-Linux and Mac users should have a terminal program pre-installed (it's just called **"Terminal"**), but Windows users may need to install [Cygwin](https://www.cygwin.com/) first.
-
-Once the terminal is open, connect to your server with the username and IP address provided by your VPS host.
-It will likely prompt for a password.
-
-```sh
-ssh root@123.456.789
-```
-
-If you see a screen that looks like this, you've succeeded:
-
-```
-Welcome to Ubuntu 20.04.2 LTS (GNU/Linux 5.4.0-65-generic x86_64)
-
- * Documentation: https://help.ubuntu.com
- * Management: https://landscape.canonical.com
- * Support: https://ubuntu.com/advantage
-
- System information as of Wed Apr 28 18:59:27 UTC 2021
-
- System load: 1.86 Processes: 201
- Usage of /: 66.1% of 146.15GB Users logged in: 0
- Memory usage: 29% IPv4 address for ens18: 10.0.0.100
- Swap usage: 4% IPv4 address for ens19: 192.168.1.100
-
- * Pure upstream Kubernetes 1.21, smallest, simplest cluster ops!
-
- https://microk8s.io/
-
-79 updates can be installed immediately.
-0 of these updates are security updates.
-To see these additional updates run: apt list --upgradable
-
-
-Last login: Tue Apr 27 17:28:56 2021 from 98.198.61.119
-root@gleasonator:~#
-```
-
-## 2. System setup
-
-Before installing Soapbox, we have to prepare the system.
-
-### 2.a. Install updates
-
-Usually a fresh VPS already has outdated software, so run the following commands to update it:
-
-```shell
-sudo apt update
-sudo apt upgrade
-```
-
-When prompted (`[Y/n]`) type `Y` and hit Enter.
-
-### 2.b. Install system dependencies
-
-Soapbox relies on some additional system software in order to function.