https://jhsc.io/categories/devops/Recent content in devops on JHSCHugo -- gohugo.ioen-usMon, 27 Aug 2018 23:55:46 +0000https://jhsc.io/post/2018-08-27-simple-server-setup/Mon, 27 Aug 2018 23:55:46 +0000https://jhsc.io/post/2018-08-27-simple-server-setup/Ubuntu VPS setup (Ubuntu 16.04.4 x64) Here are some base guidelines I follow when setting up a new VPS manually without configuration management. These steps if anything make the system more secure overall and provide a good starting point from which you can setup the services/software’s required for the purpose of the VPS. Once you do that the rest of the process is split into three sections: Create a non-root user Secure server (UFW, Fail2ban) Install docker Intall docker-compose Setup VPS user account ssh root@your.