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Essential Linux Commands Every VPS Owner Should Know
New to the command line? This is the practical toolkit — navigation, files, permissions, processes, services, networking and disk — that runs a VPS day to day.
How to Secure a Self-Hosted WordPress Site
WordPress powers a huge share of the web, which makes it a huge target. Harden your self-hosted install at the server, app, and login layers.
How to Set Up DKIM on a Self-Hosted Mail Server
Generate a DKIM key, publish it in DNS and sign outgoing mail on your own Postfix server with OpenDKIM. The full command-by-command walkthrough.
How to Point a Subdomain to a Different App or Port
Run several apps on one VPS, each on its own subdomain — api.yourdomain.com, app.yourdomain.com — using a reverse proxy. DNS plus the Nginx and Caddy configs.
How to Set Up Business Email on a Custom Domain
Get professional you@yourdomain.com email working, whatever your options — managed provider or self-hosted. The DNS records, the trade-offs, and the setup path.
How to Set Up Reverse DNS (PTR) for a Mail Server
A missing or wrong PTR record is the fastest way to get your mail server's email rejected. Here's how reverse DNS works and how to set the PTR correctly.
How to Self-Host Vaultwarden Behind an Nginx Reverse Proxy
Already run Nginx? Here's how to put Vaultwarden behind it properly — real config, Let's Encrypt TLS, WebSocket support and the security headers that matter.
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 FastAPI App with Uvicorn and Nginx
Ship a FastAPI app to production on Ubuntu 24.04 using Uvicorn workers under Gunicorn, a systemd service, and an Nginx reverse proxy.
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 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.
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