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How to Install code-server (VS Code in the Browser)
Run VS Code in your browser from your VPS: install code-server on Ubuntu 24.04, secure it behind Nginx with HTTPS, and code from anywhere.
How to Host a Static Website with Nginx
Serve a fast static site — plain HTML or a built React/Vue/Hugo bundle — with Nginx on Ubuntu 24.04, with correct caching and HTTPS.
How to Deploy a Flask App with Gunicorn and Nginx
Take a Flask app to production on Ubuntu 24.04: a virtualenv, Gunicorn as the WSGI server, a systemd service, and an Nginx reverse proxy.
How to Install MongoDB on Ubuntu
Install MongoDB Community Edition on Ubuntu 24.04 from the official repo, enable authentication, and create your first database and user.
How to Install Portainer to Manage Docker
Portainer gives Docker a clean web UI: containers, images, volumes, logs, and Compose stacks in your browser. Install it securely on a VPS.
How to Deploy a Next.js App to a VPS
Build, run, and serve a production Next.js app on Ubuntu 24.04: PM2 process management, an Nginx reverse proxy, and free HTTPS.
How to Install Node.js on a VPS with NVM
Install Node.js the right way using NVM so you can switch versions per project, update painlessly, and avoid sudo-npm headaches.
Securing your first Linux VPS: 10 steps
A fresh VPS is exposed to the whole internet within minutes. These ten practical steps lock it down without turning you into a full-time sysadmin.
Customizing your game server: configs, mods, and performance
A deployed game server is just the start. Here's how to customize configs, add mods and plugins, tune performance and manage files on your Nxeon game server.
How to back up a VPS (and actually restore it)
A backup you can't restore is worthless. Learn the layers of VPS backups — snapshots, file backups and database dumps — plus how to automate and test them.
Vibe coding: build websites and apps with no code on a VPS
Describe what you want in plain English and let AI build it, run it, and put it online — all on a server you own. Here's how vibe coding on a VPS works.
How to enable automatic security updates on Linux
Unpatched servers get hacked. Learn to enable unattended security updates on Ubuntu/Debian and dnf-automatic on AlmaLinux/Rocky so critical fixes install themselves.
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