What are the things you do every time you log into a new Droplet for the first time? I’m always curious about how other people approach this. If you were to write your own Initial Server Setup guide, what would it include? What do you do you lock down and secure your server? What are the tools and utilities that you can’t live without that aren’t included in the default install? Have you automated it? Share your user-data script , Ansible playbook, or your own aproach.

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What do you do with your first five minutes on a new server?

Posted on August 26, 2016

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By Andrew SB

What are the things you do every time you log into a new Droplet for the first time? I’m always curious about how other people approach this. If you were to write your own Initial Server Setup guide, what would it include?

What do you do you lock down and secure your server?
What are the tools and utilities that you can’t live without that aren’t included in the default install?

Have you automated it? Share your user-data script, Ansible playbook, or your own aproach.

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