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Imported from sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills (skills/vps-server-management/SKILL.md). Install upstream with npx skills add sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills --skill vps-server-management. Copyright stays with the author (MIT).

VPS Server Management

Name: vps-server-management
Author: sickn33

When to Use

Use when the user asks to operate an authorized VPS or agent running on a remote host.
Use when SSH, deployment, restart, status, or log inspection is needed with explicit permission.

Source of truth: library/infrastructure.md (read it for the latest — IPs/expirations change).

Servers (Hostinger VPS) — 3 total

Hostname	OS	Purpose
openclaw-server	Ubuntu 24.04 (Dokploy)	OpenClaw — personal instance
n8n-server	Ubuntu 24.04 (n8n)	All n8n workflow automations (primary)
hermes-server	Ubuntu 24.04	Hermes Agent — Discord gateway (Vilnius, LT)

SSH as root@<IP>.

Access levels (never share higher than needed)

App login — e.g. app.example.hstgr.cloud. Build/edit workflows, no server access. Safest to share.
VPS SSH — root@<IP>. Docker, files, system config. Trusted technical people only.
Hostinger hPanel — hpanel.hostinger.com. Billing, reboot, OS reinstall. Exposes SSH creds + browser terminal, so it grants server access too. The user only.

Managing a VPS via an agent

For multi-step or exploratory work, SSH into the box first and launch the agent ON the VPS (e.g. codex --yolo), then talk to that local-on-server agent — it has full filesystem/process context and avoids fragile SSH round-trips. For short command sequences (update, config change, restart), driving an existing SSH session directly (e.g. via a cmux pane) is fine.

When checking on a remote/on-box agent, send the user one concise status line each time: what it is doing and whether it is on track.

Claude Code cmux note: after Claude finishes, it may prefill a predicted next user message; that draft is Claude, not the user speaking.

Agents on servers

OpenClaw → openclaw-server (managed via Dokploy).
Hermes → hermes-server (Discord gateway). Setup/config docs in library/hermes/.
n8n → n8n-server.

Hermes ops (on hermes-server)

hermes --version            # shows version + commits behind
hermes update               # auto-snapshots, updates deps, rebuilds web UI, restarts gateway itself
hermes gateway status|restart
journalctl --user -u hermes-gateway --since '5 min ago' --no-pager   # gateway logs (systemd USER service)

Default model lives in ~/.hermes/config.yaml under model.provider + model.default — NOT in .env. Change via hermes model (interactive) or edit the yaml directly, then hermes gateway restart to propagate to gateways.
npm EBADENGINE warnings during update (deps want Node >=24, box runs v22) are non-blocking — do not "fix" them.
Deeper docs (Discord/Slack/WhatsApp setup, file structure, vision config): library/hermes/.

Limitations

Adapted from davidondrej/skills; verify local paths, tools, credentials, and agent features before acting.
For commands, remote access, scheduling, browser automation, or file-changing workflows, get explicit user approval and confirm the target environment first.

Use it

Copy one of these into your project. Installing also returns the manifest and these snippets.

yaml

targets:
  - https://api.opensmartroute.ai/api/v1/registry/sickn33-agentic-awesome-skills-vps-server-management/manifest   # or paste the manifest below

Manifest

An Open Capability Manifest: the router reads it to know what this does, what it costs and when to pick it.

sickn33-agentic-awesome-skills-vps-server-management.ocm.jsonjson

{
  "ocm": "1",
  "id": "sickn33-agentic-awesome-skills-vps-server-management",
  "kind": "skill",
  "name": "vps-server-management",
  "description": "Manage authorized VPS hosts and server-side agents through cautious SSH and operations workflows.",
  "publisher": "sickn33",
  "version": "1.0.0",
  "capabilities": {
    "domains": [
      "general"
    ],
    "tags": [
      "skill-md",
      "vps",
      "ssh",
      "server-management",
      "skills-sh"
    ],
    "languages": [
      "en"
    ]
  },
  "quality_prior": 0.6,
  "examples": [
    "Manage authorized VPS hosts and server-side agents through cautious SSH and operations workflows."
  ],
  "primary": false,
  "metadata": {
    "source": {
      "provider": "skills.sh",
      "repository": "https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills",
      "path": "skills/vps-server-management/SKILL.md",
      "ref": "HEAD",
      "url": "https://github.com/sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/blob/HEAD/skills/vps-server-management/SKILL.md",
      "key": "sickn33/agentic-awesome-skills/skills/vps-server-management/SKILL.md"
    },
    "license": "MIT"
  },
  "instructions": "# VPS Server Management\n\n## When to Use\n\n- Use when the user asks to operate an authorized VPS or agent running on a remote host.\n- Use when SSH, deployment, restart, status, or log inspection is needed with explicit permission.\n\nSource of truth: `library/infrastructure.md` (read it for the latest — IPs/expirations change).\n\n## Servers (Hostinger VPS) — 3 total\n\n| Hostname | IP | OS | Purpose | Expires |\n|---|---|---|---|---|\n| openclaw-server | <IP> | Ubuntu 24.04 (Dokploy) | OpenClaw — personal instance | <expiry> |\n| n8n-server | <IP> | Ubuntu 24.04 (n8n) | All n8n workflow automations (pri",
  "cost": {
    "context_tokens": 775
  }
}

Fetch it by URL: GET /api/v1/registry/sickn33-agentic-awesome-skills-vps-server-management/manifest?version=1.0.0

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