Your first login: SSH, root and IPMI

What you receive

When your server is ready — usually 2–⁠4 hours after your payment confirms — you receive an email with:

• the server’s IPv4 address and its /64 IPv6 block;
• the root credentials, or a confirmation that the SSH key you provided is installed;
• a link to the delivery report produced on the machine;
• access to the IPMI KVM console from the client area.

If you added a PGP key to your account, the email is encrypted to it.

Log in over SSH

$ ssh root@203.0.113.10

If you received a password, install your key right away and log in with it from then on:

$ ssh-copy-id -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519.pub root@203.0.113.10

No key yet? Create one on your computer with ssh-keygen -t ed25519.

Your first ten minutes

1. Update the system: apt update && apt full-upgrade -y (on AlmaLinux or Rocky: dnf upgrade -y).
2. Create a sudo user for daily work: adduser deploy && usermod -aG sudo deploy.
3. Disable password logins once your key works — see Hardening SSH.
4. Enable a firewall that allows only what you serve.
5. Check the hardware matches your order (next section).

Check the hardware

$ lscpu | grep -E 'Model name|^CPU\(s\)'
$ free -h
$ lsblk -d -o NAME,SIZE,MODEL
$ cat /proc/mdstat
# ECC reporting is active if a memory controller appears here:
$ ls /sys/devices/system/edac/mc/

Anything that does not match the order page or the delivery report? Open a ticket within 7 days: we replace the server or refund you in full.