the last tab "disk

encryption" from here you can make

Enabling of the disk encryption so you can

encrypt all your virtual hard disk

Data

 If you enabled this choice click

here on this arrow to choose the disk

encryption cipher

 Here you will find two

cypher protocols the first one

"AES 256" and second one "AES 128"
and here we will choose the first one

AES 256

 After that type the password

now the system category you can

Find in this category 3 tabs

the first one motherboard and the

processor and the acceleration, and in the

"motherboard" tab you can change the

memory size from here and also you can

change the boot order from here from

These arrows you can make up and down and

you can check or uncheck these signs

The second tab "processor" from here you

can change the processor's core of your

VPS and here it's one core you can

change in up to 4 cores

Now the

Acceleration tab, from here you can

change the interface of your

Virtualization software you can install a

Virtualization software such as the

Hyper-v on your VPS, so click on this

arrow

here you will find these options

None, default, legacy, minimal, hyper-v

and KVM for example, the minimal it's

used for Mac operating system and the hyper-v

is used for Microsoft operating system

and the KVM used for Linux and

So here we will choose "default" so the

program can choose a proper 

Virtualization software on your VPS

And

make sure you have these settings enabled

And now the third the category display, you

can find here three tabs screen,

Remote display and the video capturing,

and in the screen

You can change the video memory size

from here and it's up to 128 megabyte

And now the second tab remote display

from here you can make "enable server" so

You can make access on your

server remotely so you can enter the

Server ports and allow multiple

connections

The 3rd tab "video capture"

From here you can make enable to the

video capture,  you can a make a video

Capturing on your VPS so you can change

the video file path from

Here also the frame size of the video

from here also the quality and you can

make enable of record audio

from here

And now Storage category you

Will find here Controller 1, the

controller which it's named SATA and

Type "AGCI" and it has two ports count, the

first port is for the hard disk

the virtual hard disk of this machine that

we've created, and the second port is for

The optical drives CD and from the buttons above you

can add another virtual hard disk and

From the buttons below you can add another optical

drive CD, also from here you can add

Another controller such as SATA controller,

also, you can remove the Controller

If we click here on the "TestMachine.

VHD", the virtual hard this we've

created you'll find some information

on the right side

 such as the SATA Port 0 in the

controller also you can make it a

Solid-state drive, also some

information such as type "VHD" and the

Virtual size "50 gigabytes" it's the

maximum size, and the actual size here

102 kilobyte also details and the

location

 Now if you click on the

Optical drive the CD you'll find 

here the port number on the controller

That's the port 1 also it's a some

information and also you can click on

This arrow to choose an operating

system ISO file

Click on

Choose virtual optical disk file

Choose from your device the operating

System you want, such as here we will

choose "Windows 7.iso"

And the windows iso will appear to you as here

And now the

"Audio category" from here you can

make "enable audio" and from here you can

Choose the host audio driver and the

audio controller, also you can make

Enable audio output on your VPS audio

output and the audio input such as MIC

From here

Now

The network category from the network

Category you can add 4 adapter s

1 & 2 & 3 & 4, in adapter 1, you can make

Enable network adapter
Also, you can in

advance find the adapter

Type here "the network adapter type", also

the network adapter MAC address and

here the network adapter type you can

click on this arrow beside NAT

You'll find the different types of the network

adapter such as NAT technology, NAT

Network, bridged adapter, internal network,

host-only adapter and generic driver

And the most popular is, the NAT: which is

 meaning that your VPS and the 

The server will have the same public IP
to get out to the Internet and the

Bridged adapters that means,
 Your VPS

adapter will be the same

adapter of the server "the same network

adapter of the server" and the

"Host only" that means your VPS will

have a different network adapter rather

Than your server, and here we'll choose the

NAT

The Serial Ports category you will

Find here four ports you can add them

port 1 & 2 & 3 & 4

Also, serial ports are no longer much 

used anymore,

And the USB 

Category, from here you can enable the

USB controller and it's type default as

"USB 2" also from here you can add any

other USB devices to your VPS

Shared folders category and this is a

very important category, such as from

Here you can click this square to add a new

shared folder that you can share the

Files between your main server and your

VPS

After you click on this you can first
 add a folder Path, the shared folder

path from your

Main server and then the folder

Name for ex here:"E" will appear with you, after that

Click on OK

And the shared folders

will be shown with you as shown

Also, you can manage 

all shared folders from

Here

The user interface from

here you can choose the menu such

As file, machine, view, input, devices, debug

and help

If you click on "file" you will

Find here preferences, Network operation

manager, reset all warnings, you can check

or uncheck any of these settings

Also in

"machine" you can find settings as: take a

snapshot, pause

, reset, power off, save state and others

And in View you can show or unshow

full-screen mode, seamless mode, scaled mode

Or menu bar, status bar and video capture

,take screenshot all these settings 

In "input" you can find keyboard and 

mouse integration

 in "devices" you can

Find such as hard disks, optical drives,

floppy drivers, audio, network, webcams USB

Drag-and-drop, shared clipboard and

shared folders

 in "debug" you can find

Statistics, command line logging, show log

And in "help" you can find contents,

Virtual website, virtual box bug

tracer and VirtualBox forms, oracle

Website and about VirtualBox

From here

you can choose the Status Bar on your

VPS

and this is a quick launch icons such as

Boot from hard, boot from the optical

drive CD, boot from floppy disk and the

Audio card and the network card, USB

devices the shared folders and the

The screen

card, the video capturing and the

Hypervisor virtual software, the mouse

integration and the keyboard integration

On your VPS, after finish press OK

Now select your machine testMachine

That we've created and then press Start

The menu bar will be shown with

You above, and the status bar will be

shown with you below

And now we will

Click on "F12" to select the boot device

After that press C from your keyboard to

Select the CD room that has the ISO file

And now your windows will be starting

With you

The screen of the Windows 7

installation will be shown with you 

The end of lesson 8

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the database server 

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