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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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