Open your server's console page (Dashboard → Connect). It shows your SSH command, port, username, and initial password. From any terminal:

On Windows, use the built-in terminal (PowerShell) or PuTTY. Change your password immediately after first login with passwd.

SSH keys are more secure than passwords and let you log in without typing one. On your own computer (Mac, Linux, or Windows PowerShell):

Press Enter to accept the defaults. Then copy the key to your Maple Key:

(On Windows without ssh-copy-id: type $env:USERPROFILE\.ssh\id_ed25519.pub | ssh -p YOUR_PORT root@maple-key.ca "cat >> ~/.ssh/authorized_keys")

Test that key login works, then disable password login entirely (see hardening below).

Run these right after your first login:

Once your SSH key works (previous question), disable password login: edit /etc/ssh/sshd_config, set PasswordAuthentication no, then systemctl restart ssh.

If you host a website, also ufw allow 80/tcp and ufw allow 443/tcp, and use certbot for free HTTPS certificates.

Snapshots (free, up to 3 per server) freeze your server's exact state instantly. Take one before a risky change; roll back in seconds if it goes wrong. They live on the same storage as your server, so they protect against mistakes, not disasters.

Daily backups (paid add-on, 20% of your plan price) are full copies taken every night and stored separately. They protect against the bad stuff: corruption, ransomware, deleting the wrong thing and not noticing for a week. Contact support to restore one.

Use both: snapshots for "about to try something," backups for "sleep at night."

Every Maple Key runs in our ca-central region on hardware we operate in Canada. Your data is stored and processed in-country, which keeps you onside with PIPEDA and outside the reach of foreign data-access laws.

All prices are flat monthly rates in Canadian dollars — no USD conversion, no surprise exchange-rate drift on your invoice. Payment is processed securely by Stripe; we never see or store your card number.

Yes — contact support with your server ID and the plan you'd like, and we'll schedule the resize (a brief restart is required). Self-serve resizing is on our roadmap.

Anything legal. Your Maple Key is a full KVM virtual machine with root access — install any software, run Docker, host websites, game servers, VPNs, databases. The usual exclusions apply: no spam, no abuse, no unlawful content (see our terms).