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- 4 articlesGetting startedAccount, credit, the first server and the dashboard: everything for day one.
- Create and secure your account
- Top up credit and pay
- Create your first server
- 17 articlesGame serversMinecraft Java and Bedrock: connecting, console, files, backups, plugins, databases, schedules, team.
- Connect to your server
- Console and usage
- Manage players
- 1 articleDiscord botsBots on Node.js, Python or Java: code from Git or uploaded, the token as a variable, logs.
- Host a Discord bot
- 2 articlesTeamSpeakTeamSpeak servers in Frankfurt, the admin key, and the free music bot.
- Order and manage a TeamSpeak server
- TeamSpeak music bot
- 6 articlesDomainsRegistering a domain, DNS records, forwarding, your own nameservers, renewal.
- Search for and register a domain
- Transfer a domain to us
- Manage DNS records
- 1 articleWeb hostingPHP and static sites with your own domain and certificate.
- Web hosting
- 9 articlesDeployPush to git.citexnode.com and we build and ship it: PHP, Next.js, Astro and HTML, with databases, cron jobs and custom domains.
- Deploy: overview
- Your first project
- Git access
- 11 articlesVPSVPS, cloud servers and dedicated machines: ordering, browser console, operating system, network, backups.
- VPS at CitexNode
- Ordering a VPS
- First login
- 9 articlesStatus pagesYour own status page on statuscx.eu: components, checks, incidents, maintenance, subscribers, custom domain.
- Status pages: overview and plans
- Creating your first status page
- Components, groups and checks
- 5 articlesAccount and billingSecurity, sessions, terms, invoices, tickets, data export.
- Two-factor, passkeys and sessions
- Profile, appearance and your data
- Term and renewal
- 1 articleDevelopersAPI documentation, embedding the status page, feeds.
- API and embedding the status page
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VPS guides
Your VPS is yours: step by step from the first SSH connection to your own Minecraft, Node.js or Docker setup.
All VPS guides- Connect via SSHFrom the first login as root to an SSH key: Windows, macOS, Linux and PuTTY.
- Secure your serverUpdates, automatic security updates, a sudo user, key-only login and fail2ban.
- Install JavaEclipse Temurin 25, 21, 17 and 8 from the official Adoptium repository, and switching versions.
- Minecraft server with PaperPaper on a VPS: its own user, a start script, a systemd service, firewall, console and updates.
- Node.js and Discord botsInstall Node.js LTS and run a Discord bot as a systemd service with its token in an env file.
- Python, venv and servicesPython 3 with a virtual environment and pip, and a bot or script as a systemd service.
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- 01Create your first serverGetting started · 2 min read
- 02Connect to your serverGame servers · 2 min read
- 03VPS at CitexNodeVPS · 3 min read
- 04Connect via SSHVPS guides · 6 min read
- 05Manage DNS recordsDomains · 4 min read
- 06Host a Discord botDiscord bots · 3 min read
- 07Your first projectDeploy · 3 min read
- 08Two-factor, passkeys and sessionsAccount and billing · 4 min read
- 09BackupsGame servers · 2 min read
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