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OnApp to acquire Virtkick - Announcement & FAQ

OnApp, a global cloud management software provider, has announced its intention to acquire Virtkick. OnApp is widely regarded as the leading cloud management software platform for the service provider industry (hosts, telcos, MSPs, VPS providers etc). They’ve been in business since 2010 and have helped many, many businesses in our industry build their own successful cloud hosting services. Check out onapp.com for more info.

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August Feature Flash - Templates, Used Transfer Count, Simple Server Monitoring and more!

Busy August is busy. Take a look at the features we've built in the past few weeks - and many thanks for your feedback, all of it wouldn't be possible without you!

Create your own templates

Use this feature to customize your offer and meet users...

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July/August Feature Flash - Your Own Payment Gateways, Machine Upgrades and More!

We've been really busy at Virtkick for the past few weeks - here are some of the things we've been working on lately. All screenshots shared are work in progress and subject to change.

Your own payment gateways!

If you want to, you can now act as...

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Promoting your hosting business with Buffer, TweetDeck and reddit.

So you've got your hosting business all set up. Your servers, control panel and website are up and running. The only thing missing is... customers. Never an easy task, finding clients - that's why we decided to put this handy guide for one way of getting...

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Ramcloud - Inexpensive, performant hosting for the masses.

This week on the provider spotlight we will be featuring Ramcloud. Ramcloud is a hosting company that intends to provide the very best hosting service possible, for the lowest price possible, all without cutting any corners.

History of Ramcloud

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Cloudhostr - Fast, simple, and secure.

This week on the provider spotlight we will be featuring Cloudhostr. Cloudhostr is a VPS company based in England, they have differentiated themselves quite effectively by offering performant machines for a low price, exemplary customer service and...

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PacmanVPS - The First Arch Linux Centered Hosting Provider

This is the first post in what will be a weekly series featuring the hosting providers that use Virtkick.

To begin with, our very first featured provider is PacmanVPS. We started PacmanVPS as an experiment to gain valuable insight into how end customers...

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Virtkick, the First SaaS VPS Control Panel, Has Launched

We have been hard at work over the past year making Virtkick the best VPS control panel on the market. Today, we are very excited to share several announcements with you.

Public Sign Ups and New Pricing

First, you can now create your very own Virtkick...

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How to start a cloud hosting business in three steps

Cloud is everywhere and everyone wants it. Individuals, small and medium businesses and enterprises alike are moving their operations to the cloud. Almost everything runs in the cloud: websites, game servers, business systems, billing systems, file...

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New features incoming: multiple regions, Support Module, ISO management, PayPal.

Busy... Excited! Busy... Excited!``

Those are the two words that can describe how are things in Virtkick's office. In short: we've developed new features, deployed several Virtkick instances and we're inviting new hosting providers every week. Things...

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Closed launch - first Virtkick-powered hosting providers!

We've deployed first production-ready panels yesterday. This is awesome. We danced a little victory dance and got back to work. More time for celebration will come later. Here are the facts:

More than 900 signups

We've been working with our early...

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Fall 2015 development update, new features and PacmanVPS!

Fall has been really awesome for us - we've been coding like crazy for the last few months, working with early adopters and fine-tuning Virtkick's UX and design. Take a look at three big upcoming features we've been working on just recently - please...

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Investments, Limited Release and Upcoming Features

Lots of good news coming from the Virtkick team with investments flowing in, Virtkick early access instances running at several hosting companies and more features being developed as you read this post. Onwards!

Firstly, we've secured nearly $1,000...

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Development and SpacePanel update - we're growing!

Virtkick development is underway, with our team expanded to 8 people - we've been working on the networking part of Virtkick and fine-tuning the user experience. We're so excited that we're getting closer to the Virtkick release - it'll be worth the...

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Virtkick limited release deployment and the awesome progress we've made

The last three weeks were hell of a ride at the rocket named Virtkick. We've deployed the Virtkick's limited release to 10 hosting providers and prepared more than 20 clients for the next deployment!

Virtkick is already present in the US, UK, Italy...

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SaaS, Open Source and New Virtkick Website

Cards on the table - Virtkick has changed.

We've decided to go for a SaaS solution instead of focusing on an open-source self-hosted one. Morever, the new website is up and we'd really love to hear your feedback about it!

Back to the basics, our vision...

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Virtkick alpha v.0.5 Update and the Roadmap Survey results!

Virtkick's v.0.5 alpha is out, with a brand new package for CentOS 7.0 and openSUSE 13.2. We've also added some nice UI improvements to make your VMs spin even faster. And what's more, we've got the results of Virtkick's Roadmap Survey!

Virtkick Roadmap...

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Virtkick at Techstars Cloud 2015!

We're here. Out of the 1200 companies that applied for Techstars Cloud 2015 program, out of hundreds that applied, only 10 were selected, Virtkick included. We're really excited to be a part of the program and take part in the intensive 100-day mentorship...

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Virtkick in CenturyLink Labs Podcast

Lucas Carlson invited us to CenturyLink Labs Podcast. He asked several interesting questions about the project. Curious how we came up with the idea for Virtkick? Well, just play the interview!

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(De)websockify SSH to avoid lockdown in hotel rooms

At Virtkick we are using http-master to proxy VNC over web sockets but it can be used also in much more interesting ways. Consider this config loaded by http-master:

# config.yaml

ports:
  80:
    router:
      "*": "redirect -> https://[1]/[path...

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