Scout Control Panel

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Adding an SSH key in Scout Control Panel

Sometimes you’ll want to allow SSH/SFTP access to your sites to a colleague or a web developer, but maybe you’re not comfortable with handing over the SSH/SFTP password. Another method for allowing access is to add a public SSH key to the site. đŸ’¡Note: This guide assumes you know how…

Reset Your SFTP Password in Scout

You can reset your SFTP password in Scout in just a few clicks. This is useful if: You want to improve the security of your account, or You need to share SFTP login details with a trusted developer. Login to your cloudabove account Go to cloudabove.com Login to your account…

Migrate a Site from cPanel to Scout 

Scout’s built-in migration tool makes transferring your website from cPanel hosting simple and straightforward. Prerequisites SSH access enabled on your cPanel account (contact your current host if not available) Access to both cPanel and Scout Control Panels Step 1: Create New Site in Scout Log in to Scout at cloudabove…

Password protecting a site in Scout

If you need to password protect one of your sites (e.g. a staging or development site) that’s hosted on our Scout Control Panel, simply follow these steps: Login to your Scout Control Panel Navigate to Sites and click on the site (or the settings cog) you wish to protect Select…

Adding a new site in Scout

Quick Start Log in to cloudabove Select Scout Control Panel from the menu Click “Add a site” (top right corner) Step 1: Choose Your Domain Type You have three options: OptionWhen to UseExampleDomainYou have a registered domain nameexampledomain.comSubdomainSite will be on a subdomainshop.exampledomain.comTemporary domainDon’t have a domain yet or want…

Using Scout Control Panel‘s Sentry security feature

What is Sentry? Sentry is a Scout Control Panel security feature that helps defend against Denial of Service attacks, unwanted crawling by bots or malicious behaviour (e.g. spamming, carding, fraudulent orders, vulnerability scanning). Sentry detects potentially unwanted automated activity by checking the behaviour of the visitor’s browser. If you are…

Inviting a someone to the Scout Control Panel

If you need to invite someone to manage your sites & servers in the Scout Control Panel, they will need to be added to your cloudabove customer account. Login to your customer account at my.cloudabove.com Click your name at the top-right and go to User Management Click Invite New User…

Clearing the cache in Scout

A short video guide on how you can quickly & easily clear Scout’s full page, Redis and PHP caches

Logging into the Scout Control Panel

You can access the Scout Control Panel through your cloudabove account at my.cloudabove.com. Login to your cloudabove account via my.cloudabove.com Click Scout Control Panel in the main menu Once logged in, you will be able to manage your sites, databases and servers