So you went ahead and got yourself a server or a vps. ( If you haven’t yet head on over to Host.Us or Crissic and get one now) Great now what do you do? How do you log in and start setting up your server.
First you need to make sure you have a program called PuTTY. Once you get that and open it up you will see this screen.
At this screen enter the IP address of your new server, you will have gotten this from your provider after you ordered, check your email you will have received a few emails from them. One of the emails will have this information for you.
After you input your IP and click “Open”, PuTTY will open a terminal window connected to your server. The following window will pop up, click “Yes” and proceed to log into your server.
After you click “Yes” a window will pop up asking you for log in details. The username will be “root” and the password will either be one you created during your purchase of the server or one that was generated for you by the hosting company.
Congratulations you are now logged into your server as root. Now you can start setting up your server and running tests on your server for performance.