{"id":1178,"date":"2011-10-30T13:24:00","date_gmt":"2011-10-30T13:24:00","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/?p=1178"},"modified":"2023-07-30T13:32:45","modified_gmt":"2023-07-30T13:32:45","slug":"what-is-kvm","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/2011\/10\/30\/what-is-kvm\/","title":{"rendered":"What is KVM?"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">When you lock yourself out of your car or house it is easy enough to call a locksmith;&nbsp; locking yourself out of your dedicated server is a whole different level of frustration. It is easier than you think.&nbsp; All it takes is one mistake when configuring a software-based <a href=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/encyclopedia\/firewall\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"A firewall is a system that can control both incoming and outgoing data based on rules that are either user or manufacturer set, or a combination of both.\" class=\"encyclopedia\">firewall<\/a>, and then you are no longer able to log into your server as root Administrator. The easiest way to address this is with KVM access to your server.&nbsp; KVM is short for Keyboard Video Mouse, it gives you a separate IP to access your server and launches a screen on your workstation Windows desktop that is like you are virtually standing in front of a video console plugged into your dedicated server.&nbsp; KVM also gives you the ability to remotely power cycle your server at anytime, via the same separate <a href=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/encyclopedia\/ip-address\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"The term IP address refers to Internet Protocol address.&nbsp; It is a numerical address that is assigned to any device connected to the internet.\" class=\"encyclopedia\">IP address<\/a>. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">On the internet, having redundancy&nbsp; is very important. Let me repeat that: on the internet, having redundancy is very important. Support services are always available to physically <a href=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/encyclopedia\/reboot\/\" target=\"_self\" title='A reboot is a power cycling of a dedicated server or VPS, it is essentially the same thing as \"turning it off and then turning it back on again\". Often a reboot is needed after operating system updates have been downloaded, in order to completely install them.' class=\"encyclopedia\">reboot<\/a> your dedicated server at the network level, the free KVM that is included on <strong><a href=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/encyclopedia\/pingpipe\/\" target=\"_self\" title=\"PingPipe is a web hosting company that provides custom shop dedicated servers and VPS from datacenters in: Amsterdam London Singapore New York City Each datacenter location features the PingPipe network uptime guarantee and super-fast internet connectivity to the world's largest internet exchanges.\" class=\"encyclopedia\">PingPipe<\/a> dedicated server specials<\/strong> is a great value-added bonus of also always having an alternate way to reach the login prompt of your dedicated server. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\">\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\">\n<figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><a href=\"https:\/\/pingpipe.com\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"308\" height=\"65\" src=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/logo.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-85\" srcset=\"https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/logo.jpg 308w, https:\/\/pingyour.com\/blog\/wp-content\/uploads\/2020\/11\/logo-300x63.jpg 300w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 308px) 100vw, 308px\"><\/a><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">Custom shop premium web hosting.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<\/div>\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\">\n\n\n\n<hr class=\"wp-block-separator has-css-opacity\">\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>When you lock yourself out of your car or house it is easy enough to call a locksmith;\u00a0 locking yourself out of your dedicated server [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":6212,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[6],"tags":[8,15],"class_list":["post-1178","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","has-post-thumbnail","hentry","category-interrnet-help","tag-kvm","tag-oct-30"],"yoast_head":"<!-- This site is optimized with the Yoast SEO plugin v28.1 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is KVM? 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