Your new VPS is provisioned, what is the first thing you do once you connect?

[WelltodoInformalCattle]

The first thing everyone should do is ensure that you're getting exactly what you ordered and that the provider hasn't tried to screw you over in someway.

 

[InfiniteTech]

# yum -y upgrade
# shutdown -r now

 

[peterw]

Don't want to name the provider, but yesterday my first thing was:

• Informing previous owner that his whole vps was still alive
• Reinstall vps

 

[shawn_ky]

Ouch!  That had to be bad!

 

[Jeffrey]

cat /proc/cpuinfo, free -m, apt-get update, or yum update.

 

[sv01]

yes they are I've found 1 provider before, but I don't remember provider name

Are there any providers having templates with autorized keys?!

 

[HostUS-Alexander]

Yum update -y; yum install * -y

 

[JackDoan]

Login to Solus

Install Debian, because I always get CentOS no matter what I pick on the order form

apt-get update
apt-get upgrade
passwd root #use something like correcthorsebatterystaple
apt-get install sudo vim less screen apache2 php5 libapache2-mod-php5 php5-curl
uname -a
less /proc/cpuinfo
adduser jack -g sudo
su jack

 

[oentech]

Firstly, I always run the "apt-get update/upgrade" command and install the WebMin panel (for ease of use).

 

[Master Bo]

1. Restrict access by ssh to my IP only, disable access via all the other protocols/ports.

2. Create additional sudoer-type account

3. Allow if disallowed key-based authentication, make sure sudo works, dsiable root login and rstart the server.

All the security hardening/whatever goes after that.