--- title: How to Set Up a Linux VPS on Linode (Easy Walkthrough) description: A beginner-friendly walkthrough of creating a Linux VPS instance on the Linode (Akamai) cloud platform. Covers selecting a region, choosing a Linux... canonical: https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-linux-vps-on-linode-easy-walkthrough--wqkmiuekx twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:site: @dailydotdev og:type: website og:site_name: daily.dev og:title: How to Set Up a Linux VPS on Linode (Easy Walkthrough) | daily.dev og:description: A beginner-friendly walkthrough of creating a Linux VPS instance on the Linode (Akamai) cloud platform. 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Also demonstrates two ways to access the instance: via the Lish web console and SSH. ## Full article daily.dev links to this article rather than hosting it. Read it at the original source: ## Questions this post answers ### What is the minimum RAM I should choose for a Linode instance if I don't want memory constraints? A 2 GB instance is recommended as the lowest spec worth using for a demo or lab server; dropping to 1 GB starts to cause memory constraints. Shared CPU plans are much cheaper than dedicated CPU plans, with the cheapest dedicated CPU instance costing around $36 a month. _Comparing VPS sizing tradeoffs gets easier when you follow ongoing cloud infrastructure coverage on daily.dev._ ### What is the default login username for a new Linode Linux instance? The default username for Linode instances is root, used both for logging in via the Lish web console and via SSH with the password set during instance creation. No local non-root user exists by default, so creating one along with running initial update and hardening steps is recommended after first login. _Developers provisioning cloud servers can keep track of setup best practices like this through daily.dev._ --- Tags: [#cloud](https://daily.dev/tags/cloud), [#linux](https://daily.dev/tags/linux), [#ssh](https://daily.dev/tags/ssh) [View this post on daily.dev](https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-linux-vps-on-linode-easy-walkthrough--wqkmiuekx) ```json {"@context":"https://schema.org","@graph":[{"@type":"Organization","@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization","name":"daily.dev","url":"https://daily.dev","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://daily.dev/apple-touch-icon.png","width":180,"height":180},"sameAs":["https://twitter.com/dailydotdev","https://github.com/dailydotdev","https://www.linkedin.com/company/daily-dev-ltd"]},{"@type":"WebSite","@id":"https://daily.dev/#website","url":"https://daily.dev","name":"daily.dev","publisher":{"@id":"https://daily.dev/#organization"},"potentialAction":{"@type":"SearchAction","target":{"@type":"EntryPoint","urlTemplate":"https://daily.dev/search?q={search_term_string}"},"query-input":"required name=search_term_string"}}]} {"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"TechArticle","headline":"How to Set Up a Linux VPS on Linode (Easy Walkthrough)","url":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-linux-vps-on-linode-easy-walkthrough--wqkmiuekx","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://daily.dev/posts/how-to-set-up-a-linux-vps-on-linode-easy-walkthrough--wqkmiuekx"},"datePublished":"2026-07-29T15:28:55.647Z","dateModified":"2026-09-14T06:03:38.060Z","description":"A beginner-friendly walkthrough of creating a Linux VPS instance on the Linode (Akamai) cloud platform. 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