VPS basics
First connection, console, Linux commands, IP addresses, swap and upgrades.
- 6 guides
- First SSH connection to your VPS (Windows, macOS, Linux)Find your IP address and root password, connect to your VPS over SSH from Windows, macOS or Linux and learn to transfer files over SFTP. Includes fixes for the most common errors.
- Browser console: reach your VPS even when SSH doesn't workThe terminal and graphical console in the customer area work even without the VPS network. When to use them, how to log in, what the power buttons do and how to recover from a firewall or SSH mistake.
- Basic Linux commands for managing a VPSThe commands you'll use most when managing a VPS: moving around folders, working with files, the nano editor, installing packages, services and logs, disk space, memory and network. With cheat sheets and explanations.
- IPv6 and additional IP addresses on a VPSWhat an IPv6 address and a /64 range mean, how to check that IPv6 works, and how to permanently add another IPv6 address from your range or a purchased IPv4 address on a VPS (netplan and ifupdown).
- Swap on a VPS: when to add it and howWhat swap is, when it helps and when it doesn't. Create a swap file, enable it permanently through /etc/fstab, set swappiness and learn how to remove swap again.
- VPS upgrade: more RAM, CPU and disk (and what to do inside the VPS)Add RAM (cores and disk grow with it) or IPv4 addresses in the Change plan tab. What you pay, why you need to restart with the button and how to grow the partition inside the VPS to the new disk size.
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