Who This Is For (And What Problem We’re Fixing) If you’re logging into a Debian 10 server using passwords, you’re doing it the hard way. SSH keys are easier once set up, and much safer than typing passwords all day. This guide walks you through creating SSH keys on your Debian 10 client (your own computer) and explains the prompts…
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If you’re staring at a fresh Debian 10 server and wondering why your PHP site just shows a download dialog or a blank page, you’re in the right place. Before: you have a clean server that can maybe ping Google, but it can’t serve a single dynamic page. After: you’ll have a working LAMP stack — Linux, Apache, MariaDB, PHP…
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When you spin up a fresh Debian 10 server, it’s basically a blank room with the door wide open. Before you start installing apps or hosting sites, you want a basic setup: safe login, a non-root user, and a simple firewall. This walkthrough is for anyone who just got a new Debian 10 box from a provider and wants a…
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If you’ve ever spun up a fresh Ubuntu 18.04 server and then locked yourself out over SSH, you know the feeling. One wrong path, one missing firewall rule, and suddenly you’re staring at “Permission denied” instead of your shiny new shell. After a clean setup, life is better: you log in with your own user, SSH keys work, root login…
Read More » When people spin up a fresh Ubuntu 16.04 server, there’s one mistake I see a lot: rushing in, changing SSH ports, poking at firewalls, and then… boom, you lock yourself out of your own box. If that sounds familiar, don’t worry. You’re not the first, and you won’t be the last. In this guide, I’ll walk you through a practical…
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I still remember the first time I broke SSH on a fresh Ubuntu box. I changed a couple of lines in sshd_config, hit restart, and boom: weird error dump, prompt froze, and I had to reconnect. The server was new, so I thought, “What did I already mess up?” If you’re seeing odd output when restarting SSH, your prompt locks…
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