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How to Set Up a VPS for Beginners, from a Beginner (Part 1: Securing the Base System)

20 May 2026

Part 1 of a journey learning how I set up my first VPS on Debian 13 Minimal. This part focuses on initial access, system updates, SSH keys, user separation, and SSH hardening to secure the base system before any services are deployed.

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How to Set Up a VPS for Beginners, from a Beginner (Part 2: Firewall, Bans, and Automatic Updates)

21 May 2026

Part 2 of a journey learning how I set up my first VPS on Debian 13 Minimal. Fixing the Debian 13 SSH port gotcha, adding swap, closing every port with ufw, banning repeat offenders with fail2ban, and letting security patches apply themselves.

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How to Set Up a VPS for Beginners, from a Beginner (Part 3: Rootless Podman and the First Container)

22 May 2026

Part 3 of a journey learning how I set up my first VPS on Debian 13 Minimal. Getting rootless Podman working properly - the packages Debian Minimal leaves out, UID mapping, lingering, privileged ports, and running a first container as a systemd Quadlet service.

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How to Set Up a VPS for Beginners, from a Beginner (Part 4: Caddy, HTTPS, and the Private Network)

23 May 2026

Part 4 of a journey learning how I set up my first VPS on Debian 13 Minimal. Putting Caddy in front as a reverse proxy with automatic HTTPS - a private container network, persistent certificate storage, and a Quadlet unit that survives reboots.

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