The server will reboot.Īt the MikroTik Login, type admin and ENTER. Navigate to the Settings section of the customer portal for your cloud server.Ĭhoose the Custom ISO menu, then click Remove ISO. You should see two partitions: vda1 and vda2. Verify that the disk image was written successfully with lsblk. This image is small and only takes a few seconds to write to the disk. Write the disk image to the Vultr instance with dd. Yours may be a different 7.x Stable version than the one shown here.
If SystemRescue hasn't finished booting, select the first option to boot with default options.Īt the root prompt, type wget, then use the web console Send Clipboard feature to paste the Mikrotik download URL. On the server's overview page, click View Console to connect to the web console. Right-click the floppy disk image and copy the URL to your clipboard. Locate the RAW version of the latest 7.x Stable version in the Cloud Hosted Router section. In another browser window, navigate to the MikroTik download page. If you are cautious, consider protecting the server with a Vultr Firewall during the installation until you set a strong password. Optional: The new server will have a blank password after writing the RAW image in the next step. Give the server a hostname and label, then click Deploy Now. There is no need to install an SSH key because you'll completely wipe the disk after deployment. We recommend enabling the Automatic Backup, IPv6, and Virtual Private Cloud features. MikroTik CHR has low disk and RAM requirements that any Vultr instance meets, so you should choose a size based on your expected bandwidth requirements. Select the ISO Library tab in the Server Image section.Ĭhoose a server size. Deploy a New ServerĬhoose a server location best for your purposes. Mikrotik distributes CHR as a RAW disk image, which you'll download and write to a Vultr instance with the dd command. This article explains how to install Mikrotik CHR and configure it with a Vultr Virtual Private Cloud (VPC).
Mikrotik CHR is ideal for use as an IPsec gateway device in a multi-cloud network. It can also perform bandwidth shaping, bridging, and act as a firewall. Mikrotik CHR is useful as a VPN server or client. For higher speeds, you can activate a 30-day trial or pay for a full license. The free license has a speed limit of 1 Mbit. CHR has full RouterOS features enabled by default but has a different licensing model. MikroTik Cloud Hosted Router (CHR) is a RouterOS version designed for cloud servers.
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