Connecting to your server with SSH

Your server's address, username and password are on its page in the dashboard, under Access. Press Show password to reveal the password; it is never sent by email.

From a terminal (macOS, Linux, Windows 10+)

ssh ubuntu@203.0.113.10

Use the username shown on the page: ubuntu, debian, rocky or almalinux on KVM images, root on containers. The first time, your computer asks whether to trust the server's key — answer yes.

With an SSH key instead of a password

Add your public key under Account → SSH keys, then tick it when you order or reinstall. It is installed for the login user, and the password keeps working as well.

"Host key changed" warning

After a reinstall or a restore the server has new host keys, and your SSH client refuses to connect until the old entry is removed:

ssh-keygen -R 203.0.113.10