--- title: "Server Dashboard" source: "https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/portal/servers/" description: "Manage your servers from one dashboard. View server details, monitor bandwidth, reboot, and access all your server information in the portal." vertical: "Hosting" date: "2025-07-17" last_modified: "2026-07-23" --- # Server Dashboard Managing a hosting environment, whether it is a single virtual private server or a complex cluster of dedicated machines, can quickly become overwhelming if you have to track down IPs, passwords, and configurations across multiple different tools. You need a single pane of glass to oversee your infrastructure. Your Server Dashboard, located inside the Liquid Web Account Portal, is designed to be that central command center. From this single interface, you have complete, top-down visibility and direct control over your digital assets. Whether you need to securely retrieve a lost root password, route a new Virtual IP, or safely decommission an old machine, these guides will help you navigate your portal with confidence. **Explore the guides below to learn how to:** - **Configure & Control:** Adjust your core server settings, manage your monitoring addons, and learn the safe, proper procedure for permanently canceling or destroying a server when it is no longer needed. - **Locate Core Server Details:** Quickly find your server’s unique IP address, understand the exact function of your Hostname, and learn how Virtual IPs (VIPs) provide high availability. - **Manage Access & Security:** Securely retrieve lost server credentials and ensure you correctly report updated root passwords so our Support team is never locked out during an emergency. --- Server Dashboard Articles 7 results Use the resources below to learn how to navigate your server dashboard in the **portal.nexcess.com** portal and leverage its powerful features to streamline your server administration tasks. - ## [Cancel Services or Servers](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/portal/servers/cancel-services-or-servers/) Cancel services in the Liquid Web Account Portal. This guide shows how to permanently destroy a server and warns you to back up all data first. [Read more: Cancel Services or Servers](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/portal/servers/cancel-services-or-servers/) - ## [Finding Your Server IP Address](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/portal/servers/finding-your-server-ip-address/) Each server has a unique IP address, often the same as your website’s. Used for control panel access, maintenance, and troubleshooting like monitoring email reputation and logging in via SSH/RDP. Find it in your Liquid Web account, cPanel, or Plesk. [Read more: Finding Your Server IP Address](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/portal/servers/finding-your-server-ip-address/) - ## [Finding your server password](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/portal/servers/finding-your-server-password/) Easily retrieve your lost server password via Liquid Web’s portal under Servers > Password and Username. [Read more: Finding your server password](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/portal/servers/finding-your-server-password/) - ## [Report Updated Server Passwords](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/portal/servers/report-updated-server-passwords/) Report any changes with your server’s root password to avoid locking out our Support team from working on your server. [Read more: Report Updated Server Passwords](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/portal/servers/report-updated-server-passwords/) - ## [Server Settings](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/portal/servers/server-settings/) Manage server settings, add-ons, and monitoring from the Settings tab. [Read more: Server Settings](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/portal/servers/server-settings/) - ## [What is a Hostname?](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/portal/servers/what-is-a-hostname/) While often confused with a domain name, a hostname is a label used to identify a specific computer or server on a network, like the internet or a LAN. [Read more: What is a Hostname?](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/portal/servers/what-is-a-hostname/) - ## [What is a Virtual IP?](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/portal/servers/what-is-a-virtual-ip/) Virtual IPs (VIPs) can float between servers, enabling high availability for public/private services like HTTP or MySQL on Cloud or Bare Metal. [Read more: What is a Virtual IP?](https://docs.nexcess.com/hosting/portal/servers/what-is-a-virtual-ip/)