Getting Started with Your Cloud VPS Print

A Cloud VPS gives you dedicated CPU and RAM with full root access. You control the whole server, which also means you are responsible for it.

What arrives in your welcome email

• Server IP address
• Root username and password
• Operating system and image details
• Control panel link for power actions and reinstalls

First steps on a new server

1. Connect over SSH and change the root password immediately.
2. Update the system: apt update && apt upgrade on Ubuntu/Debian, or dnf update on AlmaLinux/Rocky.
3. Create a non-root user with sudo rights and use it day to day.
4. Add your SSH public key and consider disabling password authentication.
5. Enable a firewall — ufw or firewalld — allowing only the ports you need.
6. Set the hostname and timezone.

Managed or unmanaged?

Unmanaged VPS plans include the hardware, network and hypervisor. Everything inside the operating system — updates, security, software, backups — is yours. If you would rather we handled that, ask about a managed plan or a control panel licence.

Installing a control panel

If you prefer a graphical interface, install cPanel/WHM, CyberPanel, Plesk or HestiaCP on a fresh server, before anything else. Installing one on a server that already runs services usually ends badly.

Backups

Unless you have specifically purchased a backup add-on, take your own backups. Snapshots plus off-server copies of your data are the minimum for anything in production.