Connect your first server

Odoobot allows you to add any server from any cloud provider such as Google Cloud Platform, Amazon Web Services, Azure, Contabo, Hetzner and more.

Password Authentication

Some cloud providers will provision your server with username / password authentication, such as Contabo and Hetzner, here is how to connect your server

1. From Server menu, click new to create a new server record
2. Enter name to identify your server
3. Enter IP address, must be publicly accessible from internet
4. Make sure Access field is set to Password Auth
5. Enter username ( most providers use 'ubuntu' )
6. Upload private key obtained from your provider
7. Click 'Deploy' to start process of connecting and deploying your server

Private Key Authentication

Other high-end cloud providers such as Amazon, Google, Oracle and Microsfot provides compute instances that allows access using Private Key authentication, here is how to add your server using private key authentication

1. From Server menu, click new to create a new server record
2. Enter name to identify your server
3. Enter IP address, must be publicly accessible from internet
4. Change Access field to Private Key Auth
5. Enter username ( most providers use 'ubuntu' )
6. Upload private key obtained from your provider
7. Click 'Deploy' to start process of connecting and deploying your server