Help with VPS

Well, I bought a VPS.

I mainly got it so I can learn new sheit but what all can I do on it?

RE: Help with VPS hi sir what kind of help you need? let me knw please

03-02-2018, 12:44 PM

httpgux Wrote: Well, I bought a VPS.

I mainly got it so I can learn new sheit but what all can I do on it?

What type of help do you need? Also is this VPS Windows OS or Linux OS?

why did you buy it if you don't know what do do with it? what did you want to learn in the first place?

okokok here goes:
-learn c programming because gcc is a million times easier to use on linux than the mingw alternative.
-learn bash scripting because windows is a botnet and i dont trust their bash
-learn in general how to do shit on linux, ie. set up services or cronjobs, setting up a variety of servers, set up a gitlab for your programming shit
-use it for any bots you have or wanna write, like in node or go or whatever, no one cares what language.

Lol, it depends what you like. You can run a game server off of it, Teamspeak, webhosting etc. You can run a Discord bot, shiet, you could do heaps of shit. It depends what you're into?

03-02-2018, 12:44 PM

httpgux Wrote: Well, I bought a VPS.

I mainly got it so I can learn new sheit but what all can I do on it?

You can host websites (can start web hosting too)
You can host crypto.mining pools
Thats what i do with vps :p

You can do everything you failed to do with your local pc just because you cant keep it turned on 27*7

23-02-2018, 02:02 PM

seanjin17 Wrote: You can host websites (can start web hosting too)
You can host crypto.mining pools
Thats what i do with vps :p

You can do everything you failed to do with your local pc just because you cant keep it turned on 27*7

I didnt know that we have 27 hours in a day :D

If you have no idea what your doing, I'd learn security and firewalling first. Learn how to read logs.

Without a firewall, i'm assuming port 22 is open to the world. If you look at /var/log/auth.log, you'll find hundreds of people trying to login to your box with bogus usernames/passwords. Having a firewall setup to only allow connections in from your home ip would lock the box down.

The next thing I'd consider learning is how to setup a basic web server (apache/php/mysql) - LAMP stack. This is a pretty common linux stack and it's extremely useful for personal or friends.

I'd also look into user accounts on the linux machine, and securing sudo, etc.

If you're logging in via the ROOT account, you need to not be. I'd disable root logins and create a user account for yourself with sudo. usermod -aG sudo username

Just some things to look at.

24-02-2018, 09:26 PM

imfearless Wrote: If you have no idea what your doing, I'd learn security and firewalling first. Learn how to read logs.

Without a firewall, i'm assuming port 22 is open to the world. If you look at /var/log/auth.log, you'll find hundreds of people trying to login to your box with bogus usernames/passwords. Having a firewall setup to only allow connections in from your home ip would lock the box down.

The next thing I'd consider learning is how to setup a basic web server (apache/php/mysql) - LAMP stack. This is a pretty common linux stack and it's extremely useful for personal or friends.

I'd also look into user accounts on the linux machine, and securing sudo, etc.

If you're logging in via the ROOT account, you need to not be. I'd disable root logins and create a user account for yourself with sudo. usermod -aG sudo username

Just some things to look at.

Also SSH Keys, passwords arent thing anymore for VPS (atleast this is my idea of security in 2018)

You can try to install again system and find on internet SSH" keys maybe you have lucky