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How to create a server in the HIP panel
From an empty account to a working server you can SSH into - five steps with screenshots, plus the first ten minutes of setup afterwards.
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Connect to your HIP server: SSH from Windows and the emergency web console
Where to find your login details in the panel, two ways to connect over SSH from Windows, and how to reach the server through the web console when SSH does not answer.
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Secure a fresh VPS: initial server setup on Ubuntu in 10 minutes
A fresh server is exposed with password root login and gets brute-forced immediately. Close the basic holes in ten minutes: a sudo user, key login, sshd, ufw, auto-updates.
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How to install the free CloudPanel control panel on a VPS
A free, licence-free nginx-based panel: requirements, a one-command install, the admin created in the browser on port 8443, your first site, free SSL, and how it differs from cPanel.
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How to reinstall the operating system on a HIP server from the panel
What a reinstall wipes and what it keeps, preparation, picking an OS and version, an SSH key, confirming, the first connection after a reinstall.
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How to back up your HIP server yourself
HIP has no "take a snapshot" button: the one panel action that touches the disk wipes it. Here is how to build your own file and database backup that lives elsewhere and survives losing the server.
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Upgrading your HIP server plan: more CPU, RAM, or disk
Upgrading your plan doesn't touch the disk or your data, it just hands the server more CPU, RAM, or storage. In the HIP panel that's the Scale tab. Here's how Standard differs from Memory, why the new plan's disk can never be smaller than your current one, what "Sold out" means, and how to confirm the resources actually grew.
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Passive Income for Webmasters and IT Professionals: How to Earn with the HIP-Hosting Affiliate Program
Learn how webmasters and IT professionals can earn a steady passive income with the HIP-Hosting affiliate program: 20% lifetime commission on every payment, KVM servers starting from $2.40/mo, and auto-transfer to your account balance.
Affiliate program