Linux Server Management Since 2005

Linux Server Management That Doesn’t Disappear at 3 a.m.

We resolve server emergencies without ever needing to ask you, by system administrators with 8+ years managing production web hosting servers, at $65 per server with built-in volume and prepay discounts.

Managing Linux servers across cPanel, Plesk, DirectAdmin, Virtualmin & panel-less Linux since 2005.

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21 years in business 5 to 10 minute urgent response 30-day money-back guarantee
Linux Server Management System Administrator
Since 2005 21 years in business
8+ years Per admin on production hosting
5–10 min Urgent ticket response
30-day Money-back guarantee
Compatible With

We manage every common control panel, on every cloud and hosting provider in common use.

Choose Your Plan

Our Server Management Plans

Every plan is $65 per server per month and includes the full set of server management services below. Pick the plan that matches your control panel, or run vanilla Linux without one.

Save 20% at five servers or more, plus 5–15% off with quarterly, semi-annual, or annual prepay. See full pricing →

Most popular cPanel Server Management

cPanel Server Management

$65/ month

24/7 cPanel and WHM support, hardening, monitoring, migrations, MySQL and MariaDB tuning, and patching by senior administrators with 8+ years managing production web hosting servers.

  • 24/7 cPanel / WHM support
  • Hardening, patching & monitoring
  • MySQL / MariaDB tuning
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Plesk Server Management

Plesk Server Management

$65/ month

Plesk Onyx and Obsidian server hardening, optimization, software installations, monitoring, and 24/7 support for outages, migrations, disaster recovery, and updates.

  • 24/7 Plesk support
  • Hardening, patching & monitoring
  • MySQL / MariaDB tuning
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DirectAdmin Server Management

DirectAdmin Server Management

$65/ month

Ongoing 24/7 DirectAdmin support for outages, migrations, disaster recovery, troubleshooting, and updates — with CustomBuild web stack tuning and Let’s Encrypt automation.

  • 24/7 DirectAdmin support
  • Hardening & monitoring
  • Migrations, DR & updates
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Virtualmin Server Management

Virtualmin Server Management

$65/ month

Virtualmin server hardening, optimization, software installations, monitoring, and 24/7 support — for both Virtualmin GPL and Pro on Webmin, with Let’s Encrypt automation.

  • 24/7 Virtualmin support
  • Hardening & optimization
  • Software installations
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Linux Server Management

Linux Server Management For servers without a control panel

$65/ month

Full Linux server management for vanilla servers without a control panel — Ubuntu, Debian, AlmaLinux, Rocky Linux, CentOS, RHEL — with hardening, mail deliverability, and 24/7 support. We’ll also help you migrate off end-of-life CentOS to AlmaLinux or Ubuntu LTS.

  • Ubuntu, Debian, Alma, Rocky, CentOS, RHEL
  • 24/7 hardening & monitoring
  • Same-day migrations
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What You Get

All management plans include

24/7/365 Support

Round-the-clock support from senior system administrators. Standard tickets respond in 10 to 30 minutes; urgent tickets in 5 to 10. No ticket limit, no hourly charges.

Disaster Recovery

Rapid recovery after hard-drive crashes, hacks, ransomware, or accidental deletion. A senior administrator picks up the ticket and works around the clock until your server is back online.

Server Monitoring

Constant 24/7 monitoring of every service running on your Linux server. Alerts land in our management queue, not on your phone, with 5 to 10 minute admin response day or night.

Server Hardening

Defend against hackers, malware, and brute-force attacks with included Linux server hardening on every plan — CSF firewall, Login Failure Daemon, ModSecurity, and SSH lock-down.

Server Optimization

Performance tuning for Apache, NginX, LiteSpeed, PHP-FPM, MySQL, and MariaDB so your sites load faster and handle more traffic without growing the bill.

Server Migrations

Same-day Linux server migrations between hosts, panels, or clouds, with the final fast-sync just before DNS flips so end users wake up on new hardware without a status-page incident.

Frequently Asked

Server Management Quick FAQ

Looking for something else? Search our extensive FAQ here.

What happens after I signup?
You’ll get an email asking you to log in to our ticket system and send us four things: server login details, a list of authorized contacts at your company, emergency phone numbers, and your hosting provider’s support credentials so we can request reboots or hardware help when needed.
Is my information kept secure?
Yes. Logins and passwords entered in our ticket system’s sensitive-data fields are deleted automatically within 24 hours of the ticket closing — both data you send us and data we send you. Our production systems live in a locked rack at PhoenixNAP, with access blocked except from our internal network. You’re also free to rotate any password you’ve shared with us after onboarding.
Is your support 24/7/365?
Yes — we’ve been providing 24/7/365 Linux server support since 2005.
What is the average ticket response time and average ticket resolution time?
Standard tickets are answered within 10 to 30 minutes — often faster, depending on volume. Urgent tickets are answered within 5 to 10 minutes.
How many years of experience do your technicians have?
Every system administrator at Server Surgeon has at least eight years’ experience in Linux system administration, specializing in the web hosting industry.
How long have you been in business?
Server Surgeon has been managing Linux servers since 2005.
Do you limit the hours of support per month a customer can use?
No. There are no ticket limits and no hour caps. Customers with major issues often use much more time in their first month, and we never charge extra for it.
Is there any fixed term contract?
We ask for a three-month minimum because server-management setup takes real work up front. If you cancel earlier, you’ll still be billed for the three months. For one-time support or a server-setup project, please contact our sales department for a quote.
What is your refund policy?
We provide a 30-day money-back guarantee on all our services.
Are there any additional fees or setup charges?
No setup fees and no surprise charges for support. Our optional Linux Server Backup is the only paid add-on.
Do you backup my server as part of the server management?
No. You can add our Linux Server Backup when ordering server management to get monitored offsite backups.

Still have questions? Browse our 150+ question FAQ or contact our sales team.

About Server Surgeon

About Server Surgeon

Server Surgeon has been providing server management services for vanilla Linux and Linux control panel servers since 2005. Our plans include Linux server hardening, optimization, 24/7 monitoring as well as support for server outages, troubleshooting, migrations, disaster recovery, software installations, and more. Give us a call at +1-213-291-9191 to find out more about our server management plans or order online today.

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  • 20+ years managing Linux servers — since 2005
  • Expert sysadmins on every ticket — no outsourcing
  • Prepaid & bulk-server discounts for fleets

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“Thank you for keeping me updated and for your fabulous support today. I can see that my client's websites are running just fine and email services are back to normal. You (Alexander) and Edward have provided exceptional service, thank you again!”

Paul Fabulous Support

“Just wanted to give kudos to your team, Thomas in particular. You guys saved us again today with your backup service. He was able to pull a huge database from July and install it so we could access it and extract some vital lost data. You guys have always been great.”

Kevin Backup Investment

“I have been using your services now for over 5 years and am extremely pleased with the relationship that we have established. Just set it and forget it — you provide a much-needed coverage in our gap between what we know, what we don't, and what we just don't know that we don't know…”

Scott Extremely Pleased

“Server Surgeon is awesome! I'm so grateful for your swift responses and help with the server. It's good to feel less of a victim now with a fighting chance against hackers.”

Larry Awesome

“Wow, I am really impressed. The turnaround was great, emails from the admins were clear and the monitoring panel is terrific. It's clear that you have perfected the process. I wish I had called you last week instead of agonizing over how hard finding someone was going to be.”

Carol Monitoring

“It's really nice to be able to concentrate on doing what we do best — web design, development and SEO — rather than spending hours/days on Linux forums hoping to find a fix, when in reality we haven't got a clue how to manage a Linux server to the commercial standard that's required.”

Chong Keeps Us Focused

Why Customers Came to Us

You’ve Been Burned by a Server Management Provider Before

Most of our new customers come to us cautious. They have been burned before.

By a vendor that promised 24/7 support and went silent at 3 a.m. By a vendor that promised fast ticket response and made you wait twelve hours for a reply. By a tier ladder that turned every ticket into an invoice question. By a managed option that managed nothing.

We have heard those stories for twenty-one years.

Server Surgeon is the firm we wished we could have called when we were on the other side of the table. Every system administrator on the team has 8+ years managing production web hosting servers. Five to ten minute urgent response. Crashed servers rebooted in under ten minutes. One per-server price with no add-ons. Unlimited tickets.

The customers who try us tend to stay. Because they do not get burned again.

Wake Up to a Resolved Ticket

Try Server Surgeon for thirty days. If we are not the right fit, the money-back guarantee is the easiest check we ever sign. Most customers stay because they do not get burned again.

No setup fees · 30-day money back · No contracts

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