Connect to your VPS with SSH
Open your first secure terminal session, check the server identity, and understand common connection errors.
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Getting started.
Your first hour on a new server.
First-login guides for a new VPS: connect over SSH, create a sudo user, reinstall from the control panel, and start on Debian, FreeBSD or Windows Server.
A new server is only useful once you can log in safely. These guides take you from the first connection to a sensible, non-root setup, whichever operating system you chose.
Start with connecting over SSH and creating a sudo user, then use the platform guides for Debian, FreeBSD, Windows Server or a fresh reinstall.
5 getting started guides
Create a Linux user with sudo access
Create a separate administrator account, grant the correct group membership, and test access before changing root login.
Read guide →Reinstall your server's operating system from the control panel
Back up before an operating-system reinstall, handle the new SSH host key and secure the fresh system.
Read guide →Windows Server first steps: Remote Desktop, updates and firewall
Connect with Remote Desktop, change the administrator password, restrict RDP to your address, install updates and add a standard admin account.
Read guide →First steps on Debian and FreeBSD servers
Update, create an admin user, set up SSH keys and a firewall on Debian and on FreeBSD, with the differences from Ubuntu and AlmaLinux explained.
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