Unbind

Servers

Add servers and see how they are doing.

Unbind starts on one server. Add more when you need more room. Services are spread across all of them, and you change nothing in your projects.

See your servers

System > Servers lists every server with its status, and its vCPU, memory and replica counts. Open one for details: IP addresses, operating system, health and resource use.

StatusWhat it means
ReadyWorking normally
Not readyUnbind cannot reach it, or it is still starting
UnschedulableMarked to receive no new work
Low disk spaceFree some space or grow the disk
Low memoryToo much is running on it
Too many processesThe process limit is nearly reached
No networkIts network is not set up correctly

The System pages are for people who can manage the instance.

Add a server

The new server needs a supported operating system and has to reach the first server on port 6443.

Get the instructions

On your first server, run:

sudo unbind add-node

It prints a few blocks of commands, made for your instance, with the join token already filled in.

Run them on the new server

Connect to the new server as root and run the printed blocks in order. They configure access to your registry, prepare storage, write the settings and join the server to your instance.

Check

After a minute the server shows up under System > Servers as Ready. New deployments start landing on it right away.

The join token is a secret

Anyone who has it can add a machine to your instance. Do not paste the output anywhere public.

Good to know

  • Traffic still enters through the first server. Your DNS records keep pointing at it. If it goes down, the instance is unreachable even when other servers are fine.
  • Volumes live on one server. A service with a volume runs where its volume is.
  • Keep servers close. Put them in the same data center or region. High latency between servers causes odd problems.

Apply new settings to a server

After an Unbind update that changes server settings, run this on each server:

sudo unbind update-node

It restarts the server's agent once. Your services keep running.

Remove a server

There is no command for this yet. If you need to remove one, ask in the community first, because removing a server that holds volumes loses their data.

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