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Best Minecraft Plugins for 2026 (Paper/Spigot)
The essential Paper and Spigot plugins for 2026: permissions, anti-grief, cross-play, Discord integration, live maps, and performance tools.
How to Set Up Health Checks and Auto-Restart for Services
Services crash. With systemd restart policies, watchdogs and simple health checks, yours come back automatically instead of staying down until you notice.
How to Tune Linux Performance for a Busy Server
When traffic climbs, defaults hold you back. Tune file limits, network buffers, sysctl parameters and services to squeeze more out of your VPS.
How to Secure Docker Containers
Containers aren't secure by default. Run as non-root, drop capabilities, limit resources, scan images and lock down the daemon on your VPS.
How to Monitor a Linux VPS (htop, netdata and more)
You can't fix what you can't see. Learn the essential Linux monitoring tools — from quick htop checks to a full netdata dashboard with alerts.
DDoS Protection Basics for a VPS
What a DDoS attack actually is, what you can mitigate at the server level, and where you genuinely need upstream protection. A realistic primer.
How to Protect a VPS from Brute-Force Attacks
Bots relentlessly guess logins against every public server. Here's a layered playbook — keys, firewall, rate limits and bans — to make brute-forcing pointless.
How to Set Up a Necesse Dedicated Server
Host a persistent Necesse world for your group: install the server via SteamCMD or its Java build, open port 14159, configure the world, and run it as a service.
How to Set Up a Headless Factorio Server on a VPS
Run a Factorio headless server the right way: direct download (no SteamCMD needed), port 34197, mod syncing, and why this is the game where RAM barely matters.
How to Set Up a Terraria Server with tModLoader
Run a modded Terraria server with tModLoader: SteamCMD install, enabling mods like Calamity, matching mod lists across players, and a persistent systemd service.
How to Add Mods to a Project Zomboid Server
Add Steam Workshop mods to your Project Zomboid server the right way: Workshop IDs vs Mod IDs, load order, and why the two lists have to line up exactly.
How to Set Up a 7 Days to Die Dedicated Server
Run a persistent 7 Days to Die world that survives horde night and reboots: SteamCMD install, serverconfig.xml, port 26900, and a systemd service. Linux beats Windows here.
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