{"id":22255,"date":"2024-12-19T20:01:41","date_gmt":"2024-12-19T19:01:41","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000286833-how-do-i-connect-to-my-server-for-the-first-time\/"},"modified":"2025-04-10T17:56:35","modified_gmt":"2025-04-10T15:56:35","slug":"103000286833-how-do-i-connect-to-my-server-for-the-first-time","status":"publish","type":"kb","link":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/kb\/103000286833-how-do-i-connect-to-my-server-for-the-first-time\/","title":{"rendered":"How Do I Connect to My Server for the First Time?"},"content":{"rendered":"<p data-identifyelement=\"507\" dir=\"ltr\">To connect to your server you will need the username and IP address of your server. You can find these in the <u><a data-identifyelement=\"509\" href=\"https:\/\/my.contabo.com\/\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u data-identifyelement=\"510\">Customer Control Panel<\/u><\/a><\/u>, then open either the<u data-identifyelement=\"511\"><a href=\"https:\/\/my.contabo.com\/vds\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" dir=\"ltr\" data-identifyelement=\"512\"><\/a><\/u>&nbsp; <u><a dir=\"ltr\" href=\"https:\/\/my.contabo.com\/vds\" rel=\"noreferrer noopener nofollow\" target=\"_blank\" data-identifyelement=\"513\"><\/a><\/u><a href=\"https:\/\/my.contabo.com\/vds\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>VDS control<\/u><\/a>, <a data-identifyelement=\"516\" href=\"https:\/\/my.contabo.com\/vps#\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u data-identifyelement=\"517\">VPS control<\/u><\/a> or <a data-identifyelement=\"10\" href=\"https:\/\/my.contabo.com\/dservers\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u data-identifyelement=\"518\" dir=\"ltr\">Server control<\/u><\/a> section &ndash; depending on what type of server you&#8217;ve ordered. You should find the IP address in the &#8220;Server&#8221; column and the username in the &#8220;Default User&#8221; column.<\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"521\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"524\" dir=\"ltr\">Once you have the username and IP address of your server, you are ready to connect to your server. The method of connecting depends on the operating system (OS) of your local computer and the OS of your server. Click the link below to find out how to connect to your server based on your configuration.<\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"524\" dir=\"ltr\"><\/p>\n<p data-identifyelement=\"524\" dir=\"ltr\"><strong>You can find the full article on <u><a href=\"https:\/\/help.contabo.com\/support\/solutions\/articles\/103000271271-how-do-i-connect-to-my-contabo-server-\" rel=\"noopener noreferrer nofollow\" target=\"_blank\"><u>how to connect to your server here<\/u><\/a><\/u>.<\/strong><\/p>\n<\/p>\n<p><span class=\"ast-load-more active\"><a href=\"https:\/\/help.contabo.com\/en\/support\/solutions\/articles\/103000286833-how-do-i-connect-to-my-server-for-the-first-time-\" rel=\"nofollow\">Details&#8230;<\/a> <\/span><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To connect to your server you will need the username and IP address of your server. You can find these in the Customer Control Panel, then open either the&nbsp; VDS control, VPS control or Server control section &ndash; depending on what type of server you&#8217;ve ordered. You should find the IP address in the &#8220;Server&#8221; [&hellip;]<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":72,"featured_media":0,"template":"","meta":{"inline_featured_image":false,"_uag_custom_page_level_css":"","site-sidebar-layout":"default","site-content-layout":"","ast-site-content-layout":"","site-content-style":"default","site-sidebar-style":"default","ast-global-header-display":"","ast-banner-title-visibility":"","ast-main-header-display":"","ast-hfb-above-header-display":"","ast-hfb-below-header-display":"","ast-hfb-mobile-header-display":"","site-post-title":"","ast-breadcrumbs-content":"","ast-featured-img":"","footer-sml-layout":"","theme-transparent-header-meta":"","adv-header-id-meta":"","stick-header-meta":"","header-above-stick-meta":"","header-main-stick-meta":"","header-below-stick-meta":"","astra-migrate-meta-layouts":"default","ast-page-background-enabled":"default","ast-page-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-4)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"ast-content-background-meta":{"desktop":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"tablet":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""},"mobile":{"background-color":"var(--ast-global-color-5)","background-image":"","background-repeat":"repeat","background-position":"center center","background-size":"auto","background-attachment":"scroll","background-type":"","background-media":"","overlay-type":"","overlay-color":"","overlay-opacity":"","overlay-gradient":""}},"footnotes":""},"categories":[2067],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-22255","kb","type-kb","status-publish","hentry","category-kb"],"uagb_featured_image_src":{"full":false,"thumbnail":false,"medium":false,"medium_large":false,"large":false,"1536x1536":false,"2048x2048":false},"uagb_author_info":{"display_name":"Contabo Web","author_link":"https:\/\/contabo.com\/blog\/author\/julius-nalivaiko\/"},"uagb_comment_info":0,"uagb_excerpt":"To connect to your server you will need the username and IP address of your server. 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