Documentation

Guides, references, and answers for getting your Stack VPS or colocation slot up and running.

Start here

In-depth documentation by topic. More is being written as we launch.

First login, initial hardening, and setting up your environment.

IPMI access, power specs, and getting your hardware online.

Supported operating systems and distro-specific notes.

Managing your plan, invoices, and cancellation.

From a shipped box to a running server in four steps.

01
Contact us You

Pick a colocation plan and send us the contact form. We'll reply to sort out shipping and give you a reference number for the box.
Get in touch
02
Ship your server You

Pack it up, or have an eBay seller ship it straight to us. Put your reference number on the outside of the box.
Shipping guide
Ship to
Fyra Stack Limited 5206 N Damen Ave Chicago, IL 60625
03
Rack and stack Us

We unpack, label, and test it, then rack, cable, and power it on in our Chicago data center. We email you when it's online.

Update the system, add your own user, and lock down SSH before you do anything else.

Fedora Server

$ ssh root@<your-server-ip>$ dnf upgrade --refresh -y$ useradd -m -G wheel stackuser && passwd stackuser$ sudoedit /etc/ssh/sshd_config

Open a ticket and the people who run the racks will answer it.