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How to access your VPS management panel

Quick answer: Your VPS management panel is the service page in the Cloud2Y Client Area: log in at...
How to connect to VPS via SSH

Quick answer: Open a terminal and run ssh root@YOUR_SERVER_IP, then enter the root password shown...
How to connect to VPS from Windows

Quick answer: On Windows 10/11 open Windows Terminal or PowerShell and run ssh...
How to connect to VPS from macOS or Linux

Quick answer: Open the Terminal app and run ssh root@YOUR_SERVER_IP — the OpenSSH client is...
How to reset VPS root password

Quick answer: If your service page in the Cloud2Y Client Area shows a password-reset (or "Change...
How to reinstall VPS operating system

Quick answer: If your service page in the Client Area shows a reinstall/rebuild OS option, choose...
How to reboot, stop or start your VPS

Quick answer: Use the power controls on your service page in the Cloud2Y Client Area (My Services...
How to check VPS CPU, RAM and disk usage

Quick answer: Over SSH, run htop (or top) for CPU and memory, free -h for RAM, and df -h for...
How to upgrade VPS resources

Quick answer: Open your VPS's service page in the Cloud2Y Client Area and use Upgrade/Downgrade...
How to change VPS hostname

Quick answer: On the VPS itself run hostnamectl set-hostname new-name.example.com and update...
How to set up SSH keys

Quick answer: Generate a key pair on your computer with ssh-keygen -t ed25519, copy the public...
How to create a new user on Linux VPS

Quick answer: Run adduser deploy (Ubuntu/Debian) or useradd -m deploy && passwd deploy...
How to secure your VPS after deployment

Quick answer: Right after deployment: update all packages, switch SSH to key authentication,...
How to configure firewall on Ubuntu

Quick answer: Ubuntu ships with UFW (Uncomplicated Firewall). Allow SSH first, then your service...
How to configure UFW firewall

Quick answer: Beyond ufw allow, UFW supports app profiles (ufw app list), source-restricted rules...
How to install basic server monitoring

Quick answer: For a single VPS, install htop (live processes), vnstat (traffic history) and — for...
How to check disk space

Quick answer: df -h shows how full each filesystem is; du -sh /var/* 2>/dev/null | sort -h...
How to expand disk space after upgrade

Quick answer: After a disk upgrade the virtual disk is bigger, but the partition and filesystem...
How to troubleshoot high CPU load

Quick answer: Run htop and sort by CPU to find the hungry process, check load average with uptime...
How to troubleshoot high RAM usage

Quick answer: Check real memory pressure with free -h — look at available, not "free" (Linux...