Tutorials
Step-by-step guides for common tasks on Servers.com dedicated servers and infrastructure. Whether you're setting up remote access, securing your server, managing storage, or recovering from failures, you'll find practical walkthroughs here drawn from across the knowledge base.
Disk diagnostics
- How to get S.M.A.R.T. data on disks with a RAID controller
- How to get S.M.A.R.T. data on disks without a RAID controller
File transfer
- How to set up a vsftpd FTP server on CentOS 6
- How to set up an FTP server on Ubuntu 16.04
- How to copy files between Linux servers using rsync
iDRAC boot management
- How to boot a dedicated server from a custom OS image via iDRAC
- How to boot a server from a custom ISO via iDRAC
- How to restore a dedicated server to rescue mode
- What to do if the OS won't boot
iDRAC setup
- How to access OOB management
- How to configure the iDRAC HTML5 plugin
- How to update iDRAC
- A guide to iDRAC's virtual media function
- How to perform diagnostics with iDRAC Lifecycle Controller
- Locating service tags
iDRAC VPN access
- L2TP/IPsec on Linux Fedora 24
- L2TP/IPsec on Linux Fedora 30
- L2TP/IPsec on Linux Fedora 41
- L2TP/IPsec on Linux Ubuntu 16.04
- L2TP/IPsec on Linux Ubuntu 18.04
- L2TP/IPsec on Linux Ubuntu 20.04
- L2TP/IPsec on Linux Ubuntu 22.04
- L2TP/IPsec on Linux Ubuntu 24.04
- L2TP/IPsec on macOS
- L2TP/IPsec on Windows
Monitoring
- Using Monit for process monitoring on Ubuntu and Debian
- How to install Zabbix on CentOS 6/8 and Ubuntu 12.04
- How to install Munin on Ubuntu and CentOS
Networking and IP management
- How to order an additional IP network
- How to point a domain to a dedicated server IP
- How to rename network interfaces on Linux
- How to restore network interfaces configuration
- How to set up a floating IP using Keepalived
- How to disaggregate network interfaces on a Proxmox server
- How to provide network diagnostic results
Password and authentication
- Root password reset on Ubuntu 24.04
- Reset root password on Ubuntu 16.04 (dedicated)
- Reset root password on Ubuntu 16.04 (cloud)
- Reset root password on CentOS 6/7
- How to reset root password on Ubuntu 16.04 / Debian 7–8 with Proxmox
- How to reset root password on Ubuntu 18.04 / Debian 9 with Proxmox
Software installation
SSH access
- Connecting to a remote server via SSH
- How to create a new SSH key pair
- How to add a new SSH key to a cloud server
- How to replace password-based SSH authentication with key-based
- How to limit SSH access by IP addresses using a firewall
- How to protect SSH using Fail2ban on Ubuntu 16.04
- How to protect SSH using Fail2ban on CentOS 6
Storage and disk
Virtualization
- Configure networking in ESXi 5.5 / 6.0 / 6.6
- Configure networking in Hyper-V
- Configure networking in Proxmox VE 6.4 / 7.4
- Virtual machines and support responsibilities