Anyone awake who knows their VPS shit??

LMSInc.

LMSInc.

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So I got sick and fucking tired of my slow shared Hostgator account, and finally took the plunge into a full blown VPS package. I went with ThrustVPS.

I got the biggest VPS package they offered, but I didn't really think it through...

I have no fucking idea how to set this shit up.

I have had (and still have) numerous Ubuntu boxes, so I am comfortable with a terminal, obviously familiar with FTP, and my only SSH experiences comes from fucking with my iPhone via Putty.

I am familiar with cPanel and WHM, and I have purchased them, but now I have to figure out how the fuck to set it all up.

As of right now, I have my server IP, and when I try to connect to it via SSH with Putty, I get a 'connection refused' error.

Fresh install of CentOS 5 cPanel on the server.

This is the first time in years I have literally not had a fucking clue as to what I am doing.

If anyone is around right now who could offer advice, I'll fucking love you tenderly for it.

Thanks
 


If I had the extra cash, I wouldn't have gone straight to a supplier and instead would have gone to a reseller and paid the extra money for the extra support :\

This is one of those 'Ok, I think I can finally afford this' kind of things.
 
It's usually something happening during the key exchange. On an fresh install, a lot of stuff like ssh is locked down. You might have to run ssh-keygen on the server (if you can run command line from cPanel) to make your keys, and also open the firewall on port 22.

when you ssh, try using -vvv for extra verbose output and you may have a better idea what's going on.
 
jryan21 said:
It's usually something happening during the key exchange. On an fresh install, a lot of stuff like ssh is locked down. You might have to run ssh-keygen on the server (if you can run command line from cPanel) to make your keys, and also open the firewall on port 22.

when you ssh, try using -vvv for extra verbose output and you may have a better idea what's going on.
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I appreciate the input.

Also, cPanel isn't really my problem, as I have to manually install cPanel myself apparently, and following the guide says to, obviously, connect to the server. It's a redundant issue, and I can't figure it out for the life of me. haha

I wish this shit just came like a normal shared account would, with IP's, WHM and cPanel.
 
LMSInc. said:
I appreciate the input.

Also, cPanel isn't really my problem, as I have to manually install cPanel myself apparently, and following the guide says to, obviously, connect to the server. It's a redundant issue, and I can't figure it out for the life of me. haha

I wish this shit just came like a normal shared account would, with IP's, WHM and cPanel.
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Who did your purchase your Cpanel license from? Typically most providers will install and setup Cpanel for you for free.
 
Did they supply you with a control panel login ? Not cpanel but generally they have another control panel to reset root passwords and restart the server. You can sometimes ssh in from there
 
I hope you are paying month to month. The easiest thing to do is to cancel the account or buy their managed service.

Or go with providers like wiredtree, knownhost etc that can provide you managed service and gives you free cpanel.

There is a VPS offer at web hosting forum from wiredtree. The cost for a 1GB RAM VPS at wiredtree is now around $49. So if you factor in the cost of cpanel and cost of managed service, wiredtree will come out very cheap.. compared to thrustvps with managed service and cpanel.

I've an account with them and I will recommend them anytime.

If you can connect to the server, try http://www.btcentral.org.uk/projects/centmin/.. script... its easy to set up on centos and gets you up and running in no time..
 
If you need cpanel, then I would just go managed. You don't want all your sites down for some reason and not have a clue how to get them back up quickly.

I prefer unmanaged, but I also prefer webmin and doing crap on the command line.
 
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