Knowledge Base

Signing Up

To get started with you Mammoth VPS, you will need to first Sign Up.  During this process you will also perform the initial configuration of your VPS.

Signup Demonstration Video

Below is a video demonstrating and explaining the sign up process.

Booting your VPS

Once you have finished signing up your VPS should automatically start. If however your VPS does not start automatically, you can manually restart or power cycle the VPS using mPanel.

To access mPanel, click "Login" at the top of Mammoth VPS website. You will need to enter your username and password that you submitted during the signup process.

Connecting to your Windows Mammoth VPS

By default your Windows Mammoth VPS will be configured to allow Administrative access via Remote Desktop. To connect to your server using Remote Desktop follow these steps.

1. Click Start, All Programs, Accessories, Remote Desktop.
   
   If you don't have a copy of Remote Desktop Client, you can download a copy from here
2. You should see a prompt asking for Computer and Username, click Options, this should expand the dialog to show more options.
3. In Computer enter the IP address assigned to your Mammoth VPS.
   
   You can find this on the mammothvps web site by logging into your MPanel and then select your VPS and click Manage.
4. In User name enter "Administrator".
5. Check Allow me to save credentials
6. Click Save As, and save to your desktop.
7. Click Connect.
8. A dialog will popup warning you that potential connections may harm your computer. Simply click Ok for now.
9. A dialog will popup asking for your Adminstrator Password, enter your password which was generated for you during the setup process for your Mammoth VPS.
10. You may receive another dialog warning you about an invalid certificate. Ignore this dialog and click Yes.

For futher instructions on setting up your Windows Mammoth VPS visit the IIS Guide.

Connecting to your Linux Mammoth VPS using SSH

Customers running Mac OSX or Linux locally should use their built-in SSH client. The simplest options for Windows users is to download  PuTTY, an SSH Client for Windows. After starting Putty you will see the following screen:

Enter your Mammoth VPS IP address in the "Host Name" field and click "Open" to connect.  You'll receive a warning tha tthe hosts's key is unknown at this time; click "Yes" to proceed and cache the SSH Key.

Log in as "vps" using the password that was generated for you when you created the VPS.

Software Updates

It is a good idea to regularly update the installed software on your Linux VPS, so that you obtain software fixes as they are released. This will help prevent your VPS from being "hacked" (accessed without your knowledge) and can also fix software defects.

Debian/Ubuntu:

apt-get update 
apt-get upgrade

CentOS/Fedora:

yum update