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Getting Started with Your ACBIZ VPS — First Login and Hardening

Connect via SSH, change root password, create a sudo user, and set up your firewall.

SSH Login

ssh root@YOUR_SERVER_IP -p 22

Credentials are in your welcome email. Change root password immediately.

Security Hardening

  1. passwd — change root password
  2. adduser yourusername && usermod -aG sudo yourusername
  3. Edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config → set PermitRootLogin no
  4. ufw allow 22 && ufw enable

Install Control Panel (Optional)

Contact support to add cPanel/WHM GUI. Or install Webmin for lightweight management.

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