VPS Setup

Get AWS credentials

$ touch ~/.aws/credentials

Generate a key pair for SSH access into the newly minted instances.

$ make primary

$ terraform init
$ terraform plan -out this
$ terraform apply this

Get the public IP

$ terraform output ip

You should be able to login to the new box.

$ ssh -i primary ubuntu@`terraform output ip`

Install Pi hole

$ curl -sSL https://install.pi-hole.net | bash

Pick default answer for all questions, copy the admin password in the last screen. Use the private IP since this instance should not be publicly accessible.

Install wireguard

$ sudo apt install wireguard
$ wg-quick up ./server.conf

Enabling IP forwarding on server

$ Uncomment `net.ipv4.ip_forward=1` in /etc/sysctl.conf
$ sudo sysctl -p

Reading list

https://github.com/n1trux/awesome-sysadmin https://github.com/Kickball/awesome-selfhosted https://blog.albertoacuna.com/using-terraform-to-create-an-ec2-instance-within-a-public-subnet-in-aws/