Linode.com - Features

Features

Our Linode Platform Manager (LPM) control panel gets your jobs done.

Deploy multiple Linux distributions
Create Configuration Profiles which associate disk images and device nodes
Boot between configuration profiles
Share disk images between configuration profiles
Resize disk images
Network and CPU usage graphs
Multiple IP address support
Managed/hosted DNS service with slave support
Custom reverse DNS (rdns)
Access Out of band console access using Lish
Lish menu system to issue jobs to your Linode
Lish access via SSH keys
Support for booting into single user mode, init=/bin/bash
Support for booting with a custom "root=" kernel parameter
Support for booting with an initrd
Bootable recovery distribution (Finnix)
Add and remove extra resources to and from your Linode
Shutdown Watchdog will automatically reboot your Linode in case of a crash
Clone a Linode to another
Move IPs from one Linode to another
IP address fail over support for high availability setups

Video Screencasts

Getting Started - Deploying Linux and booting your Linode for the first time

Lish: the Linode Shell - Out of band access to your Linode's console and remote job execution

Screenshots


	Distro Wizard

This is your first step when deploying your Linode. Choose your flavor of linux, disk image size, swap size, and set the root password. Your own server deployed and running in minutes! Leave yourself extra disk space and experiment with other distributions knowing you can flip back to your old reliable (only one can be booted at a time per Linode). Now you can back up those distro flame wars with experience ;)


	Dashboard

The Dashboard shows your Linode's current state, allows you to boot between configuration profiles and shows your Linode's job history on its host server.


	Configuration Profiles

Configuration Profiles store disk image to device node associations and other settings. You can have multiple profiles and boot between them.


	Disk Images

Add as many disk images as you like for custom partition schemes, and sharing disk images across multiple configuration profiles. Running low on disk space? Add more instantly and resize your image. Want to reconfigure your swap? No problem. Rename, duplicate (snapshot), delete images -- you're in control.

DNS Manager

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Edit Zone

Full featured DNS to manage your domains. Master and slave support and you can import a zone from a remote nameserver.

Lish - The Linode Shell

We've all done it at some point. Messed with your network settings and can't get into your Linode? No worries - Lish is your virtual console. Lish's primary function is to allow you access to your server's console, even if networking is disabled.

Clone your Linode

Clone an entire configuration or just the images you select to another Linode. Combine with the IP failover feature and create your own high-availability cluster.

IP Failover

Configure what IPs you own are allowed to come up on each Linode

Finnix Recovery Distro

The Finnix recovery distribution occupies no disk on your Linode account and is useful for recovering from screw ups.

Lassie - Don't get stuck in the well

What? What is it, girl? Lassie, the Shutdown Watchdog monitors your Linode and will reboot it if it is powered off unexpectedly. No more waking up to flatlined production servers. Good girl, now go get help - Timmy fell in the well (again).

Reset your root password

Reset your root password via our web interface.

Reverse DNS

Tool for setting the reverse DNS (PTR record) for your IP addresses. The hostname you enter must have a valid A/CNAME record pointing to the IP you want to set the reverse DNS for. The A/CNAME record must be propagated and working before we will be able to find it. You may also enter the IP address if you don't want an RDNS entry for that IP.