14 tutorials · 12 guides
Install Node.js 24 LTS and npm on Ubuntu 24.04 on a Raff VM. Covers NodeSource, nvm, build tools, local HTTP testing, Express, and cleanup.
Install WireGuard VPN on Ubuntu 24.04 on a Raff VM. Configure keys, IPv4 forwarding, NAT, UFW, full-tunnel routing, client access, and verification.
Install MongoDB 8.0 on Ubuntu 24.04 from the official repository. Enable authentication, create an app user, verify CRUD, and secure port 27017.
Install Caddy web server on a Raff Ubuntu 24.04 VM with automatic HTTPS. This tutorial covers installation, site configuration, automatic Let's Encrypt certificates, reverse proxy setup, and comparison with Nginx.
Install MariaDB 10.11 on Ubuntu 24.04, secure root access, create an app database and user, verify CRUD, and protect port 3306.
Install Python 3 and pip on a Raff Ubuntu 24.04 VM. This tutorial covers the default installation, virtual environments, pip package management, and running your first Python script.
Install and configure fail2ban on a Raff Ubuntu 24.04 VM. This step-by-step tutorial covers SSH jail setup, custom ban rules, log monitoring, and integration with UFW.
Set up SSH keys on Ubuntu 24.04 with Ed25519, ssh-copy-id, ssh-agent, safe password disabling, OpenSSH drop-ins, troubleshooting, and key rotation.
Install MySQL 8.0 on Ubuntu 24.04, keep root on auth_socket, create an app database and user, verify CRUD, and secure port 3306.
Harden an Ubuntu 24.04 server with SSH keys, safe OpenSSH drop-ins, UFW, automatic security updates, service auditing, Fail2Ban, and recovery planning.
Set up UFW on Ubuntu 24.04 without losing SSH access. Configure IPv4 and IPv6 rules, web ports, source restrictions, logging, and Docker caveats.
Install PostgreSQL 18 on Ubuntu 24.04 from the official PGDG repository. Create a database and role, verify SCRAM authentication, and run a CRUD test.
Install and configure Nginx on Ubuntu 24.04: UFW firewall, custom server block, logs, the latest-version option from nginx.org, and a clean uninstall.
Install Docker Engine and Docker Compose on Ubuntu 24.04 from Docker’s official APT repository. Verify the service, learn basic commands, and uninstall cleanly.
Learn Linux commands for cloud servers with a task-based reference for SSH, files, services, logs, networking, security, monitoring, and troubleshooting.
Learn how to safely set up block storage volumes on Linux VMs with disk checks, mount paths, fstab, permissions, backups, and restore planning.
Learn Linux volume expansion across disks, partitions, LVM, ext4, and XFS, with safer checks, verification, and rollback planning for production VMs.
Learn when WordPress VPS hosting beats shared and managed hosting, with a decision framework for traffic, control, WooCommerce, cost, and operations.
Compare VPS and reseller hosting for agencies by client isolation, control, support, margins, scaling, migration, and operational responsibility.
Compare VPS hosting with and without cPanel across license cost, resource use, control, email, security, multi-site management, and custom app compatibility.
Learn how to choose VPS hosting by comparing control, management, sizing, operating systems, pricing, security, reliability, recovery, and growth requirements.
Learn the difference between VPS, cloud VM, and cloud server, when the terms overlap, and how to choose the right virtual server for apps, websites, and workloads.
Learn how to debug a website not loading on a cloud VM. Check DNS, firewall, web server status, ports, app processes, and logs.
Learn how self-hosting apps on Raff works, what tools to host, which VM size to choose, and when a VPS beats managed platforms.
Compare Podman vs Docker across rootless security, Compose compatibility, systemd integration, networking, storage, and migration risk.
Use this VPS setup checklist after deployment to configure updates, SSH access, firewall rules, monitoring, backups, DNS, and recovery in the right order.
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