Old Server housekeeping

update your server run as sudo / root user reboot if you have a new kernel installed during the update that needs loaded sudo s && apt get update y && apt upgrade stop old system service use status to check if its running, stop to stop the service, and disable to prevent it from loading next reboot systemctl status xand service systemctl disable xand service systemctl stop xand service ssh keys if you want to make a new user sol to match the new guide, then make sure your ssh keys to login remotly are stored in your home dir for sol or root users (not only in xand home dir careful with the ssh keys if you remove them you could lock yourself out of your server check for keys in root sudo cat / ssh/authorized keys check for keys in xand su xand cd cat / ssh/authorized keys copy from xand and append to root keys file sudo i sudo cat /home/xand/ ssh/authorized keys >> /root/ ssh/authorized keys validator keypairs make sure you have copied your validator keypairs if they are needed for the new server otherwise they can be created new during install of the validator software there is no reason to re use the old one, only personal preferance remove xand user account once you have sucessfully logged into your server using either root or sol user, and copied/backed up any files you need, you may wish to remove everything from xand user and their files sudo s userdel rf xand