Servers

The Servers page in Cloud Management Platform (CMP) lists the servers you have access to and is the starting point for provisioning and managing them

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From here you can create new servers, review power and status summaries, and open an individual server to manage its lifecycle.

To open the Servers page:

In the CMP navigation bar, select Resources > Servers.
Select New Server to provision a server, or select an existing server to view its details.

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Customize the Order Form to change what options are available during the order process.

Server summary

View server summary information in the top bar of the servers page. The statistics displayed here depend on the logged-in user’s permissions.

Power Status: View power status for the servers the user has access to in a pie chart.
Installed OS: View the number of servers with an indicated OS.
Jobs: View jobs that are in a complete state (success, warning, and failure).
Server Status: View the total number of servers broken down by status.
Resource Handlers: View the resource handlers in use by servers.
Owners: View a pie chart of all the owners of each server.
Groups: View a summary of the groups belonging to the servers.
Environments: View a summary of the environments belonging to the servers.

Accessing server lists

Servers can be found in the following modules:

Module	Location
Environments	Servers tab
Groups	Servers tab
Networks	Servers tab
OS Builds	Servers tab
Resource Handlers	Servers tab
Servers	Full server list

Server views

Cloud Management Platform (CMP) provides two ways to work with servers: a list view that shows every server you have access to, and a detail view for managing an individual server

Customize VMs during provisioning

Cloud Management Platform (CMP) offers several ways to customize virtual machines as they are provisioned, from extending disks and adding volumes to customizing open ports, passing user data, and waiting for a server to be ready

Use Windows Sysprep with resource handlers

Generate Windows Sysprep Answer files to customize Windows VMs provisioned through Cloud Management Platform (CMP) resource handlers

Server expiration

Cloud Management Platform (CMP) supports expiring servers and resources, and configuring what happens upon expiration

Preconfigurations

Preconfigurations are predefined sets of order options to simplify the ordering process

Remote server access

Connect to your servers directly from Cloud Management Platform (CMP) using the browser-based Console, Remote Desktop (RDP), and SSH features

Snapshots

Use snapshots in Cloud Management Platform (CMP) to save the state of a server at a point in time and revert to it later

RDP/SSH troubleshooting

Diagnose and resolve problems connecting to servers over the browser-based RDP and SSH terminal