Overview
After you sign in, the ALYPOD Console dashboard gives you a single view of your Pods, resource usage and recent activity. This article explains each area so you can find what you need quickly.
Dashboard areas
- Pods — every CPU Pod you own, with its status, IP address, plan and location. Click a Pod to open its detail page.
- Resource graphs — live and historical CPU, RAM, disk and network usage for the selected Pod. Use these to decide when to resize.
- Actions — Start, Stop, Reboot, Reinstall and open the VNC/console for a Pod. Most actions take effect within seconds.
- Backups & snapshots — create or restore a snapshot before risky changes.
- Networking — view IP addresses, set reverse DNS and manage firewall rules.
- Billing summary — your outstanding balance, next due date and latest invoice from account.alypod.com.
Reading Pod status
- Running — the Pod is online and reachable.
- Stopped — powered off; compute is not billed but the disk is retained.
- Provisioning — the build is still running; wait before connecting.
- Rebuilding — an OS reinstall is in progress.
Tips
- Pin frequently used Pods so they appear at the top of the list.
- Check the resource graphs before resizing to confirm you actually need more CPU or RAM.
- Watch the billing summary so you are never surprised by a renewal date.
Troubleshooting
- Problem: Graphs are empty. Solution: Newly deployed Pods take a few minutes to report metrics.
- Problem: A Pod shows Stopped unexpectedly. Solution: Check the activity log on the Pod detail page, then open a support ticket if the cause is unclear.
Related articles
- [Deploying your first Pod]
- [Upgrading or downgrading a service]
- [Understanding your invoices]
