{"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>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 is a whole different level of frustration. It is easier than you think.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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.\u00a0 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>On the internet, having redundancy\u00a0 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 &quot;turning it off and then turning it back on again&quot;. 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 v27.4 - https:\/\/yoast.com\/product\/yoast-seo-wordpress\/ -->\n<title>What is KVM? 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