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Running KVM VPS hosting.

Guides for hosting providers: building out nodes, moving from another panel, billing, and what's new in VorticPanel.

  1. 5 min readMigrationVirtualizorVirtFusionGuides

    Virtualizor and VirtFusion alternatives: what to compare before you switch

    Looking for a Virtualizor or VirtFusion alternative? Compare the move itself, price per node, billing, security and GPUs, and what VorticPanel doesn't do.

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  2. 6 min readGPUBillingWHMCS

    Selling GPU servers by the hour with WHMCS

    How to rent out NVIDIA GPUs by the hour from WHMCS: container hosts, offers, Metric Billing for GPU hours, and prepaid credit so every hour gets paid.

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  3. 6 min readOperationsKVMGuides

    Live-migrating KVM servers between nodes: CPUs, storage and downtime

    What decides whether a KVM server can move between hypervisors while it runs: CPU models, Intel and AMD, storage, IP addresses and the network between nodes.

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  4. 4 min readBackupsSecurityGuides

    Encrypted, off-node backups for a KVM VPS fleet

    Backing up KVM VPS servers to S3 or SFTP: incremental chains, encryption on the node, what a broken-into node can reach, and restores that check every piece.

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  5. 4 min readGuidesGetting started

    Starting a KVM VPS hosting business: the checklist from hardware to billing

    What you need to sell KVM virtual servers: hypervisor hardware, IP space, storage, a control panel, billing, backups and the day-to-day work after launch.

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  6. 7 min readMigrationVirtualizorVirtFusion

    Migrating from Virtualizor or VirtFusion: a step-by-step plan

    How to move a KVM VPS fleet off Virtualizor or VirtFusion with a dry run first, one hypervisor at a time, and a way back for every server.

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  7. 4 min readSecurityArchitecture

    Why the panel never needs a way in to your KVM hypervisors

    How an agent that connects out to the control panel keeps hypervisors closed to the panel and the internet, and which ports still matter between nodes.

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