VPS Hardening Checklist Before Public Launch
Lock down SSH, firewall defaults, and update posture in one pass.
Latest deployment notes
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Essential self-hosting guides
Docker + Nginx Reverse Proxy Setup for Multiple Sites
A practical routing setup for running several apps on one server.
Backup and Restore Drill for Self-Hosted Projects
Test recovery paths before incidents happen in production.
Latest deployment notes
PM2 vs Docker process management tradeoffs
When each approach works best and where teams usually get burned.
How to rotate secrets without breaking deploys
A safe pattern for updating credentials across running services.
Monitor disk, memory, and CPU before incidents
Simple alerting thresholds that catch common VPS failure modes.
Blue-green deploy pattern for low-risk releases
Ship updates with a rollback path and less downtime risk.
Reverse proxy mistakes that cause random 502s
Fix upstream, timeout, and header issues that break production traffic.
Self-hosted logging stack for small teams
Capture enough logs to troubleshoot quickly without overbuilding.