The Best Penlights for Pocket-Friendly Illumination




Your phone may have a built-in flashlight, but do you really feel comfortable propping your phone inside of your car's engine bay, or against a precarious surface while you work? Maybe it's time to grab a penlight.

When you think of a penlight, what comes to mind? The mechanic digging under the hood of your car? A poor soul looking for lost jewelry in the carpet? A doctor staring up your nose or down your throat? Well, these are some great uses for a penlight, but they can also be used in some modest situations, like looking under the bed or walking around in the dark.

See, penlights have really come a long way. They're smaller than ever, but they can put out as much light as some full-sized flashlights. And while your phone's flashlight may get you through some basic situations, you'd almost always be better off with a super bright, super small penlight. Plus, you can hold a penlight in your mouth for hands-free illuminated work. You can't do that with a phone (or at least you probably shouldn't).

Whether you're a mechanic, an electrical worker, or an average person with the occasional desire to have a flashlight, there's a penlight out there that's perfect for you. But there are a ton of penlights on the market, and it can be hard to find a penlight that fits your needs (additionally, some penlights are absolutely terrible). Luckily, we've done the hard work of sorting through them for you.



There are a lot of niche penlights on the market, but most people just need a small light that can be used anytime, anywhere. The Streamlight 66118is a 100-lumen penlight that's about the size of a sharpie. It runs on two AA batteries, and it has an IPX4 water-resistance rating, which means that you can use it in the rain.

A small penlight like this can be used for just about anything. Car maintenance? Sure. Jewelry lost in the carpet? This light will help you find it. Kid has a sore throat? You can check it with this light. For $20, you really can't go wrong.


Streamlight 88033 ProTac 250 Lumen Penlight



If you're looking for a super bright penlight that can rival the strength of a larger flashlight, then you should check out the Streamlight 88033. This 250-lumen light is powered by two AA batteries. While it works well for car maintenance and electronics work, it can also be used to get around at night, or to dig for whatever you've lost under your car seat.

The Streamlight company refers to this penlight as a "tactile light," and for good reason. For a 250 lumen light, this thing is surprisingly slim. It also has an IPX7 water-resistance rating, so you can use it in the rain (or dunk it in a meter of water for a half hour, whatever comes first). Plus, the Streamlight 88033 has an 18-lumen low power mode and a strobe mode, so you can use it for quiet bathroom breaks or SOS signals while camping.

Anker Bolder P2 120 Lumen Rechargeable Penlight



Tired of replacing batteries? The Anker Bolder P2 might be your escape from battery hell. It's a micro USB rechargeable 120-lumen penlight, with a durable build and a slim design. The Anker Bolder P2 has an IPX5 water-resistance rating, which means that you can use it during a storm without a worry. While this penlight doesn't have a strobe function (a blessing if you ask me), you can adjust the light to a 40-lumen low-power mode when 120 lumens is a bit too bright.

This is a great, modern penlight that doesn't compromise convenience for usability. It may not be as bright as the Streamlight 88033, or as slim as theStreamlight 66118, but it's definitely worth your time if you're dead set against batteries.


Streamlight 66418 Flexible 90 Lumen Penlight



If you're looking for a penlight that makes car inspections a breeze, then you should check out the Streamlight 66418. It's a 90 lumen penlight with high power, low power, and strobe settings. It's powered by two AA batteries, and it comes with a small magnetic clip that can stick to the inside of your car while you work.

As you've probably noticed, the Streamlight 66418 has a long, flexible head. You can snake this head around the insides of your car to get perfect, hands-free lighting. Or, you can hang the Streamlight's flexible head outside of your shirt pocket, and you can pretend that it's your tiny robot assistant.

Because this penlight has a long neck, there's a chance that it won't feel too cozy in your pocket. If you want a super convenient penlight that can go anywhere, then you might want to grab something smaller, like the Streamlight 66118.


EagleTac D25C 453 Lumen Mini Flashlight



If you want to mix the convenience of a penlight with the illuminating power of a flashlight, then you should check out the EagleTac D25C. It's a tiny (yet powerful) 453-lumen flashlight that runs on CR123A and RCR123A batteries. Like penlights, the EagleTac D25C has a small pen-clip, so it can securely fit in your pocket or bag. Plus, the EagleTac has strobe, SOS, and directional beacon settings.

While penlights have a narrow field of illumination, the EagleTac D25C has a comparably broad range of illumination. Really, this is the perfect light for general use. The EagleTac D25C is great during a power outage, or for rummaging through the corners of your garage at night. And while this light can be used for car maintenance and detailed electronics work, an actual penlight will always be better.


Ausein COB Rechargeable Pocket Floodlight

Ausein

Modern penlights are pretty bright, and they can be used to illuminate the underbelly of a car or to find small jewelry that's fallen on the floor. But, penlights are directional, they can't be used to light up a large space.

If you're looking for a pocket-able light that can illuminate a large space, then you should check out the Ausein COB pocket floodlight. This rechargeable 3 watt light is great for illuminating your whole engine at night, or for getting around the house when the power goes out. It also has a magnetic strip that's good for picking up loose screws, or for sticking to large metal objects, like the hood of your car.

Again, this isn't a penlight. But if you want the form of a penlight and the wide illumination of a floodlight, then the Auesin pocket floodlight is worth 10 bucks.

Should You Use Hubitat to Automate Your Smarthome?

The first step in building a smarthome is often choosing a hub, and there are many options. Hubitat is a unique cloud-independent hub. It's incredibly powerful, capable, and complicated. But should you use Hubitat in your smarthome?
Hubitat Is a Powerful Hub for Your Smarthome

Hubitat




One thing is still true; there are too many smarthome hubs from which to choose. And while there are hubs you should avoid altogether, Hubitat isn't necessarily one of them: it's complex, perhaps too complex for many people, but has a lot of powerful features.


Hubitat is a true smarthome hub designed to be the center of your automation. It connects to Z-wave and Zigbee, Alexa and Google Home, Lutron and LAN devices. What makes it different from most smarthome hubs is its emphasis on local control and incredibly advanced automations. It boasts a fairly large device integration list, and if you choose wisely, it should be able to control anything you add to your smarthome.


For example, with Hubitat, you could create a set of rules that would dim your lights from 100% to 30% over the period of a half-hour at sunset or 8 PM (whichever is later) and then bring the lights back up slowly at sunrise or 6 AM (whichever is later)—all without any cloud interaction. This will even work if your internet goes down. SmartThings and Wink can't reach that level of complexity, especially while relying only on local control.
Most Hubs Are Cloud-Based, But Hubitat Is Local


Other major smarthome hubs, like Wink and SmartThings, are cloud-first devices with perhaps some local control added afterward. When you tap the button on your phone to turn on the living room light, a signal is sent from your phone to your router and over the internet to the Wink or SmartThings cloud servers. That command is processed and then sent back over the internet to your router and then to your hub. Finally, your hub sends the command to your light. Without some support for local control, this doesn't work when your internet goes down.


Hubitat handles most of the work locally, which offers several benefits. Because your command doesn't have to go over the internet and back, you'll see your lights turn on and off more quickly compared to Wink or Smartthings. If your internet goes down, these locally controlled capabilities will continue to work. And, if privacy is your aim, you'll have more of it since you aren't communicating with a corporation's cloud.


You can, of course, connect some devices that do require the cloud, like Amazon Echo or Google Home, to Hubitat. You'll lose some speed and privacy when you use those devices and anything controlled by them.


One of the other benefits of Hubitat is cost. Once you buy the Hubitat hardware, you're done. Hubitat doesn't force you into ongoing monthly subscriptions to gain functionality; everything it offers is included, even software updates. Hubitat usually sells for $149.95, although right now Hubitat is offering the latest hardware for $99.95.
With Hubitat You Create Complex Automations

Hubitat




Automations are the real smarthome superpower. While we love talking to our homes, Hubitat can make voice control unnecessary. Hubitat allows for advanced triggers and rules. For example, you can set up a rule for the following: Because you walked into the bedroom, and it's after 9 pm, and it's cold tonight, and the heating isn't on, the lights should be activated and dimmed, and the electric blanket should be turned on. If you're usingindividualized presence detectors, you could define that this only occurs if one specific person enters the room.


As another example, with motion sensors in a bathroom and smart bulbs or switches, you could automatically turn the lights on when someone walks in. You could also determine how bright the lights should be depending on the time of day and how long they should stay on before automatically turning off again—and again, the length can depend on the time of day. You can go so far as to add a second motion detector in the shower and have it override the "turn back off" portion of the rule while someone is showering, which means your lights won't turn off when someone is in the shower.


The level of detail and intricacy to these rules and triggers is a reason why the local control is so important. If you step into a room and the light doesn't turn on near-instantaneously, then you'll feel the need to flip a switch manually. At that point, your house doesn't seem so smart anymore. Voice control helps because you won't need to move towards or stumble to find the switch. But fast automations are even better because you don't need to do anything at all. Instead, the house is anticipating your needs.


Simply put, Wink and SmartThings aren't capable of this detailed level of automation. Alexa or Google Assistant routines certainly aren't, either.
Advanced Features Don't Come Easy

Hubitat

Unfortunately, with great power comes great responsibility. In this case, you'll be responsible for making it all happen, and it won't always be easy. When you first set up a Hubitat hub, you'll start by opening up a local webpage. Currently, Hubitat doesn't offer any smartphone apps, they're coming soon, but until then the closest you can get is building a custom dashboard. Once you're viewing the webpage, you'll need to discover your devices, name them, and then start adding apps.

Apps in the Hubitat realm extend its capabilities. You'll need an app for any safety monitor, an app for controlling lights with motion sensors, a rules app to build advanced automations, and so on. The web interface controls all of this. It's like using a router's web interface. You'll spend time clicking menus, choosing dropdowns, and saving changes. That's how it works when everything goes right.

Occasionally, something might not work well, and you'll need to work with code by hand. Hubitat relies on the Groovy programming language for this, and if you're not familiar with coding, then your best bet is to ask help in Hubitat's forums or to reach out for support.


You'll also need to learn how those apps and rules work. Hubitat does have excellent tutorial videos and an active and helpful community. But it's a learning process, and it's a new logic to master. For instance, if you wanted a rule that turned on the porch light when the backdoor is opened but only if the deck lights weren't already on, you'd have to define the rule as "when backdoor open and NOT deck light on." Hubitat's logic is consistent. Once you do learn the ins and outs, you won't spend all your time remastering a new skill. But getting to grips with Hubitat will take time, effort, and the willingness to learn.


And remember, there's no app to quickly access your smarthome devices to turn things off and on with the push of a button—at least right now. The best you can do is build a custom dashboard for your home. The various dashboard options are nice and incredibly intricate, but they do take some more legwork from you. And currently, those dashboards are the only way to enable remote control of your smarthome.
Should You Get Hubitat?

Hubitat




Whether you should choose Hubitat or not comes down to a few basic things: How much effort you want to put in, how much learning you want to do, and how much you like the idea of a truly automated home.


If the idea of accessing your router's settings to make changes to your network intimidates you, then Hubitat—which is even more complicated—may not be for you. If you want something easy, with simple setup and remote control capabilities, you should pass on the Hubitat and consider another option like SmartThings—or Wink, if the company ever gets the Wink Hub back in stock and starts selling it again.


If you are tech-savvy, like to get your hands digitally dirty, and don't mind spending weekends watching tutorials on a new complex skillset, Hubitat is worth considering. And, if you like the idea of a genuinely automated smarthome that anticipates your needs based on your location, the time of day, and other conditional triggers, you should consider bringing Hubitat to your smarthome.  

How to Protect Your BitLocker-Encrypted Files From Attackers

BitLocker, the encryption technology built into Windows, has taken some hits lately. A recent exploit demonstrated removing a computer's TPM chip to extract its encryption keys, and many hard drives are breaking BitLocker. Here's a guide to avoiding BitLocker's pitfalls.
Note that these attacks all require physical access to your computer. That's the whole point of encryption—to stop a thief who stole your laptop or someone from gaining access to your desktop PC from viewing your files without your permission.

Standard BitLocker Isn't Available on Windows Home

While nearly all modern consumer operating systems ship with encryption by default, Windows 10 still doesn't provide encryption on all PCs. Macs, Chromebooks, iPads, iPhones, and even Linux distributions offer encryption to all their users. But Microsoft still doesn't bundle BitLocker with Windows 10 Home.
Some PCs may come with similar encryption technology, which Microsoft originally called "device encryption" and now sometimes calls "BitLocker device encryption." We'll cover that in the next section. However, this device encryption technology is more limited than full BitLocker.
How an Attacker Can Exploit This: There's no need for exploits! If your Windows Home PC just isn't encrypted, an attacker can remove the hard drive or boot another operating system on your PC to access your files.
The Solution: Pay $99 for an upgrade to Windows 10 Professional and enable BitLocker. You could also consider trying another encryption solution like VeraCrypt, the successor of TrueCrypt, which is free.

BitLocker Sometimes Uploads Your Key to Microsoft

Many modern Windows 10 PCs come with a type of encryption named "device encryption." If your PC supports this, it will be automatically encrypted after you sign into your PC with your Microsoft account (or a domain account on a corporate network). The recovery key is then automatically uploaded to Microsoft's servers (or your organization's servers on a domain).
This protects you from losing your files—even if you forget your Microsoft account password and can't sign in, you can use the account recovery process and regain access to your encryption key.
How an Attacker Can Exploit This: This is better than no encryption. However, this means that Microsoft could be forced to disclose your encryption key to the government with a warrant. Or, even worse, an attacker could theoretically abuse a Microsoft account's recovery process to gain access to your account and access your encryption key. If the attacker had physical access to your PC or its hard drive, they could then use that recovery key to decrypt your files—without needing your password.
The Solution: Pay $99 for an upgrade to Windows 10 Professional, enable BitLocker via the Control Panel, and choose not to upload a recovery key to Microsoft's servers when prompted.

Many Solid State Drives Break BitLocker Encryption

Some solid-state drives advertise support for "hardware encryption." If you're using such a drive in your system and enable BitLocker, Windows will trust your drive to do the job and not perform its usual encryption techniques. After all, if the drive can do the work in hardware, that should be faster.
There's just one problem: Researchers have discovered that many SSDs don't implement this properly. For example, the Crucial MX300 protects your encryption key with an empty password by default. Windows may say BitLocker is enabled, but it may not actually be doing much in the background. That's scary: BitLocker shouldn't be silently trusting SSDs to do the work. This is a newer feature, so this problem only affects Windows 10 and not Windows 7.
How an Attacker Could Exploit This: Windows may say BitLocker is enabled, but BitLocker may be sitting idly by and letting your SSD fail at securely encrypting your data. An attacker could potentially bypass the badly implemented encryption in your solid-state drive to access your files.
The Solution: Change the "Configure use of hardware-based encryption for fixed data drives" option in Windows group policy to "Disabled." You must unencrypt and re-encrypt the drive afterward for this change to take effect. BitLocker will stop trusting drives and will do all the work in software instead of hardware.

TPM Chips Can Be Removed

A security researcher recently demonstrated another attack. BitLocker stores your encryption key in your computer's Trusted Platform Module (TPM,) which is a special piece of hardware that's supposed to be tamper-resistant. Unfortunately, an attacker could use a $27 FPGA board and some open-source code to extract it from the TPM. This would destroy the hardware, but would allow extracting the key and bypassing the encryption.
How an Attacker Can Exploit This: If an attacker has your PC, they can theoretically bypass all those fancy TPM protections by tampering with the hardware and extracting the key, which isn't supposed to be possible.
The Solution: Configure BitLocker to require a pre-boot PIN in group policy. The "Require startup PIN with TPM" option will force Windows to use a PIN to unlock the TPM at startup. You will have to type a PIN when your PC boots before Windows starts up. However, this will lock the TPM with additional protection, and an attacker won't be able to extract the key from the TPM without knowing your PIN. The TPM protects against brute force attacks so attackers won't just be able to guess every PIN one by one.

Sleeping PCs Are More Vulnerable


Microsoft recommends disabling sleep mode when using BitLocker for maximum security. Hibernate mode is fine—you can have BitLocker require a PIN when you wake your PC from hibernate or when you boot it normally. But, in sleep mode, the PC remains powered on with its encryption key stored in RAM.
How an Attacker Can Exploit This: If an attacker has your PC, they can wake it and sign in. On Windows 10, they may have to enter a numeric PIN. With physical access to your PC, an attacker may also be able to use direct memory access (DMA) to grab the contents of your system's RAM and get the  BitLocker key. An attacker could also execute a cold boot attack—reboot the running PC and grab the keys from RAM before they vanish. This may even involve the use of a freezer to lower the temperature and slow that process down.
The Solution: Hibernate or shut down your PC rather than leaving it asleep. Use a pre-boot PIN to make the boot process more secure and block cold boot attacks—BitLocker will also require a PIN when resuming from hibernation if it's set to require a PIN at boot. Windows also lets you "disable new DMA devices when this computer is locked" through a group policy setting, too—that provides some protection even if an attacker gets your PC while it's running.

Samsung Galaxy A50 - self-sufficiency

Samsung Galaxy A50 is a smartphone midrange New Samsung in 2019 with many attractive features, especially the fingerprint sensor below the screen.

The Infinity-U screen first appeared

If the Samsung Galaxy M20 has introduced the Infinity-V technology screen, then this is the first time Samsung uses the Infinity-U screen.



The device owns a screen of up to 6.4 inches, equivalent to the newly launched Samsung Galaxy S10+ .



With that, thanks to owning new chip line Exynos 9610, Galaxy A50 allows the screen display rate of the device to be maximized, helping you to interact and experience better when playing hot game series: Lien Quan, PUBG at midrange configuration level.
Fingerprint sensor in the screen

Samsung Galaxy A50 is the first mid-range smartphone to be favored by Samsung with a fingerprint sensor inside the screen.



The unlock on the device is very simple, you just need to put your finger on the screen, the sensor will appear and the phone will be ready to use.

The camera is still the bright spot

Samsung Galaxy A50 has 3 cameras including 25 MP f / 1.7 main sensor, 8 MP f / 2.2 super wide sensor and 5 MP depth sensor for portrait photography.



With a set of 3 cameras, Samsung Galaxy A50 meets you most of the needs in daily use from taking photos of removing fonts or capturing landscapes during long outings.



In addition to the built-in AI Camera technology, it can detect 20 different objects to adjust the colors, contrast and brightness accordingly.

High quality selfie camera

The front camera is equally impressive when it comes to 25 MP resolution, which supports many advanced features such as: Sticker AR , wide-angle camera or various beauty modes.



Thanks to that, the selfie photos will make you feel satisfied and you can forget about using 3rd party applications to edit.
Sleek, luxurious design

On Samsung Galaxy A50, Samsung introduced a new design called "3D Glasstic".



The new Samsung phone has a monolithic design, 2.5D curved glass corners that make it feel solid when holding the phone.



The body looks masculine but is stylized by soft and flexible curves, with meticulous, sharp processing.


Fingerprint sensor just below the screen, the future of security technology

The design of Galaxy A50 becomes more seamless when fingerprint sensor is integrated right on the screen. Security methods seem to only appear in the future on Galaxy A50. Only once touch the screen, your phone is immediately unlocked, extremely convenient and safe.


Take professional photos with the following 3 cameras

Samsung Galaxy A50 is equipped with 3 rear cameras with 3 different roles, clearly showing professionalism in photography. The main camera has a 25MP high resolution f / 1.7 aperture resolution; camera measures 5MP depth and especially 8MP super wide-angle camera. Whether in any circumstance, Galaxy A50 also brings beautiful and different photos.


Hold the scene like a human eye

With ultra-wide camera lens, Galaxy A50 can gain a large world into the frame. This lens has a wide angle of 123 degrees, far exceeding the usual lens of only 77 degrees. Your travels will be preserved with vivid natural images full of life. The Galaxy A50 camera also intelligently identifies and suggests to you which cases should be taken in super wide-angle mode.


Take photos to remove artistic fonts

The combination of the main camera and the depth camera provides photos of artistic fonts. You can customize the background blur easily and add lighting effects after shooting. Behind your shining image can be twinkling stars or romantic snowflakes in the blurred, beautiful and unique background.


3 versions of fashion colors and personality

No need to bring out the colorful colors, all 3 color versions of Galaxy A50 are very elegant but still very fashionable. The version of Meteorite, Ocean Blue and Pearl White is extremely suitable for the sleek design of Galaxy A50, giving you confidence to show off your own personality.


Superior and durable performance

Samsung Galaxy A50 has a desirable configuration with Exynos 9610 8-core 64 bit processor, 4GB RAM and 64GB internal memory. And yet, up to 4000 mAh battery and fast charging technology via the advanced Type-C USB port gives you a perfect performance phone, ready for any operation at any time.


INTRODUCTION AND GUIDANCE TO REGISTER VPS IN VULTR

I. REGISTER VPS SERVER VULTR


First we access the homepage of Vultr.



Here you need to enter email information to create an account on Vultr, select Sign Up. Then open the mail to click on the link to confirm the completion of the VPS registration.




II. PAY


Signing up for an account is simple, but buying a VPS is another thing, because Vietnam is often "scrutinized" very carefully because of using tricks to create multiple accounts to receive more promotions.


If the correct information, you will be immediately transferred to the payment interface. Vultr supports payment via Credit Card (Visa / Master) and Paypal.


If I use Techcombank's Visa card to register without any difficulty, do not try to create multiple accounts to prevent mass block.



You will be charged $ 1 to verify the bank account will be refunded after completing registration.

Enter the card information, note the minimum deposit amount is $ 5. Next choose Make a Payment to complete the VPS registration.


Currently 5 $ Free trial, when buying VPS you will be added $ 5 more to your account Vultr.



III. OVERVIEW OF VPS MANAGEMENT INTERFACE AT VULTR


Generally Vultr VPS management interface is more eye-catching than DigitalOcean and Linode, is reponsive well.


On the left, there are 5 main menus Server, Billing, Support, Affiliate, Account and corresponding function menus on the right. We go from top to bottom of these menus.


1. MANAGEMENT INTERFACE MAIN VPS IN VULTR (SERVER)


Almost all VPS administration works in this Server menu.


INSTANCES


If you have created VPS, you can see the list of VPS here. Includes information about hostname, RAM, IP Public, Location (datacenter), the amount to be paid for VPS, Restart, Stop VPS functions.



SNAPSHOTS


Features to manage manual VPS / Server backups.


Creating snapshots on Vultr Free VPS features like creating snapshots on VMWare, Virtual Box virtual machines.


To create snapshots, go to the Details Server of each VPS to manipulate. Here, the snapshot management is just a show for you to see.




ISO


This function is very good that most other VPS providers do not have, it helps you install the operating system for VPS from ISO file.


If you want to install the operating system from the ISO file, you select Add ISO and then enter Direct link (direct link), Vultr will automatically download to your system the file size to a maximum of 5192 MB.



Startup Script: manage VPS by scripts when starting server, have any scripts or you add here.



SSH Key: function to add Public Key to VPS via Vultr's web interface. This way, instead of password authentication method, I will have a detailed tutorial later.



DNS

Configure using Vultr's DNS system. I recommend that you use VPS from any vendor, use that vendor's Nameserver for synchronization, to get the best query speed.


Run any website you visit here to add the domain.



BACKUPS

Automatic VPS backup management.


This paid function is like a snapshot, but the backup job is done automatically every day. Vultr will only keep 2 full backups for you on their Datacenter, a little bit.


BLOCK STORAGE

Additional storage capacity for VPS, currently free 50GB for VPS location settings in New York and New Jersey.


RESERVED IPS

Premium features, used to store VPS's Public IP.


When using this feature, IP VPS will always be yours even if you have created a new VPS, you can still configure that VPS using Reseved IP, like you bought this IP of Vultr.


FIREWALL

New feature, help enhance VPS security. Although not a genuine product, but it also helps to reduce the load for VPS partly because it is built completely separate from your VPS.


You refer to the updated article: how to use Firewall on Vultr


2. MANAGEMENT OF PAYMENT AND FUNDING AT VULTR (BILLING)


This section relates to the forms of payment and recharge, you have many bank cards, add or add payment information via Paypal depending on you.



  • Current Balance: the remaining balance in the account is used to pay monthly bills.
  • This Month Charges: Amount to be paid in the month.
  • History: monthly payment log.
  • My credit cards: credit card information, how much money you want to deposit, choose the amount you need to pay then click Make Payment With Selected Card


When buying VPS or registering domain hosting that cannot be paid by card, I switch to using paypal it will automatically deduct money from Visa card without having to transfer money to Paypal anymore.



3. SEND REQUEST TO SUPPORT FOR VULTR (SUPPORT)


Select Tickets -> Open New Ticket to create a support request


General Support: Technical support VPS

Billing Questions: support for payment forms



4. LINKS SALE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT (AFFILIATE)


Anyone who wants to earn commissions from selling VPS to Vultr here, see the statistics and policies to pay commission to agents.




5. MANAGEMENT OF ACCOUNT INFORMATION (ACCOUNT)


All information to declare your VPS purchase is saved in this. Want to change the login password, see Bandwidth status, activate security for 2 authentication classes Tow Factor Authentication, manage your users here to manipulate.




IV. SUMMARY

In general, opening an account to buy VPS at Vultr is simple, Vultr has a nice looking administration interface, the main features are quite complete.


INTRODUCTION AND GUIDANCE TO REGISTER VPS IN VULTR

I. REGISTER VPS SERVER VULTR


First we access the homepage of Vultr.



Here you need to enter email information to create an account on Vultr, select Sign Up. Then open the mail to click on the link to confirm the completion of the VPS registration.




II. PAY


Signing up for an account is simple, but buying a VPS is another thing, because Vietnam is often "scrutinized" very carefully because of using tricks to create multiple accounts to receive more promotions.


If the correct information, you will be immediately transferred to the payment interface. Vultr supports payment via Credit Card (Visa / Master) and Paypal.


If I use Techcombank's Visa card to register without any difficulty, do not try to create multiple accounts to prevent mass block.



You will be charged $ 1 to verify the bank account will be refunded after completing registration.

Enter the card information, note the minimum deposit amount is $ 5. Next choose Make a Payment to complete the VPS registration.


Currently 5 $ Free trial, when buying VPS you will be added $ 5 more to your account Vultr.



III. OVERVIEW OF VPS MANAGEMENT INTERFACE AT VULTR


Generally Vultr VPS management interface is more eye-catching than DigitalOcean and Linode, is reponsive well.


On the left, there are 5 main menus Server, Billing, Support, Affiliate, Account and corresponding function menus on the right. We go from top to bottom of these menus.


1. MANAGEMENT INTERFACE MAIN VPS IN VULTR (SERVER)


Almost all VPS administration works in this Server menu.


INSTANCES


If you have created VPS, you can see the list of VPS here. Includes information about hostname, RAM, IP Public, Location (datacenter), the amount to be paid for VPS, Restart, Stop VPS functions.



SNAPSHOTS


Features to manage manual VPS / Server backups.


Creating snapshots on Vultr Free VPS features like creating snapshots on VMWare, Virtual Box virtual machines.


To create snapshots, go to the Details Server of each VPS to manipulate. Here, the snapshot management is just a show for you to see.




ISO


This function is very good that most other VPS providers do not have, it helps you install the operating system for VPS from ISO file.


If you want to install the operating system from the ISO file, you select Add ISO and then enter Direct link (direct link), Vultr will automatically download to your system the file size to a maximum of 5192 MB.



Startup Script: manage VPS by scripts when starting server, have any scripts or you add here.



SSH Key: function to add Public Key to VPS via Vultr's web interface. This way, instead of password authentication method, I will have a detailed tutorial later.



DNS

Configure using Vultr's DNS system. I recommend that you use VPS from any vendor, use that vendor's Nameserver for synchronization, to get the best query speed.


Run any website you visit here to add the domain.



BACKUPS

Automatic VPS backup management.


This paid function is like a snapshot, but the backup job is done automatically every day. Vultr will only keep 2 full backups for you on their Datacenter, a little bit.


BLOCK STORAGE

Additional storage capacity for VPS, currently free 50GB for VPS location settings in New York and New Jersey.


RESERVED IPS

Premium features, used to store VPS's Public IP.


When using this feature, IP VPS will always be yours even if you have created a new VPS, you can still configure that VPS using Reseved IP, like you bought this IP of Vultr.


FIREWALL

New feature, help enhance VPS security. Although not a genuine product, but it also helps to reduce the load for VPS partly because it is built completely separate from your VPS.


You refer to the updated article: how to use Firewall on Vultr


2. MANAGEMENT OF PAYMENT AND FUNDING AT VULTR (BILLING)


This section relates to the forms of payment and recharge, you have many bank cards, add or add payment information via Paypal depending on you.



  • Current Balance: the remaining balance in the account is used to pay monthly bills.
  • This Month Charges: Amount to be paid in the month.
  • History: monthly payment log.
  • My credit cards: credit card information, how much money you want to deposit, choose the amount you need to pay then click Make Payment With Selected Card


When buying VPS or registering domain hosting that cannot be paid by card, I switch to using paypal it will automatically deduct money from Visa card without having to transfer money to Paypal anymore.



3. SEND REQUEST TO SUPPORT FOR VULTR (SUPPORT)


Select Tickets -> Open New Ticket to create a support request


General Support: Technical support VPS

Billing Questions: support for payment forms



4. LINKS SALE PROGRAM MANAGEMENT (AFFILIATE)


Anyone who wants to earn commissions from selling VPS to Vultr here, see the statistics and policies to pay commission to agents.




5. MANAGEMENT OF ACCOUNT INFORMATION (ACCOUNT)


All information to declare your VPS purchase is saved in this. Want to change the login password, see Bandwidth status, activate security for 2 authentication classes Tow Factor Authentication, manage your users here to manipulate.




IV. SUMMARY

In general, opening an account to buy VPS at Vultr is simple, Vultr has a nice looking administration interface, the main features are quite complete.