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Ordering and Setting Up a VPS

Step-by-step: choose a plan, install OS, harden SSH access.

🕒 Updated: 23.08.2026 11:24
#vps #server #ssh #setup

1. Choose a plan

Compare VPS plans by vCPU, RAM, NVMe SSD and traffic. Each plan includes one public IPv4, a /64 IPv6 subnet and 1 Gbps uplink.

2. Select operating system

Recommended images:

  • Ubuntu 24.04 LTS (default)
  • Debian 12
  • Rocky Linux 9
  • Alpine Linux 3.20 (minimal)

3. Secure SSH access

  1. After first install authenticate with SSH keys only, never with password
  2. Disable root login
  3. Install Fail2ban
  4. Open only required ports via firewall (ufw/nftables)

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