Have you ever heard of a VPS? It's a really interesting tool that has become increasingly popular in recent years. The following lines provide as much information as possible to understand how a VPS can be used. To find out everything, keep reading the lines of this short guide.
What is a VPS?
A VPS, Virtual Private Server, is nothing more than a type of hosting that allows access to a server in a specific location. It's the classic "computer" positioned inside a server room.
But what are the advantages of this tool? First of all, it is active all day and represents one of the best solutions to run an Expert Advisor, for example. Moreover, it won't be necessary to always keep a PC on to access its features.
Which VPS to choose?
Currently, the market is full of companies that deal with the sale of this service, each offering various VPS packages to potential customers based on their needs.
In general, the higher the performance of the VPS in terms of power, CPU, and RAM, the higher the cost will be.
Therefore, to access the advantages of this kind of hosting, the general process is to visit the provider's official website, register an account, and purchase one of the available subscription plans.
Once you have completed these steps, you will have access to the overview of your plan and your virtual computer will always be active.
How to properly set up your VPS?
Now that you have completed the procedure to activate your VPS, it is essential to complete other steps to ensure privacy and proper functioning. In particular, you will need to set the password for your administrator account and make your first VPS configuration.
Subsequently, you can access your computer through the Windows remote access system. Therefore, you will have to click on the RDP button which will start a download on your computer. In this way you can take advantage of the integrated Windows Desktop service which is able to realistically and instantly simulate the computer as if it were being used in person and not streaming.
So, to activate the VPS you simply have to click on the file just downloaded and enter your credentials as an administrator.
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Useful VPS functions for automated trading
Once you have opened your virtual computer window, there are two functions that you simply won't be able to do without. The first is Automatic Autologon which will serve to deal with unexpected VPS restarts. So, in case of an unexpected restart of the VPS, it will automatically access the desktop without remaining blocked in the login screen.
Instead, the other function should only be used in symbiosis with the first to be truly useful. This is the Automatic Execution folder which will allow you to automatically open certain programs when the PC starts up. For example, if you run an Expert Advisor on MetaTrader, you just have to drag or create the link to that Metatrader and, in case of an unexpected restart, the VPS will proceed to an automatic login by opening all the programs that will be found in the aforementioned folder.
