So I am new to the VPS scene and I am curious what the best way to set up some kind of private easily accessible Web interface would be.
I’m primarily a python programmer and I want to use the vps as a method of keeping programs running and such at all times. To test bots or webcrawlers etc. But for some applications I want a gui and I’m assuming the best way to do that would be to host some kind of “website”. But other than that I’m not sure how to implement it with the VPS and I would also like it to be private. I have never done anything like this so forgive me if I’ve said anything dumb.
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Hi @cryan118
You could do that in various ways - most people would setup VPN, but I would recommend using SSH tunnels, since you already have SSH in Ubuntu installed and working.
This tutorial is a bit outdated, but nothing has changed with SSH tunnels for about 20 years: https://www.digitalocean.com/community/tutorials/how-to-set-up-ssh-tunneling-on-a-vps