{"id":8966,"date":"2023-11-17T10:52:15","date_gmt":"2023-11-17T10:52:15","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/?post_type=ht_kb&#038;p=8966"},"modified":"2024-10-18T07:22:43","modified_gmt":"2024-10-18T07:22:43","password":"","slug":"how-to-login-to-cloudpanel","status":"publish","type":"docs","link":"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/how-to-login-to-cloudpanel\/","title":{"rendered":"Login to CloudPanel."},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p>To log in to your CloudPanel account, you will first access your credentials. The CloudPanel login credentials are stored in a file known as<em><strong> credentials.txt<\/strong><\/em> in your VPS. To access the file and log in, follow these simple steps:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<ul class=\"wp-block-list\">\n<li>Access your VPS via SSH. Use the VPS credentials (<code><em><strong>username, password and IP address<\/strong><\/em><\/code>) sent to your email. If you&#8217;re using Windows OS, access your VPS using PuTTY (Windows guide:<a href=\" https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/connect-vps-via-ssh-windows-computer\/\"> https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/knowledge-base\/connect-vps-via-ssh-windows-computer\/<\/a> ). <\/li>\n\n\n\n<li><\/li>\n\n\n\n<li>If you&#8217;re using Linux OS, use this command via terminal:<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"> <strong><em>ssh ubuntu@your_vps_ip<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-zoooom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"96\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-1024x96.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8972\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-1024x96.png 1024w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-300x28.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-768x72.png 768w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-50x5.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-1536x144.png 1536w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-920x86.png 920w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-600x56.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4-320x30.png 320w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-4.png 1855w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\">After logging in, you&#8217;ll be presented with this:<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-zoooom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"136\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-5-1024x136.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8973\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-5-1024x136.png 1024w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-5-300x40.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-5-768x102.png 768w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-5-50x7.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-5-1536x205.png 1536w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-5-920x123.png 920w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-5-600x80.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-5-320x43.png 320w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-5.png 1855w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Access the CloudPanel login page by clicking (ctrl+click) the link labelled &#8220;Cloudpanel: https..&#8221; on the &#8220;Welcome to CloudPanel&#8221; message on the terminal. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Type the following command on the terminal to access the credentials:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"has-text-align-center\"><strong><em>bash | cat credentials.txt<\/em><\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-zoooom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"62\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-40-1024x62.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-9073\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-40-1024x62.png 1024w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-40-300x18.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-40-768x47.png 768w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-40-50x3.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-40-1536x94.png 1536w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-40-920x56.png 920w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-40-600x37.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-40-320x19.png 320w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-40.png 1855w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>Copy\/paste the username and password to the CloudPanel login page and click &#8220;Log In&#8221;.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-zoooom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"544\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7-1024x544.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8975\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7-1024x544.png 1024w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7-300x159.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7-768x408.png 768w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7-50x27.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7-1536x816.png 1536w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7-920x489.png 920w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7-600x319.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7-320x170.png 320w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-7.png 1822w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>After successfully logging in, this is the page you will see.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-large is-style-zoooom\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"517\" src=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-8-1024x517.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-8976\" srcset=\"https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-8-1024x517.png 1024w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-8-300x151.png 300w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-8-768x387.png 768w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-8-50x25.png 50w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-8-1536x775.png 1536w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-8-920x464.png 920w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-8-600x303.png 600w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-8-320x161.png 320w, https:\/\/truehost.com\/support\/wp-content\/uploads\/2023\/11\/image-8.png 1919w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You can now create your website from the dashboard.<\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>To log in to your CloudPanel account, you will first access your credentials. 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