Platforms
Recommended server platforms for Pritunl Cloud
Pritunl Cloud is a KVM based virtualization system, this will require KVM support on the host. It can be a virtual machine if there is nested KVM support. Currently Azure and Oracle Cloud and are the only cloud providers with good nested KVM support. This allows running Pritunl Cloud inside an instance. Other providers including AWS do not support KVM inside virtual instances. Run egrep -c '(vmx|svm)' /proc/cpuinfo to verify the system has KVM support.
Azure Virtual Machines
Most of the newer D series Azure virtual machine sizes have nested KVM support. This is a good option for quickly deploying and testing Pritunl Cloud if you are already familar with Azure. These are not as useful for production deployments as the instance access will be limited to node ports. The tutorials in this section will use an Azure virtual machine.
Oracle Cloud Bare Metal
Oracle Cloud bare metal is the only provider with full integration in Pritunl Cloud. The Oracle Cloud API is utilized to provision a VNIC for each instance inside Pritunl Cloud. This provides a highly scalable system with very high performance and reliability. The large bare metal server sizes and high base cost starting at $4,000 for each server make this unsuitable for smaller deployments. Oracle Cloud is best suited for large deployments that require scaling without network disruptions.
phoenixNAP BMC
The phoenixNAP Bare Metal Cloud platform provides very good networking with layer 2 jumbo frame networking in each region. Public IPv4 and static IPv6 support with the ability to share the public IPv4 and IPv6 subnets between multiple bare metal systems. Does not filter VLAN traffic or require defining VLAN IDs for Pritunl Cloud VPC networks. Provides automatic bare metal server deployment with a wide range of sizes and prices. This is the recommended provider for any deployments not suitable for Oracle Cloud.
Latitude.sh Bare Metal
Bare metal servers have support for 1564 MTU. This MTU allows running Pritunl Cloud instances with VXLAN networking at the full 1500 MTU for internet traffic.
Vultr Bare Metal
Vultr bare metal provides good network with a /64 IPv6 for each bare metal server. The private networking is only documented to run at 1450 MTU but bare metal servers appear to have support for 8850 MTU. This MTU allows running Pritunl Cloud instances at the full 1500 MTU for internet traffic.
Platform Specific Documentation
Below is the documentation for specific bare metal platforms. The next page will contain the installation instructions for Azure or any other unspecified platform.
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