xByte Dashboard Overview

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xByte Dashboard Overview

This article should serve as a guide for accessing your server dashboards and the features within them.

Accessing the Dashboard

1. To begin, you’ll need to log in to the billing control panel. Below is our Billing Control Panel URL.

   Billing Control Panel: https://billing.xbytecloud.com/

2. Select one of the options in the screenshot below to access the dashboard overview page.

   

3. This page will present you with a list of your servers that have the dashboard enabled. Click the “Access Server Dashboard” button to view the dashboard for a server.

   

Overview of Features

ColdFusion Updates

This section of the dashboard shows your ColdFusion servers’ update status. If any of the updates say “Incomplete” like in our screenshot, then you can schedule them to be applied using the “Schedule Update” button.

Restarting a Server

The “Server Status” section of the dashboard shows whether or not your server is online. If you wish to restart your server, you can do so by clicking the “Restart Server” button. Below are screenshots of what the process looks like once you click “Restart Server”.

1. Click the “Restart Server” button to initiate a restart.

   

2. A confirmation will appear with the following warning:

   Are you sure you want to restart this server? Server restarts typically take 2-3 minutes. If the server has pending Windows updates, it could take up to 45 minutes while the updates are being applied.

   

3. Selecting “OK” on the warning with begin the restart of the server.

   

4. Within a few seconds, the Server Status will automatically switch to “Offline” while the server is restarting.

   

5. Once the restart completes, the server status will return to “Online”: