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• Advanced Windows Security: Restricting PowerShell Execution Policies

  Lock down PowerShell on your Windows VPS by setting execution policies per scope, enforcing them with Group Policy, and signing your own scripts so only trusted code runs.

  AdvancedWindows server6 min read

• Reset a Forgotten MySQL Root Password on Linux

  Recover access to MySQL or MariaDB on a Linux VPS by starting the server with skip-grant-tables, setting a new root password and restarting normally.

  IntermediateLinux server5 min read

• Restore a MySQL Database from a mysqldump File

  Load a.sql or.sql.gz dump back into MySQL or MariaDB on your Linux VPS with the mysql command, including charset options and fixes for the usual import errors.

  BeginnerLinux server6 min read

• Restore MariaDB from a mariabackup Backup

  Restore MariaDB from a mariabackup backup on a Linux VPS: stop the server, prepare the backup files, copy them back into the data directory, fix ownership and start MariaDB again.

  IntermediateLinux server6 min read

• Back Up MariaDB with mariabackup: Full and Incremental

  Take a physical MariaDB backup with mariabackup, prepare it, add incrementals, and restore it safely on a Linux VPS.

  IntermediateLinux server5 min read

• Tune PostgreSQL Autovacuum and VACUUM Settings

  Autovacuum defaults are built for large servers, not small VPSs. This guide shows how to adjust thresholds, cost limits and per-table settings to control table bloat.

  AdvancedLinux server6 min read

• Back Up and Restore MongoDB with mongodump and mongorestore

  Create logical MongoDB backups with mongodump, restore them with mongorestore, and verify the data on your Linux VPS. Covers archives, gzip, single collections and cron.

  BeginnerLinux server6 min read

• Docker Compose file explained: services, volumes, networks and ports

  A line-by-line walk through docker-compose.yml: what services, volumes, networks, ports and depends_on do, with a working example stack you can run on a Linux VPS.

  BeginnerLinux server7 min read

• Self-host Vaultwarden with Docker Compose and HTTPS

  Run a Bitwarden-compatible Vaultwarden server in Docker Compose on a Linux VPS, put HTTPS in front of it, lock down signups and set up a backup you can restore.

  IntermediateLinux server7 min read

• Git push-to-deploy with a bare repository and post-receive hook

  Set up a bare Git repository on your Linux VPS and a post-receive hook so that every push checks out your code into the live directory and restarts the service.

  IntermediateLinux server6 min read

• Self-host Nextcloud with Docker Compose, MariaDB and Redis

  Run Nextcloud, MariaDB and Redis as containers on one Linux VPS. Build the compose file, set trusted domains and verify the stack end to end.

  IntermediateLinux server5 min read

• Self-host Uptime Kuma for uptime and alert monitoring

  Install Uptime Kuma on a Linux VPS with Docker, add HTTP and TCP monitors, and route alerts to email or Telegram.

  BeginnerLinux server7 min read

• Encrypted off-site backups with restic: init, snapshot, restore

  Set up restic encrypted backups on a Linux VPS — initialise a repository on a second host, take snapshots, list them, and restore data to a fresh server.

  IntermediateLinux server6 min read

• Host a Valheim Dedicated Server with Docker

  Run a Valheim dedicated server with Docker on a Linux VPS — compose file, UDP ports, persistent world data and safe updates.

  IntermediateLinux server6 min read

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