When you have provisioned your new Self-Managed VPS, it is critically important to secure it sufficiently to minimise the potential for it to be hacked. By ensuring it is secure, you protect both your data and our network from malicious use.
Our Recommendations
Some of the steps you should take to secure your VPS include:
Installing a firewall. (CSF, UFW, firewalld)
Lock down ports that are not being used.
Set a strong password, consider disabling password root logins in favour of SSH-key access only.
Configure your web server (Apache/LiteSpeed/Nginx) and PHP appropriately.
Update your kernel and all RPMs.
These are just a few of the steps you should take, but there are many more. If you're unfamiliar with securing a VPS and need help, please contact our Technical Support Team, who can secure and configure servers where cPanel/WHM and a Server Management Job have been purchased.
What is Virtual Network Computing? (VNC)
VNC stands for Virtual Network Computing, this is essentially a desktop sharing system that allows you to attach a virtual monitor and control your server as if you are directly in front of it.
This guide will cover how to use Acronis Backup with your Self Managed VPS service through WHM and completing a restore from an available backup. If you are on a Fully Managed VPS service, please refer to our guides below on how to use Acronis Backup with your service:
Restoring databases with Acronis
Restoring website files with Acronis
What VPS Services include Acronis Backup?
Before cancelling your VPS
Before cancelling your VPS, we highly recommend to take a backup of any data you wish to keep before proceeding with the cancellation as once the service is cancelled, all data will be permanently deleted and cannot be recovered. Cancelling your VPS Service
If you have taken a backup and are ready to cancel your VPS, below are the steps you can take to cancel your VPS service:
Log in to your Synergy Wholesale Account.
Server Management Job is an agreed work order for system changes or upgrades to your Self Managed Virtual Private Server for a once-off fee. Below is a list of what is covered under a Server Management Job and what you can expect from the process.
Updating a cPanel server
Updating a cPanel server is fairly easy, because cPanel/WHM has simple server update and management tools built-in. You can run updates by using the following tools in WHM:
WHM > Software > System Update
WHM > Software > Update Server Software
Warning: The System Update tool allows you to optionally update the server's kernel if there is a new version available.
