#linux

USA (Virginia) VPS are managed inside the billing panel from the Servers page, with Overview, Network, Access, Snapshots, Activity and Settings tabs. ARM plans can't run x86-only software.

Run ssh root@YOUR-IP from PowerShell, macOS Terminal or a phone SSH app, accept the host key, and enter the root password from your "VPS ready" email.

Update the system, create a sudo user, log in with SSH keys, turn on a firewall (ufw), enable automatic security updates and install fail2ban. Windows tips included.