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For the last few years more and more companies have decided to leave the cloud and move to traditional bare metal and VPS servers. But why is this happening? Let’s explore the differences between Cloud Hosting, VPS, and Bare Metal Hosting to find out!  What is Cloud Hosting Cloud

SYN flood attacks can wreak havoc on your server’s resources, potentially crippling its ability to respond to legitimate traffic. Safeguarding against such attacks is crucial for sites that are publicly accessible and want to achieve high uptime. But don’t worry—by the end of this blog, you’ll

NetBird is an open-source platform that uses multiple open-source technologies to provide a reliable and secure overlay network. What differentiates NetBird from a traditional VPN is that, instead of all the traffic passing through a single point, a direct point-to-point connection is established. This allows increased network performance as the

Having so many options to choose from may be overwhelming. This is why we decided to highlight the key factors that need to be considered when it comes to choosing a VPS hosting provider. What is VPS hosting? A Virtual Private Server, or VPS, is a virtual environment on a

Every business owner knows that data is the most important asset for their business, so protecting it is mandatory to keep the business operating smoothly.  What is Data Security?  Data security confines the protection of digital information from unauthorized access, corruption, or loss throughout its life cycle. Why is it

Simple automation setups will no longer suffice to guarantee reliability and performance as n8n workflows become more complex and larger. Automations running in production environments require advanced n8n technologies, such as error handling, workflow scalability, execution monitoring, and optimization. Using built-in nodes and execution settings, queues, and structured workflows, n8n

Users commonly search and use n8n automations in their daily workflows. These include social media cross-postings, email notifications to Slack or Discord, scraping of websites for listings and prices, Google Sheets Automation, file syncing, renaming, and CRM workflows. These automations demonstrate how n8n seamlessly connects multiple platforms, automates repetitive tasks,

Modern teams, developers and creators need automation to eliminate repetitive tasks and save time. n8n, one of the most powerful automation platforms on the market today, is a flexible and self-hosted solution to other tools such as Zapier or Make. With backups built in, workflow exports and best practices, the

Securing your Linux VPS with HTTPS is essential, especially if you're running multiple applications or subdomains on the same server. You can secure all subdomains under your domain with a Let's Encrypt Wildcard SSL Certificate instead of installing multiple individual SSL certificates. Wildcard SSL is required

DNS (Domain Name System), the backbone of the internet, translates human-friendly domain names into computer-understandable IP addresses. BIND is the most popular DNS server software on Linux servers. It's known for its flexibility, reliability, and performance. Installing BIND on Ubuntu VPS 24.04 allows you to host domains

Sending VPS logs to a remote syslog server is a smart and secure way to centralize log management. It helps you monitor system activity, detect anomalies faster, and maintain consistent backups: all while reducing the risk of losing valuable data if your VPS fails. By configuring your syslog client (such

Lynis, one of open-source's most powerful security auditing tools, is a great tool for securing Linux VPS. Lynis can be used to perform a thorough security audit on any Linux server or web server. It will scan system configurations, file access permissions, firewall rules, authentication policies, and malware

Vaultwarden, a Rust-based alternative to Bitwarden's official server, is a fast and resource-efficient way to host your own password vault on a Linux VPS. Vaultwarden is a Rust alternative to Bitwarden’s official server. It allows you to host a password vault on your Linux VPS with minimal

Encrypting data in transit is an important step for cloud servers. Ubuntu 24.04 offers LUKS disk-based encryption as a standard method to protect sensitive files, databases, and backups. Whether you host web applications on a VPS or store confidential data, LUKS will ensure that your data is unreadable if

It is essential to secure your Ubuntu 24.04 Virtual Private Server (VPS) to prevent brute force attacks, port scans, botnet traffic, and other malicious activities. Iptables rate-limiting is one of the easiest and most effective security methods. It limits the number of connections or packets that an IP can