# Server management

> Connect to your DataPasa VPS over SSH, control it in VMmanager, open mail ports and delete servers you no longer need. Practical guides for everyday tasks.

A new VPS is yours to configure as root. Its IP, root password and billing live in the DataPasa panel, and VMmanager adds power buttons plus a console that runs in your browser.

Begin with the SSH article. The rest are here for when a task comes up.

- [How to connect to your VPS via SSH](https://datapasa.com/wiki/server-management/connect-via-ssh): Find your server IP and root password in the DataPasa panel and connect over SSH from Windows, macOS or Linux. Includes key login and first security steps.
- [Manage your VPS in VMmanager](https://datapasa.com/wiki/server-management/manage-server-in-vmmanager): Open VMmanager from the DataPasa panel with one click to control your VPS, use the VNC console and work with the virtual machine directly.
- [How to delete a VPS and stop billing](https://datapasa.com/wiki/server-management/delete-a-server): Delete a DataPasa VPS from the Cloud Servers page to stop hourly charges. What happens to your data and IP addresses and how to prepare before deleting.
- [Outgoing mail ports on DataPasa VPS](https://datapasa.com/wiki/server-management/outgoing-mail-ports): Why outgoing SMTP ports are closed on every DataPasa VPS, how to ask for them to be opened and how to send email from your server without them.
- [How to set up SSH keys and disable password login](https://datapasa.com/wiki/server-management/set-up-ssh-keys): Create an ed25519 SSH key on Windows, macOS or Linux, add it to your VPS and turn off password login safely without locking yourself out of the server.
- [How to secure a new VPS with UFW and fail2ban](https://datapasa.com/wiki/server-management/secure-vps-ufw-fail2ban): First hardening steps for a new Ubuntu VPS. Install updates, add a sudo user, set UFW rules, block SSH brute force with fail2ban and enable auto updates.
- [Install Docker on Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04 and 26.04](https://datapasa.com/wiki/server-management/install-docker-on-ubuntu): Install Docker Engine and Docker Compose on Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04 or 26.04 LTS from the official apt repository, run it without sudo and fix common errors.
- [How to back up your VPS with restic to S3 storage](https://datapasa.com/wiki/server-management/back-up-your-vps): DataPasa VPS plans have no built-in backups. Set up encrypted restic backups to any S3-compatible bucket with a systemd timer, retention and test restores.
- [How to monitor your sites with Uptime Kuma on a VPS](https://datapasa.com/wiki/server-management/monitor-with-uptime-kuma): Self-host Uptime Kuma on a VPS with Docker Compose, put it behind Caddy with automatic HTTPS and get downtime alerts in Telegram in about 15 minutes.
- [Install Docker Compose on Ubuntu 22.04, 24.04, 26.04](https://datapasa.com/wiki/server-management/docker-compose-on-ubuntu): Get Docker Compose v2 on an Ubuntu server, move off the old docker-compose, and run an app with PostgreSQL, health checks, an .env file and safe ports.
- [Docker Compose commands cheat sheet](https://datapasa.com/wiki/server-management/docker-compose-commands): Docker Compose commands by task: start, stop, logs, exec, run, pull, build, config, profiles, watch, plus the flags that bite, such as down -v.
- [How to install Docker on Debian 12 and Debian 13](https://datapasa.com/wiki/server-management/install-docker-on-debian): Install Docker Engine and the Compose plugin on Debian 12 or 13 from Docker's apt repository, with sudo setup, the docker group, firewall pitfalls and fixes.
- [How to uninstall Docker completely on Ubuntu and Debian](https://datapasa.com/wiki/server-management/uninstall-docker): Remove Docker completely from Ubuntu or Debian. Purge Docker CE, docker.io or the snap, delete data safely after a volume backup, clean up the repo and group.