Manage OVA Virtual Server Advanced Configuration

You can manage your OVA virtual servers at a raw configuration level by editing the configuration file available for each VS in your Control Panel. 

• This functionality is available only for virtual servers created from the OVAs with the Network Appliance operating system.
• You can only edit configuration file for OVA virtual servers that are built on CentOS 7 KVM compute resources. 

Upload OVA VS Configuration

To edit the config file of an OVA virtual server, follow the next steps:

1. Go to Control Panel > Cloud > Virtual Servers menu and click a label of a specific virtual server.
2. Click the Configuration tab > Network Appliance Config.
3. On the page that loads you can add-edit the network appliance config for the OVA server:
   • You can insert a network appliance config file from your local computer at the File tab by clicking the Choose File button. After the file is uploaded, network appliance config will appear in the corresponding field.
   • You can add a URL to your network appliance config file in the File url field at the File url tab
4. Click Submit to save changes.
5. After you edit the network appliance config, you need to reboot the OVA server at Control Panel > Cloud > Virtual Servers > Label > Actions > Power > Reboot Virtual Server. Changes to the network appliance config will not take effect if the server is not rebooted. The reboot should be done via OnApp Control Panel. If the reboot command is issued inside the OVA server, the changes to the network appliance config will not take effect.

Upload OVA VS License

To edit the config license file of an OVA virtual server, follow the next steps:

1. Go to Control Panel > Cloud > Virtual Servers menu and click a label of a specific virtual server.
2. Click the Configuration tab > Network Appliance License.
3. On the page that loads you can add-edit the network appliance license for the OVA server:
   • You can insert a license file from your local computer at the File tab by clicking the Choose File button. After the file is uploaded, network appliance config will appear in the corresponding field.
   • You can add a URL to your license file in the File url field at the File url tab
4. Click Submit to save changes.
5. After you edit the network appliance config, you need to reboot the OVA server at Control Panel > Cloud > Virtual Servers > Label > Actions > Power > Reboot Virtual Server. Changes to the network appliance config will not take effect if the server is not rebooted. The reboot should be done via OnApp Control Panel. If the reboot command is issued inside the OVA virtual server, the changes to the network appliance config will not take effect.

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