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LATEST TUTORIALPUBLISHED 01 Jun 2026 $ cat /tutorials/how-to-install-influxdb-on-ubuntu-24-04-vps-for-time-series-data.md How to Install InfluxDB on Ubuntu 24.04 VPS for Time-Series Data In today's data-driven world, managing time series data is crucial for analytics and monitoring. This includes data that changes over time, such as IoT sensor readings and application performance logs. InfluxDB is a popular, open-source, time- UbuntuDatabasesKarim Buzdar5 MIN READREAD THE GUIDE → FIG. 01 - LATEST GUIDE. EVERY POST IS TESTED ON AN ALPHAVPS KVM SERVER

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Fresh from the terminal.

Self-Hosting 2026.06.01

How to Install Headplane a Headscale WebUI

Managing your tailnet through the terminal may be a scary and complicated thing for some. That is why in this guide we will show you how to install

VPN & Remote Access · 2 MIN READ Asen Velchov→ Fundamentals 2026.05.22

Reasons Your Business Needs a Dedicated Server

Determining what type of infrastructure your business needs is one of the most important decisions a company must make. If the chosen hosting type does not match your

2 MIN READ Melina Petrova→ Fundamentals 2026.05.18

Why are Companies Leaving the Cloud and why choose AlphaVPS?

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

3 MIN READ Melina Petrova→ Security 2026.05.18

Blocking SYN attacks with iptables and SYN cookies

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

3 MIN READ David Filipov→ Self-Hosting 2026.05.11

How to install NetBird, a self-hosted overlay network

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

VPN & Remote Access · 4 MIN READ David Filipov→ Fundamentals 2026.05.11

Factors to consider when choosing VPS

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

2 MIN READ Melina Petrova→

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Every tutorial carries one or more topic tags. Start from the distribution you run or the problem you have - each topic page lists its guides oldest to newest so the basics come first.

1Security26 GUIDES 2Ubuntu23 GUIDES 3Backups & Storage21 GUIDES 4Linux Basics18 GUIDES 5Self-Hosting17 GUIDES 6Fundamentals15 GUIDES 7Monitoring & Logs15 GUIDES 8AlphaVPS Platform13 GUIDES 9Web Servers11 GUIDES 10Automation & DevOps10 GUIDES 11Networking10 GUIDES 12Docker & Containers8 GUIDES

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Some subjects need more than one post. A series is a numbered sequence of guides that build on each other - every part links to the previous and next one.

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