This guide takes you from an empty account to a server you can log into. The whole path — sign-up, top-up, order, first login — takes a few minutes, and none of it requires a card, a phone number or an identity document.
Create an account
Open /signup and enter an e-mail address and a password of at least 10 characters. That is the complete registration: there is no verification e-mail to wait for and no KYC step. Use a passphrase you can keep safe — we never reset passwords by phone or SMS. If you lose it, a support ticket with proof of a payment you made is the only recovery path.
Every server you order is paid from a single prepaid balance in USD. You never enter payment details on a per-order basis.
Top up your balance
Go to Account → Top up, choose an amount between $25 and $5,000 and the coin you want to pay with: Bitcoin, Ethereum, Monero or Tether (USDT on TRC-20 or ERC-20). A deposit page is created with a reference such as cs-…, a unique deposit address, the exact crypto amount, a QR code and a 30-minute validity; after 30 minutes the address expires and you request a new one, without anything being charged.
Send exactly the amount shown in one transaction. The page refreshes by itself and can be closed; your balance is credited automatically once the network reaches the required confirmations:
| Coin | Network | Confirmations |
|---|---|---|
| BTC | Bitcoin | 1 |
| ETH | Ethereum | 12 blocks |
| XMR | Monero | 10 |
| USDT | TRC-20 | 19 blocks |
| USDT | ERC-20 | 12 blocks |
Orders are paid only from this balance, so topping up comes first. If you order before the balance covers the plan, the order is kept as waiting for balance and you are sent to the top-up page with the missing amount prefilled; the server is provisioned automatically the moment the deposit confirms. See Billing & crypto payments for underpayments, overpayments and refunds.
Order your first server
Open /order and walk through the five steps:
- Product — VPS, dedicated server, GPU server or Windows RDP.
- Plan — plans marked Sold out cannot be ordered; stock is live and updates as capacity is freed.
- Location — Frankfurt, Amsterdam, Helsinki, New York, Los Angeles or Singapore. The price is the same everywhere. Some plans are limited to certain sites: GPU nodes run in Frankfurt, Amsterdam, New York and Singapore; see Locations.
- Operating system — an image from our catalogue. You can switch later, or boot your own ISO on VPS and dedicated servers.
- Details — a hostname (lowercase letters, digits and dashes) and, for VPS and RDP, a quantity of up to 10.
Confirm: the plan price is taken from your balance and provisioning starts at once. VPS, RDP, GPU and in-stock dedicated servers are online within about 60 seconds; the machine appears under Account → Servers with its IPv4 address, its /64 IPv6 block and the initial root or Administrator password. If the balance is short, the order waits for it, as described above, and is provisioned automatically once the deposit confirms.
Connect to a Linux server
Use the IPv4 address shown in the dashboard and the root password generated at provisioning:
ssh [email protected]Replace the password with a key on the first login, then disable password authentication:
ssh-copy-id [email protected]
ssh [email protected] "sed -i 's/^#\?PasswordAuthentication.*/PasswordAuthentication no/' /etc/ssh/sshd_config && systemctl restart ssh"Images ship with the distribution's default firewall inactive. Enable one before you expose services, for example with ufw allow OpenSSH && ufw enable on Ubuntu or Debian.
Connect to a Windows server
RDP plans boot Windows Server with Remote Desktop enabled on port 3389. From Windows, run mstsc, enter the server's IPv4 address, and sign in as Administrator with the password from the dashboard. macOS users can use Microsoft Remote Desktop from the App Store; on Linux, xfreerdp /v:203.0.113.10 /u:Administrator works well. The Windows RDP guide covers the first-login checklist and hardening.
Next steps
- Read the product guide for what you ordered: VPS, Dedicated, GPU or RDP.
- Set reverse DNS and review DDoS behaviour in Network.
- Automate ordering and inventory with the API — keys are generated under Account → API.
- Learn how renewals, reminders and refunds work in Billing.
- Check Status for incidents and scheduled maintenance, and open a ticket when something is unclear.
Something missing or wrong on this page? Open a ticket and tell us.