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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''MediaWiki has been successfully installed</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Floating IP addresses enables dynamic IP address association with virtual machine instances (they can be associated with a VM, transferred between VMs, or removed back to the pool while the VMs are still running). On Luna Node Dynamic, all external IP addresses are floating IP addresses, and a virtual machine instance is allocated one when it is created</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Consult the [//meta.wikimedia.org/wiki/Help:Contents User's Guide] for information on using the wiki software.</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">== Use cases ==</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">== Getting started ==</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Here are some use cases for floating IP addresses.</ins></div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div>* [<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">//www</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mediawiki</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">org/wiki/Manual:Configuration_settings Configuration settings list]</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div>&#160;</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div>* <del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[//www</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mediawiki</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">org</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wiki/Manual:FAQ MediaWiki FAQ]</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div>* <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''Upgrading your website''': suppose you want to upgrade your web software with minimal downtime. You could first </ins>[<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">[Snapshots|snapshot]] your virtual machine to create a clone, and then perform the upgrade on the clone</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">When you are satisfied that the site is operational, you can seamlessly switch the floating IP address from the original virtual machine to the clone</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* </del>[https://<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lists</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">wikimedia</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">org</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mailman</del>/<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">listinfo/mediawiki-announce MediaWiki release mailing list</del>]</div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div>* <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">'''Reserving IP address''': if you want to take a break from working on a project and avoid paying for the virtual machine instance, you can snapshot your virtual machine, de-associate the floating IP and place it on your account, and then delete the VM</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Then, when you want to resume work, you only have to create a new VM from the snapshot and assign it the floating IP</ins>.</div></td></tr>
<tr><td class='diff-marker'>−</td><td class='diff-deletedline'><div><del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">* [//www</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">mediawiki</del>.<del class="diffchange diffchange-inline">org/wiki/Localisation#Translation_resources Localise MediaWiki for your language]</del></div></td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div>&#160;</div></td></tr>
<tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">== Guide ==</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">When your VM is provisioned, it already comes with an external IP address, which is also a floating IP. These IP addresses are included in the VM plan hourly price. You can also have a number of floating IP addresses reserved on your account, but not assigned to any VM; these are charged hourly at $1</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">month.</ins></div></td></tr>
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<tr><td colspan="2">&#160;</td><td class='diff-marker'>+</td><td class='diff-addedline'><div><ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">To transfer the IP of a VM to your account, go to the </ins>[https://<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">dynamic</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">lunanode</ins>.<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">com</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">panel</ins>/<ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">vms.php Virtual Machines</ins>] <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">tab, select your VM, and click De-associate floating IP</ins>. <ins class="diffchange diffchange-inline">Then, to assign it to another VM, select the other VM, de-associate its current IP if it has one (you may want to also delete the IP from your account so it isn't charged), and then associate it with the desired floating IP</ins>.</div></td></tr>
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