Running a VPS

Cut spam and brute-force logins by blocking traffic from specific countries using CSF's CC_DENY on a VPS or Cloudflare firewall rules - step by step.

Skip the extra Varnish daemon. Set up Nginx's built-in FastCGI cache to speed up PHP-FPM sites on your VPS, with safe rules for logged-in users and carts.

Fix Windows VPS RDP connection errors and stop brute-force login attempts with port changes, NLA, firewall rules, and strict account lockout policies.

WHM showing a cPanel license verification error? Here's why it happens after IP changes, firewall blocks, or clock drift, and how to fix it fast.

Run your own private Git server on a VPS with Gitea. Step-by-step setup with Docker, Nginx reverse proxy, HTTPS, SSH push, and backup tips.

VPS disk full because of Docker? Learn why images, logs, and volumes pile up, and how to safely clear them with docker system prune and log rotation limits.

Restore MySQL to the exact second before a bad query hit with binary log point-in-time recovery. Setup, restore steps, and mistakes to avoid.

Provision VPS servers with Terraform instead of clicking through a dashboard: write reusable, version-controlled infrastructure code, step by step.

Set up Traefik on your VPS to auto-route Docker containers and issue Let's Encrypt SSL with zero config reloads. Step-by-step guide with fixes for common err...

Locked out of your VPS with SSH "Permission denied (publickey)"? Every real cause - wrong key, bad permissions, SELinux, sshd_config - and the fix for each.

SELinux blocking Nginx with 403 or Permission denied on your AlmaLinux VPS? Read the AVC denial, fix file contexts, booleans and ports the right way.

Learn how DNS failover keeps your site online when your VPS goes down, with practical Cloudflare, DNS provider, and self-managed failover setup steps.

Learn how to configure Nginx limit_req to stop bot floods and brute-force attacks on your VPS, with real config examples, testing steps, and common mistakes.

Install RabbitMQ on an Ubuntu VPS, lock down the default guest account, open it safely for remote workers, and fix the connection errors that trip people up.

New VPS mail server landing in spam despite correct SPF/DKIM/DMARC? Learn the IP warmup ramp-up schedule that builds sender reputation properly.

Step-by-step guide to deploying Django or Flask on a VPS with Gunicorn, Nginx as a reverse proxy, and systemd, so it survives reboots, crashes, and deploys.

Managing dozens of WordPress sites on one VPS or WHM reseller account? Use a safe WP-CLI loop script to update plugins, themes, and core everywhere at once.

Run cloudflared on your VPS to expose n8n, Grafana, or admin dashboards through Cloudflare Tunnel — no open inbound ports, no cert to manage.

Self-host n8n workflow automation on a VPS using Docker, Postgres, and Nginx with HTTPS, plus fixes for webhook, encryption key, and disk-space errors.

Learn how to load test your VPS with ab, wrk, and k6 before a launch or sale, and fix the PHP-FPM, MySQL, and Nginx limits that cause it to fall over.

Install MinIO on your VPS for self-hosted S3-compatible object storage: systemd service, Nginx TLS proxy, bucket policies, and fixes for common errors.

Docker quietly filling your VPS disk with old images, logs, and volumes? Find out what's eating space and clean it up safely without breaking containers.

Running Docker Compose on a VPS? Fix containers that vanish after reboot, port conflicts with Nginx, volume permission errors, and lost data, the right way.

Go beyond Netdata's live view: install Prometheus and Grafana on your VPS for long-term history, multi-server dashboards, and real alerts.