How to Change Your VPS SSH Password at Hostinger

Changing your password to connect to your VPS via SSH

Updated 2 weeks ago

You can easily change your server’s SSH password from hPanel:

  1. Navigate to the VPS section of hPanel and click on Manage next to your server

  2. Go to the settings page from the sidebar
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    Hostinger VPS sidebar with Settings menu item highlighted

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  3. On the main settings, locate the Root password option, enter a new strong password, and click on Update:
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    VPS change root password screen with Save button highlighted

  4. The password change can take a few moments to be applied. To verify when it’s completed, select Backup & Monitoring → Latest Actions page on the sidebar, and you’ll find it as ct_set_rootpasswd:
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    VPS activity log with ct_set_rootpasswd task started highlighted in red

  5. Once the status shown is Success, you can log in to your VPS using the new password

That’s it! Now you know how to change the password to access your VPS via SSH.