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Getting Started Beginner

10 min read

Deploy Your First Cloud Server

Step-by-step walkthrough of creating a VPS, connecting via SSH, and verifying your deployment. Covers region selection, OS choice, and SSH key setup.

#vps #ssh #linux #ubuntu

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Getting Started Beginner

8 min read

Setting Up Your Control Panel

Install and configure Host Control Panel on a fresh Ubuntu 22.04 server. Manage domains, email, and databases from a clean web UI.

#control-panel #ubuntu #dns #email

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Getting Started Beginner

6 min read

Connect a Domain to Your Server

Point a domain's DNS records to your Host.com server. Covers A, CNAME, MX, and TTL configuration for both new and transferred domains.

#dns #domain #cname #ttl

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Getting Started Beginner

15 min read

Secure Your Server in 15 Minutes

Harden a fresh Linux server: disable root login, configure UFW firewall, set up fail2ban, and enable automatic security updates.

#ufw #fail2ban #linux #ssh

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Applications Intermediate

20 min read

Deploy WordPress with Nginx + SSL

Full LEMP stack setup: MariaDB, PHP-FPM, Nginx vhost, and a free Let's Encrypt certificate. Production-ready from the start.

#nginx #wordpress #ssl #php-fpm

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Applications Intermediate

25 min read

Node.js App with PM2 & Nginx Reverse Proxy

Deploy a Node.js application, keep it running with PM2, and serve it behind Nginx with SSL termination.

#nodejs #pm2 #nginx #ssl

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Applications Intermediate

30 min read

Laravel on Ubuntu 22.04

Complete Laravel deployment: Composer, PHP 8.2, MySQL, Redis, queue workers, and scheduled tasks via cron.

#laravel #php #mysql #redis

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Applications Intermediate

20 min read

Python Flask / FastAPI Deployment

Package a Python web app with Gunicorn, configure Nginx as a reverse proxy, and set up systemd for auto-restart.

#python #gunicorn #nginx #systemd

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Applications Advanced

35 min read

WooCommerce Optimization Guide

Tune a WooCommerce store for performance: object caching with Redis, full-page caching with Nginx FastCGI, CDN integration, and database query optimization.

#woocommerce #redis #nginx #cdn

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DevOps Intermediate

20 min read

Docker & Docker Compose Quickstart

Install Docker Engine, write a Compose file for a multi-container app, and manage container lifecycles. Includes volume and network configuration.

#docker #compose #containers #linux

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DevOps Advanced Editor's Pick

45 min read

Kubernetes Cluster on Host.com

Bootstrap a production-grade k8s cluster using kubeadm: control plane, worker nodes, CNI plugin, Ingress controller, and cert-manager for SSL.

#kubernetes #kubeadm #ingress #cert-manager

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DevOps Intermediate

30 min read

CI/CD Pipeline with GitHub Actions

Build an automated deploy pipeline: lint, test, Docker build, push to registry, and SSH deploy to your Host.com server — all on git push.

#github-actions #cicd #docker #ssh

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DevOps Advanced

40 min read

Terraform Infrastructure as Code

Provision Host.com cloud resources declaratively with Terraform. Version-controlled infra, remote state, and reproducible environments.

#terraform #iac #cloud #devops

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Security Beginner

12 min read

Configure Let's Encrypt SSL

Issue and auto-renew free TLS certificates with Certbot. Covers Nginx and Apache configurations and HTTPS redirect setup.

#ssl #certbot #nginx #https

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Security Intermediate

25 min read

Server Hardening Checklist

Comprehensive hardening: SSH keys, UFW rules, fail2ban, unattended upgrades, CIS Benchmark basics, and audit logging with auditd.

#ssh #ufw #auditd #cis

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Security Advanced

30 min read

DDoS Mitigation & Rate Limiting

Configure Nginx rate limiting, Host.com's DDoS protection tiers, Cloudflare proxy integration, and iptables rules for volumetric attack mitigation.

#ddos #nginx #cloudflare #iptables

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Performance Advanced

35 min read

Nginx Performance Tuning

Worker processes, connection limits, keepalive, gzip compression, browser caching headers, HTTP/2, and TCP optimization for high-throughput web serving.

#nginx #http2 #gzip #tcp

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Performance Advanced

30 min read

Redis Caching Architecture

Deploy Redis for session storage, object caching, and pub/sub. Configure persistence, maxmemory policies, and sentinel for HA.

#redis #caching #sentinel #ha

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