Connecting to Your Server

Once your UpCloud server is running, you need to connect via SSH to run the VPN setup scripts.

Prerequisites

• Your server's IP address (from UpCloud dashboard)
• SSH key (ssh-key-upcloud-vms.pem)

Connect via SSH

From Linux / macOS (Terminal)

ssh -i /path/to/ssh-key-upcloud-vms.pem root@YOUR_SERVER_IP

Replace /path/to/ssh-key-upcloud-vms.pem with the actual path to your .pem file, and YOUR_SERVER_IP with your server IP (e.g. 85.9.210.106).

From Windows

Option A: Windows Terminal / PowerShell (Windows 10+)

ssh -i C:\path\to\ssh-key-upcloud-vms.pem root@YOUR_SERVER_IP

Option B: PuTTY

1. Download PuTTY
2. PuTTY uses .ppk format (use the .ppk key)
3. Enter your server IP as the host, port 22

First-Time Setup

When you connect for the first time, you may see:

The authenticity of host '...' can't be established.
Are you sure you want to continue connecting (yes/no)?

Type yes and press Enter.

Before method scripts, run this once:

curl -sL https://gitlab.com/freedom-for-iran/website/-/raw/main/scripts/initial_setup.sh | bash

This updates the system, installs vim, curl, git, and copies all VPN scripts to ~/scripts/.

Run Your VPN Script

After connecting, you'll see a shell prompt like:

root@vpn-1:~#

Run scripts from ~/scripts/ (e.g. ~/scripts/vless_reality.sh). See the VPN method guides:

• Slipstream
• DNSST + SSH
• VLESS + Reality

Each guide shows which scripts to run and how to use the results.