1. Portal → Servers → New Server. Pick a data center close to your users.
2. Choose CPU, RAM, and storage. Pick an OS: AlmaLinux, Rocky, Ubuntu LTS, Debian, or CentOS Stream.
3. Optionally add a control panel (cPanel/WHM, Plesk).
4. Wait ~60 seconds. Root credentials arrive in the provisioning email.

First login

ssh root@YOUR.VPS.IP

• Immediately change the root password: passwd.
• Create an unprivileged user and add it to sudo/wheel.
• Disable root SSH login and require key-based auth.
• Enable the firewall (firewalld or ufw) and open only the ports you need.