Month: December 2020

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In this week’s feature highlight, we look at How to enable 2Factor Authentication in CrownPanel

Two-factor authentication (2FA) is a security process in which users provide two different authentication factors to verify themselves. This process is done to better protect both the user’s credentials and the resources the user can access.

It’s easy to enable the 2Factor authentication in our control panel.

Step 1: Enable,

To enable 2Factor Authentication, log in to your account, head over to the Account Settings menu here, click on Enable 2FA.

Step 2: Verification,

Next, you will be presented with a QR code and for other devices, we also list the Account Name and Key which can be manually input into your 2FA app.

Once you’ve scanned the QR code and/or setup the 2FA profile with the Account Name/Key, Enter the token you get from your 2Factor App to verify that the 2Factor setup has been successful.

You may cancel the setup at this stage if you wish to not setup 2Factor authentication.

Step 3: Verification,

Once the token has been entered and verified, you will get a success message confirming this.

2FA Enabled Successfully,

Upon your next login, You will be presented with the 2Factor page to confirm your token before continuing to your account.

To Disable 2FA,

You may disable 2Factor authentication by visiting the Account Settings page once logged in.

Please contact our support for any additional assistance you may need in setting up/using 2Factor authentication for your account.

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In this week’s feature highlight, we look at How to Reset root password on KVM based VPS

Prerequisites:
This will only work on the following operating systems,

1. CentOS
2. Debian
3. Ubuntu

Also,

1. This requires an uncrypted drive/partition setup to function
2. This requires the VPS to be in a powered off/shutdown state

Click on the “Manage” button beside the VPS you wish to reset the password for,

Next switch to the “Settings” tab,

and click on the “Reset Password” button to reset your VPSes password. A new root password will be displayed on the panel once this button is clicked on.

The VPS will automatically boot back online once the password reset is complete.

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In this week’s feature highlight, we look at How to Disabling VNC in CrownPanel

This will only disable the VNC offered by CrownPanel and NOT any VNC server or RDP (if Windows) you may have running on your VPS.

Login to CrownPanel at https://crownpanel.com/

Click on the “Manage” button beside the VPS you wish to manage,

Then switch to the Settings tab and click on the Disable VNC button (to disable VNC) or the Enable VNC button (to enable VNC),

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In this week’s feature highlight, we look at How to mount an ISO or CD-ROM on your VPS

This is applicable only to KVM based VPSes on CrownPanel

Login to CrownPanel at the following URL: https://crownpanel.com

Click on the “Manage” button beside the VPS you wish to manage

Switch to the CD-ROM tab and select the ISO/CD-ROM you wish to mount from the dropdown list and click on the Mount button,

Wait upto 60 seconds for the task to complete.

The ISO is also live-mounted (like a CD-ROM inserted into your PC while its running), You can also “boot” into the ISO as well by following the instructions below

Booting into the ISO

To boot into the CD-ROM, switch to the “Power Control” tab and click on “Shutdown” and then click on “Boot” once it’s shutdown.

Then switch to the “VNC” tab and click on “Launch VNC” and you’ll be booted into the ISO/CD-ROM.