Welcome to your new WordPress VPS powered by Ubuntu and Apache (LAMP Stack).
This guide will help you log in, find your credentials, and customize your setup.

Step 1: Access Your VPS

You can connect to your server via SSH using the login details provided in your VM6 Networks VPS Welcome Email.

Once logged in, you’ll be in the /root directory by default.

Step 2: Find Your WordPress & MySQL Credentials

When your VPS was created, WordPress and MySQL were automatically installed and configured with secure randomized passwords.

You can view these details with:

 Tip: Keep this information safe — it gives you full access to your database and WordPress dashboard.

Step 3: Log In to WordPress

Open your browser and visit:

Enter the WordPress admin username and password from your credentials file.

Once logged in, you can start customizing your website, installing themes, and adding plugins as normal.

Step 4: Change Your Password (Optional but Recommended)

 Change Your WordPress Admin Password

1. Log in to your WordPress dashboard.

2. Go to Users → Profile.

3. Scroll down to Account Management → New Password.

4. Click Generate Password, adjust if you like, then click Update Profile.

Step 5: Secure and Maintain Your VPS

• Keep your server updated:

   

  apt update && apt upgrade -y

• Install a firewall (recommended):

   

  apt install ufw -y ufw allow OpenSSH ufw allow 80,443/tcp ufw enable

• Consider setting up backups for /var/www/html and your MySQL database.

Done!

You now have a fully working WordPress VPS running on Ubuntu with LAMP — all preinstalled and ready to go.

Your credentials are safely stored in:

and can be changed at any time using the steps above.