Guides for your server
Fifteen guides, from your first SSH login to your own domain over HTTPS. Commands are ready to paste once you swap in your own hostname, port and domain.
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Getting started
First SSH login, changing the root password, and the browser terminal or console.
Read the guide →$ ssh -p <ssh-port> root@vmN.box.scalemaxcloud.com $ passwd
Get connected
Your first login, over SSH or in the browser.
Getting started
First SSH login, changing the root password, and the browser terminal or console.
Connect over SSH
Mac and Linux Terminal, Windows PowerShell and PuTTY, SSH keys, and the browser console fallback.
Web terminal
Browser root shell: the web terminal on the AI agent box, the console on every server.
Run your agent or automation
Claude Code, n8n, OpenClaw and Hermes Agent on your server.
Run Claude Code 24/7
Use the AI agent box image, sign in, and keep a tmux session alive after you disconnect.
Installing apps
n8n, OpenClaw and Hermes Agent: the one you pick at checkout installs by itself, free. One app per server, and what a switch deletes.
Deploy n8n
The free install (by itself when you pick n8n at checkout), your n8n address, the first login, webhooks, and backing up the data volume.
OpenClaw
Install OpenClaw free, connect a ScaleMax key or your own AI key, use it inside your dashboard, and chat with it on Telegram and WhatsApp.
Hermes Agent
Install Hermes Agent free, connect a ScaleMax key or your own AI key, use it inside your dashboard, and chat with it on Telegram and WhatsApp.
Network and domains
Ports, the firewall, your own domain and HTTPS.
Ports and networking
NAT, the 20-port block, why port 25 is closed, Dedicated IPv4.
Firewall
Allow or block inbound ports for each server, the default policy, and getting back in if SSH is blocked.
Domain and HTTPS
Point an A record at your server, then serve HTTPS: a forwarded port on shared IPv4, automatic certificates with Caddy on a dedicated IPv4.
Keep it safe and paid for
Backups, upgrades, billing and the customer API.
Backups and snapshots
Backup tiers, offsite copies in Finland, restore behaviour, and the snapshot cap.
Upgrading your server
Add-on statuses, reboot for CPU/RAM/disk, and pending manual add-ons.
Billing and wallet
Top-up, the two credit kinds, renewals, auto-renew as it works today, annual billing, referrals.
Customer API
Bearer keys, scopes, rate limit, and curl for servers, power, usage, console, backups, snapshots, restore, rescue and account.
Still stuck?
Each guide ends with a way to reach us. You can also contact support or read the FAQ.