Getting Started
Deploy your first VPS in under 60 seconds
From sign-in to a live, SSH-reachable VM — the full first-deploy walkthrough.
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PacketStream Lite is built around a single goal — get a production-ready VPS into your hands as fast as possible. The deploy flow is fully automated: pick a plan, choose a region and OS image, and the instance is reachable before you finish typing your SSH command.
The four-step path to a live VM
- Sign in — the first visit redirects you to PacketStream Accounts to sign up or sign in. The session is reused on every subsequent visit.
- Add a payment method — payments are processed by Stripe and accept all major international cards.
- Upload an SSH public key — go to Compute → SSH Keys and paste the public key you want baked into new instances.
- Deploy a VM — from the portal, go to Compute → Cloud → Create, pick a plan family, attach your SSH key, and submit.
- Connect — copy the public IP from the instance detail page and SSH in.
ssh -i ~/.ssh/id_ed25519 root@<your-instance-ip>Tip
Password auth is disabled by default on Linux images, so an SSH key uploaded before deploy is required to get in.
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