Change Root Password

Once inside server via SSH, run:

passwd

You'll be asked to enter new password twice. Password won't be shown as you type: that's normal.

Choose secure password: at least 12 characters, uppercase, lowercase, numbers and symbols. Better yet, use SSH keys and disable password access.

To change password of specific user (es. ubuntu, deploy):

passwd username

If you forgot root password and can't access via SSH, you can reset it from VNC console in client panel:

If you don't remember that either, contact support for reset via rescue mode.

• Access client panel
• Select your server
• Click Console (VNC/NoVNC) to open direct access
• Login (might require current password)

Rescue Mode boots server with temporary live system letting you mount disk and change password without accessing system:

# Identify main partition
lsblk

# Mount disk (es. /dev/vda1)
mount /dev/vda1 /mnt

# Enter system with chroot
chroot /mnt

# Change password
passwd

# Exit and unmount
exit
umount /mnt

Disk name might vary (vda, sda, xvda). Use lsblk to identify correctly.

• Access client panel → select server
• Start Rescue Mode
• Get temporary rescue credentials (sent via email)
• Access via SSH to rescue, then mount main disk:
• Return to panel and restart in normal mode