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Securing, hosting and deploying on a VPS: hands-on articles, commands included.
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Securing a freshly rented VPS: the 7 essential settings
Sudo user, SSH key, root and passwords disabled, ufw firewall, fail2ban, automatic security updates and backups: the commands for Ubuntu and Debian.
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Fail2ban explained simply: what it does and how to check it
Jails, bantime, findtime and maxretry, the jail.local file, fail2ban-client status sshd, unbanning an IP: understand fail2ban and check that it protects your VPS.
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Which VPS to choose for hosting your projects in 2026
Memory, CPU, location, IPv4, snapshots, support: the criteria that matter when choosing a VPS, and a neutral tour of Hetzner, OVHcloud, Contabo and others.
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