After you click Create, DigitalOcean will provision a new VPS for you. You'll also receive an email with instructions on how to log in:
From: DigitalOcean <support@support.digitalocean.com> Subject: Your New Droplet: hobnob
Your new Droplet is all set to go! You can access it using the following credentials: Droplet Name: hobnob IP Address: 142.93.241.63 Username: root Password: 58c4abae102ec3242ddbb26372 Happy Coding, Team DigitalOcean
With these credentials, connect to your server as the root administrative user using SSH:
$ ssh root@<server-ip>
Here, <server-ip> is the IP address of your server (142.93.241.63 in our examples). This will prompt you for your password; enter the one you received in your email. After logging in, the server will ask you to change your root password:
$ ssh root@142.93.241.63
The authenticity of host '142.93.241.63 (142.93.241.63)' can't be established.
ECDSA key fingerprint is SHA256:AJ0iVdifdlEOQNYvvhwZc0TAsi96JtWJanaRoW29vxM.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)? yes
root@142.93.241.63's password: 58c4abae102ec3242ddbb26372
You are required to change your password immediately (root enforced)
...
Changing password for root.
(current) UNIX password: 58c4abae102ec3242ddbb26372
Enter new UNIX password: <your-new-password>
Retype new UNIX password: <your-new-password>
root@hobnob:#
Great! You have successfully created a virtual server and logged in to it.
For the code blocks in this chapter, we will add the <user>@hobnob: prompt before any commands that are meant to run on the remote virtual server, and the normal prompt, $, for commands that should be run locally.