Linux VPS Get Started

VPS - Getting Started with VPS for Linux

After successfully ordering your new VPS Hosting platform, you can expect your VPS to be provisioned by the end of next business day. Once the provisioning process has been completed, you will receive an email with account login information and the URL where you can access the Virtuozzo Power Panel.

The Power Panel is your virtual server management software and allows you to manage services and resources for your virtual server.

Here are the first steps in configuring your new VPS Hosting Product:

1. Login into the Virtuozzo Power Panel at the URL provided in your email.
   IMPORTANT: After logging into your Virtuozzo Power Panel, you must change your password.
2. Under the heading, VPS Management, click Change Password
3. Enter your Password and Retype your new password
4. Click the Change button

Next, you will need to log into your Plesk Control Panel.  The Plesk Control Panel is used to add and manage your domains and domain services including Web and Email hosting.

5. Under the heading, VPS Services, click Plesk Control Panel
   NOTE:   When you first log into Plesk, you will be prompted to configure your default settings;
   1. Preferences: Specify the hostname for your server
      IMPORTANT: Please make sure that if you modify the server name that it resolves in DNS, otherwise, you will not be able to access your Control Panel unless you use the default IP address. Feel free to continue to use the already provided hostname.
   2. Default IP Address: Specify the main IP address used for the server
   3. Shared IP Addresses: In the Shared IP section, specify the type for existing addresses: shared or exclusive. Highlight the IP address and click the Shared or Exclusive buttons to change the types of IP addresses
      NOTE:  If you only have one IP address and multiple users, you will need to change that IP address from exclusive to shared
   4. Administrator's Preferences: Please change the Administrator Password by entering a New Password. Enter new password in the Confirm Password field.
6. When all default settings have been updated, click the OK button
7. Enter Administrative information
8. Click OK when done
   NOTE: If you want to be able to add domains, you need to leave ‘I would like to create a default client account.’ Checked
9. Click OK

You will now be able to add new client accounts into the system.

To update your domain to your new nameservers:

1. Log into your account
2. Click on the "My Domains" Tab

If you have many domains, you can change the view of how many would like to display per page.
Next to "View in groups of:", click on either 20 | 50 | 100

3. Check the boxes next to the domains that you would like to update OR to select all of the domains listed on the page, click "Select All"
4. In the dropdown menu under "Step 2, Select Which Management Option You Want to Perform" Select Modify Nameservers
5. Click "Go"
6. Type in the first server name
7. Click the "Add" button
8. Type in the second name server
9. Click the "Add" button
10. Continue until all nameservers are added

IMPORTANT: You do not need to enter IP addresses, only the names of the name servers. The old name servers will automatically be deleted during this process.

11. Enter your email address where you would like your confirmation sent
12. Click "Continue"

NOTE: It will take about 24-72 hours for the propagation of your name servers to occur.

Adding a domain to plesk:

1. Launch the Plesk control panel <https://vps0000.managemyvps.com:8443/> where vps0000 is the VPS identifier you were issued when you purchased your VPS.
2. Select the “Desktop” menu item in Plesk.
3. Select the “Manage Files on Domain” from the “Tools” panel.
4. Click “Add New Domain”.
5. Select the account (usually ‘My Domains’ for your own websites) and click next.
6. Enter the Domain name and click next.
7. Complete the FTP user id and password and any other settings you require.

NOTE: Once you log into your Virtuozzo Power Panel and your Plesk Control Panel, a Help section is available to reference for each page.

To access Virtuozzo Power Panel Help files:

1. Under Other heading, click Help
2. To access Plesk Control Panel Help files:
3. Under the Help & Support heading, click Help