Guides
Documentation for operators
Practical runbooks for the Nexelya panel. For game tutorials, see the Learn Center (900+ articles).
VPS hosting
Practical guides for managing KVM virtual machines on Nexelya Proxmox VPS—from first login to scaling and troubleshooting.
- Getting Started with Your Nexelya VPS
First-boot checklist for Nexelya Proxmox VPS: SSH keys, firewall basics, updates, and using the client panel after signup.
- KVM Console and Remote Access for VPS
Use the Nexelya browser KVM console, fix boot and network issues, and combine SSH with out-of-band access on Proxmox VPS.
- VPS Security Hardening Guide
Harden Nexelya VPS instances: SSH, firewalls, automatic updates, intrusion detection, and secrets hygiene on Proxmox KVM.
- VPS Backups and Disaster Recovery
Design backup strategies for Nexelya VPS: snapshots, off-site copies, database consistency, and tested restore procedures.
- Scaling VPS CPU, RAM, and Disk
Plan vertical scaling on Nexelya Proxmox VPS: when to resize, downtime expectations, disk growth, and horizontal alternatives.
- Troubleshooting VPS Network and SSH Issues
Diagnose Nexelya VPS network outages, SSH failures, DNS problems, and firewall misconfigurations step by step.
- Sizing RAM for modded Minecraft on Nexelya
How to estimate RAM for FTB, ATM, and large modpacks—when to choose 16GB VPS vs 32GB+ vs dedicated bare metal.
- Migrating modded Minecraft from VPS to dedicated
Cutover checklist for moving a modded Minecraft world from Nexelya VPS to dedicated bare metal with minimal downtime.
- Oxide on Rust — VPS operator checklist
Install Oxide, secure RCON, and size RAM on Nexelya before opening to players.
- DarkRP on VPS — first 24 hours
darkrpmodification layout, MySQL, and addon budget on a fresh VPS.
- Paper.yml tuning on Nexelya VPS
Mob activation ranges and view distance for SMP launches.
- UFW for game servers
Allow game, RCON, and SSH without exposing MySQL publicly.
- Restic backups to S3
Encrypted offsite backups for worlds and databases.
- Launch night on a single VPS
Monitoring, staff roster, and rollback before advertising.
- Valheim dedicated operations
World backups and mod updates on Linux VPS.
- Palworld memory management
Restart cadence and RAM caps for Palworld dedicated.
- tModLoader on VPS
Bandwidth and RAM for modded Terraria.
- Project Zomboid workshop ops
Workshop ID order and RAM for hordes.
Dedicated servers
Step-by-step guides for Nexelya bare-metal dedicated servers—IPMI, networking, security, and hardware diagnostics.
- Getting Started with Dedicated Servers on Nexelya
First steps with Nexelya bare-metal: portal access, primary IP, power control, and handoff from provisioning.
- IPMI and Out-of-Band Management for Dedicated Servers
Access Nexelya IPMI KVM, recover unresponsive bare metal, and use BMC best practices on Nexelya dedicated servers.
- Dedicated Server Security Hardening
Secure bare-metal on Nexelya: BMC lockdown, OS baseline, network segmentation, and compliance considerations for dedicated servers.
- Dedicated Server Networking, IPs, and rDNS
Configure Nexelya dedicated networking: primary IP, additional addresses, rDNS for mail, and routing on bare metal.
- OS Installation, Reinstall, and RAID on Dedicated Servers
Reinstall OS on Nexelya dedicated servers, configure hardware RAID, and use IPMI virtual media for bare-metal recovery.
- Dedicated Server Hardware Troubleshooting
Diagnose disk, memory, and network hardware on Nexelya dedicated servers using IPMI sensors, logs, and datacenter escalation.
- IPMI power cycle safely
When to hard reset dedicated hardware vs graceful shutdown.
- RAID monitoring on bare metal
SMART and mdadm alerts before total failure.
- Proxmox on dedicated — nested VPS
Run multiple game instances on one bare-metal box.
- 10G networking basics
When link speed matters for backup and map sync.
- Migrate from panel-only host to Nexelya
SSH-first cutover when leaving Pterodactyl-style hosts.
- Studios: compliance on bare metal
Single-tenant dedicated for data isolation narratives.
All guides
- Getting Started with Your Nexelya VPS
- KVM Console and Remote Access for VPS
- VPS Security Hardening Guide
- VPS Backups and Disaster Recovery
- Scaling VPS CPU, RAM, and Disk
- Troubleshooting VPS Network and SSH Issues
- Getting Started with Dedicated Servers on Nexelya
- IPMI and Out-of-Band Management for Dedicated Servers
- Dedicated Server Security Hardening
- Dedicated Server Networking, IPs, and rDNS
- OS Installation, Reinstall, and RAID on Dedicated Servers
- Dedicated Server Hardware Troubleshooting
- Sizing RAM for modded Minecraft on Nexelya
- Migrating modded Minecraft from VPS to dedicated
- Oxide on Rust — VPS operator checklist
- DarkRP on VPS — first 24 hours
- Paper.yml tuning on Nexelya VPS
- UFW for game servers
- Restic backups to S3
- Launch night on a single VPS
- IPMI power cycle safely
- RAID monitoring on bare metal
- Proxmox on dedicated — nested VPS
- 10G networking basics
- Migrate from panel-only host to Nexelya
- Studios: compliance on bare metal
- Valheim dedicated operations
- Palworld memory management
- tModLoader on VPS
- Project Zomboid workshop ops
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