{"article":{"id":"c9cf35dfb5bb44829ae9715fe04d2446","categorySlug":"cloud-vps","slug":"deploy-and-connect-vps","title":"Deploy a server and connect","excerpt":"Create a cloud server, follow the build, find its IP address and root password, then log in over SSH or through the web console in the portal.","body":"# Before you deploy\n\nThere are two ways to get a cloud server:\n\n- **Cloud Instances** — you set the exact size yourself with sliders and pay hourly or monthly.\n- **Cloud VPS** and GPU VPS — fixed plans with a set amount of resources.\n\nNot sure which fits your workload? See [Choose a line: Standard, 100 Gbps, GPU or hourly Cloud Instances](/kb/choosing-a-vps-line). Once deployed, every cloud server is managed on the same server page, so everything below applies to all of them.\n\n\u003e Hourly billing is paid from your account balance. Before deploying an hourly instance, add funds under **Payments** — see [Account balance and top-ups](/kb/account-balance-topup).\n\n# Create the server\n\n1. In the portal sidebar, click **Cloud Instances**, then click **Order New Service**.\n2. Pick a line card: **Compute Optimized**, **Memory Optimized** or **Storage Optimized**.\n3. Choose a preset size, or drag the **vCPU**, **Memory** and **NVMe storage** sliders to build a custom one.\n4. Enter a **Hostname** — the server's name, for example app-01.example.com — and pick your **Operating system** from the dropdown.\n5. Optional: paste an **SSH public key**. A key lets you log in without typing a password.\n6. Pick hourly or monthly billing, then click **Deploy now** (hourly) or **Order \u0026 continue to payment** (monthly). Monthly orders start building once the invoice is paid.\n\nFixed-plan Cloud VPS and GPU servers are ordered through the regular order flow instead — see [Place your first order](/kb/place-your-first-order).\n\n# Watch the build\n\nRight after deployment, the server page shows a **Provisioning your instance** card with three steps — **Creating instance**, **Deploying OS** and **Ready** — plus an elapsed timer. In the server list, a **Provisioning…** indicator takes the place of the **Manage** button until the build completes. When the server comes online, a \"Your instance is ready\" message appears and full management unlocks.\n\n# Find the IP address and root password\n\nOpen your server from the list by clicking **Manage**. The **Overview** tab shows the essentials:\n\n- Service details — hostname, **Primary IP**, plan and operating system.\n- **Access** — the login (root), the SSH port (22) and your root password, masked. Click the eye icon to reveal it, or the copy button to copy it without showing it on screen.\n\n![The server overview with the running status pill, power controls, live vitals and the Access card](/assets/kb/vps/overview.png)\n\n# Connect over SSH\n\nSSH (Secure Shell) is a secure remote command line. From a terminal on your own computer, run:\n\n```\nssh root@198.51.100.24\n```\n\nReplace the address with your server's **Primary IP**. Type yes when asked to trust the new host, then enter the root password from the **Access** card. If you added an SSH public key at deployment, the matching key on your computer signs you in without a password.\n\n\u003e New servers accept SSH straight away. If you later turn on the cloud firewall, keep port 22 allowed or you will lock yourself out — see [Use the cloud firewall](/kb/vps-cloud-firewall).\n\n# The web console: when SSH cannot reach the server\n\nThe **Console** tab shows the server's screen directly in your browser, with full keyboard and mouse input — no SSH or working network configuration required. Click **Connect** to open the session and **Disconnect** to end it; leaving the tab also disconnects. Use it to recover when a firewall rule or a network mistake has cut off remote access.\n\n![The Console tab with the Connect button, before a session is opened](/assets/kb/vps/console.png)\n\n# Power controls\n\nThree buttons sit in the page header on every tab:\n\n- **Boot** — start a stopped server.\n- **Reboot** — restart it.\n- **Power Off** — shut it down until you boot it again.\n\nThe status pill next to the hostname updates as the action completes.\n\n# Rename the server or reset the root password\n\nOpen the **Management** tab:\n\n- **Hostname** card — edit the name and click **Save**.\n- **Password** card — type a new root password and click **Reset**.\n\nBefore risky changes such as upgrades or reconfiguration, take a snapshot first — see [Snapshots and backups](/kb/vps-snapshots-backups).","status":"published","position":2,"createdAt":"2026-06-29T16:55:30Z","updatedAt":"2026-07-15T11:11:28Z"},"related":[{"id":"d8103957296579e9e635fc7800bda7a2","categorySlug":"cloud-vps","slug":"choosing-a-vps-line","title":"Choose a line: Standard, 100 Gbps, GPU or hourly Cloud Instances","excerpt":"Understand the difference between fixed Cloud VPS and GPU VPS plans and build-your-own Cloud Instances, and pick the right line and billing mode for your workload.","position":1,"status":"published"},{"id":"0c8ceb77aec6974293a8891d6f1cfd91","categorySlug":"cloud-vps","slug":"vps-snapshots-backups","title":"Snapshots and backups","excerpt":"Take and restore snapshots of your VPS, and enable the Backups add-on for full copies stored separately from your server.","position":3,"status":"published"},{"id":"d0b4b2a67b8b95c63cbf6cfc1eb4bc21","categorySlug":"cloud-vps","slug":"vps-resize-plan-change","title":"Resize or change plan","excerpt":"Scale a cloud server up or down — resize a Cloud Instance's vCPU and memory, or move your Cloud VPS or GPU VPS to a bigger or smaller plan.","position":4,"status":"published"},{"id":"0485ae6dd65a367370dbbed64cad33f3","categorySlug":"cloud-vps","slug":"vps-cloud-firewall","title":"Use the cloud firewall","excerpt":"Enable the per-server cloud firewall, open only the ports you need with presets or custom rules, and deploy changes safely without locking yourself out.","position":5,"status":"published"},{"id":"4802898cfe282d785888fe76cd1121a5","categorySlug":"cloud-vps","slug":"vps-reinstall-rescue","title":"Reinstall the OS or boot rescue mode","excerpt":"Wipe your VPS and install a fresh operating system, or boot rescue mode to repair a server that no longer starts — without losing its data.","position":6,"status":"published"}]}