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In this video, CJ shows you how to configure and lock-down a Virtual Private Server running Ubuntu 22.04. With this base VPS setup, you can begin hosting your own apps and services. This is the first part in a series on self hosting.

00:00 Intro
00:59 The What and Why of Virtual Private Servers
03:22 Connect to your VPS with SSH
05:14 Update package lists and Upgrade packages
09:16 Change root password
09:56 Create non-root user
13:08 Login with SSH Key
15:19 Disable Password Login
17:36 Disable root login
18:25 Network and Firewall Policy
19:11 Closed unused ports
20:15 Change default SSH port
21:31 Restrict port access to a specific IP
22:29 Enable and configure automatic updates
24:38 Thanks!

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Github - generate an SSH key - https://docs.github.com/en/authentication/connecting-to-github-with-ssh/generating-a-new-ssh-key-and-adding-it-to-the-ssh-agent

XKCD 149 - https://xkcd.com/149/

unattended-upgrades reference - https://github.com/mvo5/unattended-upgrades?tab=readme-ov-file#supported-options-reference

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Terms and Topics Covered:

Terminal Emulator - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Terminal_emulator
SSH - Secure Shell - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Secure_Shell
VPS - Virtual Private Server - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Virtual_private_server
Brute Force Attack - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Brute-force_attack
Exploit - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Exploit_(computer_security)
Vulnerability - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Vulnerability_(computing)
Self Hosting - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Self-hosting_(web_services)
Media Server - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Media_server
PaaS - Platform as a service - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Platform_as_a_service
Ubuntu - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Ubuntu
Debian - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Debian
Principle of least privilege - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Principle_of_least_privilege
Superuser - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Superuser
sudo - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sudo
Public-key cryptography - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Public-key_cryptography
gnu Nano - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/GNU_nano
port Computer Networking - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Port_(computer_networking)
Firewall - https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Firewall_(computing)

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Self Host-able Services Mentioned:

Awesome Selfhosted - https://github.com/awesome-selfhosted/awesome-selfhosted

Media Servers
Plex - https://www.plex.tv/
Jellyfin - https://jellyfin.org/
Emby - https://emby.media/

File Sharing
Nextcloud - https://nextcloud.com/

Password Managers
Bitwarden - https://bitwarden.com/blog/host-your-own-open-source-password-manager/
Passbolt - https://www.passbolt.com/self-hosted-password-manager

Error Tracking / Monitoring
Sentry - https://develop.sentry.dev/self-hosted/

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Self Host-able PaaS Mentioned:

piku - https://github.com/piku/piku
dokku - https://dokku.com/
kubero - https://github.com/kubero-dev/kubero
caprover - https://caprover.com/
coolify - https://coolify.io/

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Paas - Platform as a Service Mentioned:

Vercel - https://vercel.com/
Netlify - https://www.netlify.com/
Heroku - https://www.heroku.com/
fly.io - https://fly.io/
Render - https://render.com/
Railway - https://railway.app/

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Hosted Database Providers Mentioned:

AWS RDS - https://aws.amazon.com/rds/
PlanetScale - https://planetscale.com/
Neon - https://neon.tech/

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