First steps on an Infrawire dedicated server

Your dedicated server provides fully dedicated resources. This checklist secures go-live.

📋 Prerequisites

• Credentials by email (IP, root/admin, IPMI if included)
• IP plan and gateway from Infrawire

Check connectivity

Then SSH (Linux) or RDP/KVM (Windows).

Bash
ping -c 3 PUBLIC_IP

Update the OS

Bash
sudo apt update && sudo apt upgrade -y

Change default passwords

Root/admin, IPMI and panel accounts — unique strong passwords.

Configure firewall

Open only required ports (22/SSH, 80/443, RDP on Windows).

Schedule backups

Snapshot, rsync or off-site backup before production workloads.

Server ready! 🚀