How to choose and setup VPS on Vultr

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As from Vultr FAQ about billing:

"All servers on your account are billed hourly up to the monthly rate cap. The hourly rate is determined by dividing the monthly rate by 672 hours (28 days). If your server is online for more than 672 hours in a calendar month, you will only be billed the monthly rate. Accumulated charges are invoiced to your account on the 1st of every month."

With this, you can test any server for a small fraction of the monthly cost, allowing you to fine-tune your hardware requirements before committing to the final product.

Log in or Create a new Vultr account. You can log in with yout Google account. Do not forget to tick the "Accept terms and conditions"

After creating your account, you'll need to add a payment method and provide some personal information before you can rent your first instance.

To begin, let's add a payment method by clicking on 'Add Payment Method.' The default option is credit card, but you can choose other payment types on the billing page. While they do accept cryptocurrency, you'll need to make your first payment with a credit card or PayPal.

NOTE: VAT and other taxes may be added to the base rental fees depending on the country you select.

After completing the payment setup, you'll need to provide information about yourself and your business. Verification of personal information is not required, but we recommend using accurate data for account security reasons.

Company details can be filled as "Individual" like in the picture below:

NOTE: VAT and other taxes may be added to the base rental fees depending on the country you select.

Finally you are set to rent your first VPS! Go to the Products page. Choose type "Cloud Compute - Shared CPU":

Select Operating System. Our guides based on Ubuntu Linux systems, therefore we recommend selecting it.

Choose the specifications you want. We recommend 2vCPUs and 2-4GB Memory.

Finally, select any additional features you need, and assign a hostname and label to your server and click Deploy.

After Clicking deploy you will be redirected to your server dashboard. You should see something like this:

By clicking on the instance, you'll be redirected to the server details page, where you can find the necessary information to access your machine.

On Windows you will need an SSH client like Bitvise SSH. Install and open it.

Copy the IP address and root password from the dashboard. Click "Log in" on the bottom.

Find the button "New terminal console" on the left-hand side and click on it. This will open an SSH terminal to your Server.

If you see this terminal, congratulations! You've successfully deployed your own Vultr VPS. You're now ready to explore our guides and start self-hosting your services!

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