How to provide SolusVM support with access to the server?

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Question

How to provide SolusVM Support with access to the server?

Answer

There are two ways of providing server access: sharing root user credentials or adding SSH public key. Both ways are secure, so pick up any that you find suitable.

Providing with direct access
  1. Login to the Client Area at https://www.soluslabs.com/clients/clientarea.php 
  2. Add server access as a reply to the ticket:
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Note: If remote access to the server is limited with firewall, please make sure that it is allowed from SolusVM Support IP addresses

195.214.233.0/24
91.204.24.0/22
91.204.25.0/22
203.32.4.0/26
203.214.176.0/24
208.74.127.0/28
2A00:1730:FFF9::/48

Installing SolusVM Support SSH Keys

Alternatively, you can avoid disclosing passwords by installing our public RSA SSH key into list of authorized keys. You can follow these steps to properly install them:

  1. Connect to the server via SSH
  2. Make sure PubkeyAuthentication is enabled in SSH configuration

    # sed -i '/PubkeyAuthentication/c\PubkeyAuthentication yes' /etc/ssh/sshd_config

  3. Validate the config file after changes:

    # sshd -t

    Warning: in case of any error messages above, review them closely before proceeding with the next step.

  4. Restart sshd service:

    # service sshd restart

  5. Download the script:

    # curl -o install_accesskey.sh https://raw.githubusercontent.com/solusvm-support/helpers/master/install_accesskey.sh

  6. Install public key:

    # sh install_accesskey.sh add

  7. Restart sshd service:

    # service sshd restart

Keys may be removed after conclusion of support incident.

# sh install_accesskey.sh remove

Note: If remote access to the server is limited with firewall, please make sure that it is allowed from SolusVM Support IP addresses

195.214.233.0/24
91.204.24.0/22
91.204.25.0/22
203.32.4.0/26
203.214.176.0/24
80.237.178.180
81.184.0.141
95.170.131.46
2A00:1730:FFF9::/48

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