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Step-by-step instructions for your FlexDedi server: first login, SSH, the KVM console, reinstalls and rescue mode, IPv6 and private networking.
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- Getting started with your FlexDedi serverChoose and order a FlexDedi server, find your IP addresses, root or Administrator and IPMI credentials, then log in and secure access in a few steps.
- Connect to your server with SSHSet up SSH keys from Linux, macOS or Windows, save hosts in ~/.ssh/config, disable password logins without locking yourself out and recover access by KVM.
Manage your server
- Reinstall the OS or boot rescue modeBack up your data, reinstall a one-click OS image, or boot the rescue system to mount your disks, fix fstab and GRUB, and reset a password through chroot.
- Use IPMI and the HTML5 KVM consolePower-cycle your server, boot an ISO, reach the BIOS and repair a broken system with IPMI and the HTML5 KVM console, and keep out-of-band access secure.
Networking
- Configure IPv6 on your serverAssign an address from your /64 IPv6 block with Netplan on Ubuntu 24.04, ifupdown on Debian or PowerShell on Windows Server, then test it and set reverse DNS.
- Connect servers over a private VLANLink your FlexDedi servers in one location over a free private VLAN, with a Netplan example, MTU checks, firewall rules and uses such as database replication.
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