Introduction

The following are answers to some of the most common questions about your GSP Virtual Private Server. Our servers run on current-generation Intel and ARM virtualized compute, with your choice of FreeBSD 15, Rocky Linux 10, or AlmaLinux 10 with cPanel. Can I host more than one website on my server? Yes. You have full control of your server, so you can host as many domains and sub-domains as your resources allow. On AlmaLinux 10 with cPanel, add extra sites as addon domains right from the control panel. On FreeBSD 15 or Rocky Linux 10, configure name-based virtual hosts in Apache or nginx. For help getting started, see our Getting Started section. What is the difference between root and standard users? You get full root (administrator) access to your own isolated server: root can manage every file, user, and service. Standard users you create are limited to their own files and whatever privileges you grant them (shell, SFTP, e-mail, and/or web). If you run cPanel & WHM, WHM handles account-level administration while each cPanel account is sandboxed to its own space. For more information, see our Online Help. Is Java available on my server? Yes. Install OpenJDK from the system package manager — for example pkg install openjdk21 on FreeBSD, or dnf install java-21-openjdk on Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux. Because you have full root, you can install whichever JDK version your application requires. How do I install software or additional packages? With full root you can install almost any compatible software. The quickest way is the system package manager — pkg on FreeBSD (the FreeBSD packages/Ports collection) and dnf on Rocky Linux and AlmaLinux — which gives you thousands of ready-to-install applications. You can also build and install from source. See the Online Help for details. How is a GSP VPS different from a dedicated or fully managed server? A GSP VPS is your own isolated virtual server with full root over the operating system, applications, and services — it looks and behaves like a dedicated machine. The underlying virtualization host, network, and facilities are managed by us, and we keep the base operating system patched except where you have taken a component over yourself. If you would rather hand off day-to-day administration entirely, our Managed Private Server (MPS) is custom-built to your requirements and fully managed by our team. Can my server have more than one IP address? Every server includes a dedicated IPv4 address and IPv6 connectivity, which is plenty for the vast majority of sites — modern TLS no longer requires a separate IP per certificate (see below). If your application genuinely needs additional IPv4 addresses, please contact Customer Service. Can my server use multiple SSL/TLS certificates? Yes. Thanks to SNI (Server Name Indication), a single IP address can serve many SSL/TLS certificates on the standard port (443) — one per site. You can issue free, automatically-renewing certificates with Let's Encrypt, or install your own. cPanel can manage this for you with AutoSSL; on FreeBSD or Rocky Linux you can use a client such as certbot or acme.sh. Can I reboot my server? Yes. You can reboot at any time from the command line (reboot or shutdown -r now), and your services come back up automatically. For a full stop and start, or a rebuild to a fresh operating-system image, contact Customer Service.