I need help quick.

[Remixedmakaveli]

I have bought my vps and havnt the slightest clue on how to download things to it! i need to download a client for a game and i have no idea on how to do this. Please someone post a guide on how to set up a vps to download things to.

 

[Zubair]

Can you know how to access SSH of VPS?

If Yes then you need to use this command to download files to VPS

wget URL

Where URL is the address of that file

 

[carl6969]

You should probably start by reading the VPS Tutorials. Then read through some of the posts on VPS Talk. You find answers to many common questions about VPS service in both of these places. If you are not familiar with LAMP (Linux Apache MySQL, PHP) SSH, and Command Line, you will also need to read up on these topics as you will need a good working knowledge of these to setup and manage your VPS. Exactly how you download, install, and operate your game client will vary slightly depending on what operating system you are using on your VPS and what other software you have installed on your VPS other than the OS.

 

[Remixedmakaveli]

Im using windows Xp but. I havn't any idea of the terms that you guys are using, how do you access the SSH?

 

[carl6969]

You should have received a link to your VPS Control Panel when you signed up for service. The very first thing you need to do is go to your VPS Control Panel and then select and setup your operating system. Your VPS is little more than a blank slice of disc space until you complete that step. I would suggest using Centos for your operating system, but that is up to you.

If the terms we are using are unfamiliar to you, then you need to immediately do some studying as I suggested in my previous post. You must have a basic understanding of L.A.M.P., SSH, and Command line before you are going to be able to do anything with your VPS.

We will be very happy to assist you with your VPS as much as possible in this forum, but it appears that you are going to have to do a little reading and familiarize yourself with how an unmanaged VPS works as well as some of the common terms related to VPS service.

 

[Remixedmakaveli]

Which version of CentOS do you recomend, CentOS 5.5 or Or CentOS 5.5 (32-bit cPanel-on-Build)

 

[carl6969]

I am using CentOS 5 32bit. I am not even completely sure what the cPanel-on-Build is. I don't use cPanel. I have tried a few different things and find Centos easy to use for VPS operations, but that is just my opinion based on my experience. Other folks will give you different answers.

 

[allofus]

To interact with your VPS you only need 2 things

PuTTY + related softwares, the keygen and whatnot featured in the installer
http://www.chiark.greenend.org.uk/~sgtatham/putty/download.html

WinSCP
http://winscp.net/eng/index.php
Which is a GUI based alternative to PuTTY that if you are familiar with FTP clients will soon become familiar to you, but is in effect SSH but without the need for command line with the option to use command line for extended use.

both programs are free.

 

[allofus]

http://forums.burst.net/showthread.php?t=2206

command list to get you started, this is obviously not an exhaustive list but is a good starting reference. I use Debian 5 though and am aware that some commands are different for centos 5

 

[thanks_but_no_thanks]

Please someone post a guide on how to set up a vps to download things to

If you simply want to get files onto your VPS, simplest way will be to use an FTP client such as filezilla that supports SFTP.

Set filezilla to SFTP, provide your vps access details and then you will then be able to upload/download directly.