Self-hosting VPS guides
Install and operate real services with sizing, firewall, storage, and LayerOne cost guidance.
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How to host Uptime Kuma on a VPS with Docker and HTTPS
Deploy an Uptime Kuma VPS with Docker Compose, Caddy HTTPS, explicit firewall rules, realistic sizing, backups, and safe updates.
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How to host Vaultwarden on a VPS securely
Build a private Vaultwarden VPS with Docker, Caddy HTTPS, closed registration, two-layer firewall rules, tested backups, and safe upgrades.
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How to set up a WireGuard VPN on a VPS
Configure a WireGuard VPS exit node on Ubuntu with native packages, exact UFW and NAT rules, client keys, realistic sizing, and recovery steps.
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How to host n8n on a VPS with PostgreSQL and HTTPS
Run a production-minded n8n VPS with Docker Compose, private PostgreSQL, Caddy TLS, execution pruning, exact firewall rules, backups, and upgrades.
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How to install Coolify on a VPS for self-hosted deployments
Install a Coolify VPS on Ubuntu with the official script, exact port rules, a secured HTTPS dashboard, realistic build sizing, backups, and updates.
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How to install Dokploy on a VPS securely
Set up a Dokploy VPS with its official installer, exact Traefik and dashboard firewall rules, HTTPS hardening, realistic build capacity, backups, and updates.
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How to host Portainer CE on a VPS with Docker and HTTPS
Install Portainer CE on an Ubuntu VPS, keep its management port private, publish it through Nginx with HTTPS, and back up the configuration safely.
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How to run Pi-hole on a VPS without creating an open DNS resolver
Deploy Pi-hole v6 with Docker on a small VPS, serve DNS only over a private LayerOne network or VPN, and keep the admin interface off the public internet.
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How to host Nextcloud All-in-One on a VPS
Deploy Nextcloud AIO on an Ubuntu VPS, size CPU and storage honestly, restrict its management interface, and configure encrypted off-server backups.
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How to host Immich on a VPS with Docker Compose and HTTPS
Install Immich's official Docker Compose stack on an 8 GB VPS, calculate photo-library storage, proxy it through HTTPS, and back up both PostgreSQL and media.
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How to host a production Ghost blog on an Ubuntu VPS
Install Ghost with the official Ghost-CLI stack—Ubuntu, MySQL, Node.js, Nginx, systemd, and Let's Encrypt—with realistic VPS sizing and backups.
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How to host Gitea on a VPS with rootless Docker and HTTPS
Run Gitea with its rootless container, SQLite, Nginx HTTPS, SSH clones, closed registration, and consistent off-server backups.
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How to Host Forgejo on a VPS with Docker and HTTPS
Deploy Forgejo 16 on an Ubuntu VPS with Docker, SQLite, Caddy HTTPS, Git-over-SSH, explicit firewall rules, upgrades, and restorable backups.
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How to Run a GitLab Runner on a VPS with the Docker Executor
Install a self-managed GitLab Runner on Ubuntu, register the Docker executor, close every inbound service port, constrain concurrency, and secure CI jobs.
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How to Set Up a Docker VPS on Ubuntu
Build a secure Docker VPS with official Ubuntu packages, Compose, two firewalls, private container ports, log limits, backups, and upgrades.
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How to Set Up a Tailscale Exit Node on a VPS
Create a fast Linux Tailscale exit node with IP forwarding, direct-connection firewall rules, tailnet approval, throughput checks, upgrades, and safe removal.
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How to Set Up a Reverse Proxy VPS with Caddy and HTTPS
Build a small Caddy reverse proxy VPS with automatic HTTPS, exact DNS and firewall rules, loopback or private backends, validation, logs, backups, and upgrades.
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How to Run Home Assistant on a VPS with Docker
Deploy Home Assistant Container on an Ubuntu VPS with exact sizing, Docker Compose, private or Caddy HTTPS access, firewall rules, backups, and safe updates.
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