When setting up infrastructure, getting your applications up and running will often be your primary concern. However, making your applications to function correctly without addressing the security needs of your infras...

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In this guide, you will learn how to set up a self-signed SSL/TLS certificate for use with an Nginx web server on an Ubuntu 22.04 server.

This tutorial will walk you through password-protecting assets on an Apache web server running on Ubuntu 20.04 in order to provide your server with additional security.

In this guide, we will show you how to set up a self-signed SSL certificate for use with an Apache web server on Ubuntu 18.04.

A virtual private network, or VPN, allows you to securely encrypt traffic as it travels through untrusted networks, such as those at the coffee shop, a conference, or an airport. In this tutorial, you’ll set up an IKE...

A private Certificate Authority (CA) that runs on Ubuntu 22.04 will enable you to configure, test, and run programs that require encrypted connections between a client and a server. Using a private CA, you can issue c...

OpenVPN is an open-source Virtual Private Network (VPN) application that lets you create and join a private network securely over the public Internet. In this tutorial you will learn how to install and configure OpenV...

This tutorial will guide you through setting up a firewall with UFW on Ubuntu 22.04.

In this guide, you will learn how to create and configure a self-signed TLS/SSL certificate with the Apache web server on Ubuntu 22.04.

In this tutorial, you will set up WireGuard on an Ubuntu 22.04 server, and then configure another machine to connect to it as a peer using both IPv4 and IPv6 connections (commonly referred to as a dual stack connectio...

In this guide, you will install and configure a Memcached server. You’ll also add authentication to secure Memcached using Simple Authentication and Security Layer (SASL). Finally, you’ll learn how to bind Memcached t...

When you first create a new Ubuntu 22.04 server, you should perform some important configuration steps as part of the basic setup. These steps will increase the security and usability of your server, and will give you...

In this guide, we’ll focus on setting up SSH keys for an Ubuntu 22.04 installation. SSH keys provide a secure way of logging into your server and are recommended for all users.

Let’s Encrypt is a Certificate Authority (CA) that provides an accessible way to obtain and install free TLS/SSL certificates, thereby enabling encrypted HTTPS on web servers. It simplifies the process by providing a ...

Redis is an in-memory key-value store known for its flexibility, performance, and wide language support. This tutorial demonstrates how to install, configure, and secure Redis on an Ubuntu 22.04 server.

Currently a vercel app blocks all API calls claiming that the request to an insecure site can’t be made from a secure one therefore incompatible. I need any suggestion to make this IP to be whitelisted in vercel app, ...

Websites use various services, styles, scripts, and images to load and render content, and the browser will execute all of it. Using a Content Security Policy (CSP) can help ensure that users are protected from malici...

I am attempting to use certbot to add SSL encryption to my wiki js installation. My droplet is on and I am logged into the remote shell. After running: ‘certbot certonly --standalone’ and entering my domains, I get th...