I have a Hetzner-hosted Ubuntu box that suddenly refuses SSH access—“Permission denied” appears right after I accept the host key, so something beyond the usual password mismatch is blocking me. Using the Hetzner VNC console you’ll: • reset the root password with passwd • drop in my public key and verify key-based login works • leave password login enabled as a fallback Once SSH is solid, move on to bringing my Interactive Brokers trading bot online. The code sits around /root/configurable-alpaca-trading-bot/backtest (exact path to be confirmed). I need the bot running completely headless—no GUI, no RDP, no Alpaca wrappers: • install TWS / IB Gateway plus IBC and any missing Python or Java dependencies • populate the .ini files for one-click, headless auto-login (I’ll pass credentials via a secure method) • launch the strategy under screen or, preferably, a systemd service that: – autostarts on boot – relaunches after a crash – writes rotating logs I can tail over SSH There’s a small bug to squash as well: backtest timestamps don’t line up with live IBKR data. Sync the server timezone/UTC settings so logs from backtests and live trades match perfectly. Deliverables I expect from you: 1. Working SSH access (both key and password). 2. IBKR bot live in paper mode first, then switched to live trading. 3. systemd unit file (or the single reconnect command if you choose screen) committed to /etc/systemd/system. 4. Clean, continuously updated log file. 5. A brief screenshare at the end showing everything reboot-proof. The entire job should take about two hours for a seasoned Linux engineer.