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How to secure your new VPS: a step-by-step guide

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47 points todsacerdoti | 1 comments | 22 Oct 24 00:52 UTC | HN request time: 0.203s | source
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fny ◴[22 Oct 24 02:11 UTC] No.41910502[source]▶
It’s insane to me that in 2024 it still takes this much back and forth to set up a server.

I even recently tried automating this but quickly realized I was falling into an XKCD trap because the process is so damn painful.

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1. __mattya ◴[22 Oct 24 02:23 UTC] No.41910581[source]▶
Most cloud providers will accept a cloud init cloud config file. Sometimes they call it a “script” but they still accept the Yaml file if it has the `#cloud-config`.

There are modules for setting up ssh, adding users, installing packages, etc.

https://cloudinit.readthedocs.io/en/latest/index.html