linux-server-setup.md

Server Setup: A simple personal cheatsheet

Note: This document is not completed.
This is my personal Linux Server Setup cheatsheet.

VPS

After buy a vps:

1. change root pass
2. make root inactive
3. add new user

adduser mrht74
usermod -aG sudo mrht74```
3. update and upgrade
4. disable and remove cloud services and snapd
  - Reconfigure the cloud-init service, then deselect all the options:
  ```bash
  dpkg-reconfigure cloud-init

• Remove cloud-init:

apt purge cloud-init

• List the services which depend on network being online:

sudo systemctl show -p WantedBy network-online.target

• disable the services and remove the open-iscsi package:

systemctl disable <service name>
apt remove open-iscsi

• remove snapd:

apt purge snapd

5. install python3-pip and python3 and git
6. install vim and best config
7. change the default SSH port

sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config

8. Enable 2FA (optional)
9. use SSH keys

ssh-copy-id mrht74@Remote

10. set ssh config on client

vim ~/.ssh/config 			

11. set webmin Click here
12. Set up a firewall
13. Backup your server
14. Set up monitoring
15. Set up a mail server
16. Install an (S)FTP server
17. Telegram MTProto
    Click here
18. start vpn server
    link 1 link 2