OVHcloud Associate key terms

OVHcloud's range of dedicated physical servers ordered and managed through the Control Panel or API, giving full hardware access with no hypervisor layer shared with other customers.

A single-tenant physical machine where the customer controls the operating system, partitioning, and firmware, and no virtualization layer separates them from the hardware.

A virtual private server: a virtual machine on shared physical hosts with guaranteed resource allocations, positioned between web hosting and dedicated servers in price and control.

A boot environment that starts a server on a network-provided image instead of its installed system, used to repair disks, reset passwords, or recover data after a failed boot.

Out-of-band remote management interfaces that let you reach a server's console, power controls, and virtual media even when the operating system or network stack is unavailable.

A point-in-time copy of a VPS disk that can be restored to roll back changes, typically used before upgrades or risky configuration edits on the virtual server.

A flat, HTTP-accessible store for unstructured data addressed by bucket and key rather than by file path, typically exposed through an S3-compatible API with high durability and scalability.

Network-attached volumes presented to a server as raw disks that the operating system formats and mounts, offering low-latency storage independent of the server's local drives.

Shared file storage exported over NFS so several servers can mount the same directory concurrently, suited to shared application data and clustered workloads.

An interface that follows Amazon S3 request signing and semantics, letting standard SDKs and tools read and write objects on a non-AWS storage service without code changes.

A JSON document attached to a storage bucket that grants or denies actions such as read and write to specified principals, evaluated alongside user-level permissions.

A consistent point-in-time image of a volume or disk that can be used to create new volumes or restore data after corruption or accidental deletion.

A dedicated storage space for backup archives produced by server backup agents or manual uploads, kept separate from production disks so it survives server loss.

Rules that define how long backups or snapshots are kept and when they expire, balancing recovery-point coverage against storage cost and compliance requirements.

A private layer-2 network that connects OVHcloud services across projects and datacenters, letting servers communicate on private IP ranges isolated from the public internet.

A software-defined private network inside a Public Cloud project that attaches instances and gateways, with subnets and DHCP managed through the API or Control Panel.

A public address that can be moved between instances or services, used for failover and for exposing a service without binding the address to one machine.

A stateful set of allow and deny rules applied to network interfaces, controlling inbound and outbound traffic by protocol, port, and source or destination address.

Always-on traffic scrubbing that detects volumetric attacks and filters malicious packets before they reach the protected service, with mitigation reported in the Control Panel.

A configurable packet filter placed in front of a dedicated server or IP block, allowing rules to drop traffic before it reaches the host's own firewall.

A service that distributes incoming requests across several backends using health checks and algorithms such as round robin, improving availability and absorbing traffic spikes.

An on-demand virtual machine billed by the hour or month, launched from an image or flavor and attached to a private network, with resizing and snapshots available.

A predefined hardware profile for an instance specifying vCPU count, memory, and disk class, chosen at launch and used to compare and resize compute capacity.

A bootable template containing an operating system and optional preinstalled software, used to create instances reproducibly and to capture a configured instance for reuse.

OVHcloud's web console for Hosted Private Cloud, where users manage virtual machines, templates, networks, and permissions in their VMware environment.

A dedicated VMware environment hosted and operated by OVHcloud, giving single-tenant compute, storage, and networking with the customer retaining control of virtualization.

VMware's virtualization platform comprising ESXi hosts and vCenter management, used to run and administer virtual machines inside a Hosted Private Cloud datacenter.

A vSphere grouping of hosts and virtual machines that shares CPU and memory allocations, used to organize workloads and cap their consumption.

The identity that owns all services and billing for a customer, identified by a NIC handle and used to log in to the Control Panel and API.

A short unique identifier assigned to an OVHcloud account, used in support tickets, API calls, and permission grants to refer to a specific customer identity.

A login requirement combining a password with a second proof such as a time-based code or hardware key, reducing risk from stolen credentials.

A rule set that grants identities access to specific resources and actions, enabling least-privilege delegation instead of sharing the account owner's credentials.

A generated credential with scoped permissions and an expiry that lets scripts and applications call the OVHcloud API without embedding account passwords.

A REST interface for automating orders, configuration, and monitoring of services, authenticated with signed requests and documented through a public console.

Notification rules that trigger email, SMS, or webhook messages when a monitored metric crosses a threshold, such as bandwidth, disk usage, or service availability.

Continuous collection of metrics and availability checks for services, used to detect degradation early and to feed dashboards and alerting rules.

A support request opened from the Control Panel that records the affected service, symptoms, and history, and is used to escalate a suspected infrastructure fault.