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Getting started with a Linux VPS
Harden a new Ubuntu VPS with updates, a non-root administrator, SSH keys, a firewall, automatic security updates, monitoring, and backups.
How to monitor a Linux web server
Build a practical monitoring baseline for availability, capacity, services, certificates, logs, backups, and user-facing transactions.
Secure SSH and firewall access on an Ubuntu VPS
Use key-based SSH, configuration validation, least privilege, and UFW rules without locking yourself out of a remote Ubuntu server.
How to size a VPS without overpaying
Estimate CPU, memory, disk, and transfer from real workload evidence, leave honest headroom, and resize when measurements say so.