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Tutorial
When you start a new server, there are a few steps that you should take every time to add some basic security and give you a solid foundation. In this guide, we'll walk you through the basic steps necessary to hit th...
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Mitchell Anicas
Getting Started
Initial Server Setup
Security
Ubuntu
Ubuntu 16.04
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Tutorial
When you first create a new Ubuntu 18.04 server, there are a few configuration steps that you should take early on as part of the basic setup. This will increase the security and usability of your server and will give...
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By
Justin Ellingwood
Getting Started
Initial Server Setup
Security
Ubuntu
Ubuntu 18.04
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When you start a new server, there are a few steps that you should take every time to add some basic security and set a solid foundation. In this guide, we'll walk you through the basic steps necessary to hit the grou...
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By
Justin Ellingwood
Getting Started
Linux Basics
Initial Server Setup
Security
Ubuntu
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This tutorial explains the first steps you need to take after creating your CentOS 7 server, including how to login with root, change the root password, create a new user, give the new user root privileges, change the...
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By
Mitchell Anicas
Getting Started
Initial Server Setup
Linux Basics
CentOS
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Tutorial
When you first create a new Debian 9 server, there are a few configuration steps that you should take early on as part of the basic setup. This will increase the security and usability of your server and will give you...
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Justin Ellingwood
Getting Started
Initial Server Setup
Security
Debian 9
Debian
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Tutorial
When you first create a new Debian 10 server, there are a few configuration steps that you should take early on as part of the basic setup. This will increase the security and usability of your server and will give yo...
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Justin Ellingwood, Brian Boucheron
Getting Started
Initial Server Setup
Debian 10
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Tutorial
When you first create a new Debian 8 server, there are a few configuration steps that you should take early on as part of the basic setup. This will increase the security and usability of your server and will give yo...
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Mitchell Anicas
Getting Started
Initial Server Setup
Linux Basics
Security
Linux Commands
Debian
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Tutorial
When you first create a new Ubuntu 18.04 server, there are a few configuration steps that you should take early on as part of the basic setup. This will increase the security and usability of your server and will give...
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By
Justin Ellingwood
Getting Started
Initial Server Setup
Security
Automated Setups
Ubuntu 18.04
Ubuntu
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Tutorial
When you first create a new CentOS 8 server, there are a few configuration steps that you should take early on as part of the basic setup. This will increase the security and usability of your server and will give you...
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Justin Ellingwood, Mitchell Anicas, Brian Boucheron
CentOS
Linux Basics
Getting Started
Initial Server Setup
CentOS 8
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Tutorial
Ansible offers a simple architecture that doesn't require special software to be installed on nodes. It also provides a robust set of features and built-in modules which facilitate writing automation scripts. This gui...
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Erika Heidi
Initial Server Setup
Ansible
Ubuntu 18.04
Automated Setups
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Tutorial
A cloud-config file is a special script that is used to define configuration details for your server as it is being brought online for the first time. These are often used for completing common tasks that a user woul...
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Justin Ellingwood
Deployment
API
DigitalOcean
Initial Server Setup
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Tutorial series
When creating a new Ubuntu 14.04 server, there are some basic steps that you should take to ensure that your server is secure and configured properly. This tutorial series covers connecting to your server and general ...
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By
Melissa Anderson and Justin Ellingwood
Getting Started
Linux Basics
DigitalOcean
Product Documentation
Initial Server Setup
Security
Ubuntu
System Tools
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Tutorial
Caddy (https://caddyserver.com/) is a web server that was created with ease of use in mind. It's become a common choice for developers who want to quickly run a website without working out difficult configuration file...
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By
Tom Stoneham
Miscellaneous
Initial Server Setup
Security
Apache
Nginx
Let's Encrypt
Ubuntu
Ubuntu 16.04
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This tutorial covers how to login with root, how to change the root password, how to create a new user, how to give the new user root privileges, how to change the port, and how to disable root login in. This tutorial...
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By
Etel Sverdlov
Linux Basics
Initial Server Setup
CentOS
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Tutorial
When setting up a new FreeBSD server, there are a number of optional steps you can take to get your server into a more production-friendly state. In this guide, we will go over some of the most common examples. We wil...
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By
Justin Ellingwood, Kathryn Hancox
Initial Server Setup
Firewall
FreeBSD
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Tutorial series
When creating a new CentOS 7 server, there are some basic tasks that you should take to ensure that your server is secure and configured properly. This tutorial series will go over connecting to your server and genera...
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By
Melissa Anderson, Mitchell Anicas and Justin Ellingwood
Getting Started
Linux Basics
DigitalOcean
Product Documentation
Initial Server Setup
CentOS
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Tutorial series
This tutorial series helps sysadmins set up a new web server using the LEMP stack, focusing on Nginx setup with virtual blocks. This will let you serve multiple websites from one Droplet.
You'll start by setting up yo...
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By
Justin Ellingwood
Getting Started
Linux Basics
Initial Server Setup
Security
Ubuntu
Nginx
MySQL
PHP
Conceptual
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Tutorial
This tutorial covers how to login with root, how to change the root password, how to create a new user, and how to give the new user root privileges. It's written for Debian 7.
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By
Adam LaGreca
Getting Started
Initial Server Setup
Debian
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Question
I was just wondering if this was possible and if so, how to do it?
Accepted Answer:
Hello, @SeanTheGreat
I believe that these are the official requirements for Matlab. I'm giving you a link which you check, it's from Matlab's website:
https://www.mathworks.com/content/dam/mathworks/mathworks-dot-com...
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SeanTheGreat
Initial Server Setup
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Question
I am using a new droplet with Ubuntu, and have Windows and Putty on my local machine...For setting up ssh I am following: https://www.digitalocean.com/docs/droplets/how-to/connect-with-ssh/putty/ and choosing the opti...
Accepted Answer:
Hello, @mtoepp
Can you please access your server/droplet and open the ssh config file, located in:
/etc/ssh/ssh_config
And make sure that the following line is not comment out (set with # at the beginging)
Passwor...
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mtoepp
Initial Server Setup