Open a terminal, run ssh root@your-server-ip -p 22, accept the host key once and type the root password from your server details. Here is the full process for Windows, macOS and Linux, plus fixes for the most common SSH errors.
Press Win + R, type mstsc, enter your server IP and log in as Administrator with the password from your server details. This guide covers every step, file and clipboard sharing, and the errors that block an RDP login.
Log in over SSH, run passwd, type the new password twice and test it in a second terminal before you close the first one. The same command changes any user's password when you add the username.
Inside the Remote Desktop session press Ctrl + Alt + End, choose Change a password and enter the old and new password. Ctrl + Alt + Del does not work here because your own computer catches it.
Open Winbox, type your server IP in Connect To, enter the login and password from your server details and click Connect. Winbox talks to RouterOS on TCP port 8291. After the first login, change the password and restrict the services.
On a fresh AlmaLinux 8 or 9 VPS with at least 2 GB RAM, set a fully qualified hostname, then run the official installer inside tmux. When it finishes, log in to WHM at https://your-ip:2087 as root.
On a clean AlmaLinux VPS with 4 GB RAM and 4 GB swap, run the DirectAdmin setup script as root with your license key. The admin login appears at the end and is saved in /usr/local/directadmin/conf/setup.txt.
