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Now you wait until Black Friday when you realize you could have bought a cheaper one even and buy one or two more.
I use VestaCP and Webmin,
Centos 7 for OS,
Setup SSH - find good Tutorials on google,
WinSCP to manage files and folders,
Putty to do the command line stuff,
Vestacp to manage frontend,
Webmin to manage backend,
use cloudflare for DNS - use to manage my own DNS, cloudflare is free and adds a layer of protection.
Backup, Backup, backup, don't be sorry..
As if i am the most adorable man
No i aint
By the way what has my profile pic got to do with a help a person is asking for, and also by an inflamed host...
Get some ceasefire for yourself son
Install VestaCP it'll handle 95% of what you want from it if Web hosting is needed. It only falls short if you have specific needs like. Php7.
Its firewall wall module with iptables and fail2ban works well
Use it for compile malware or to store porn with animal
It's like asking "I got married. Now wat."
I'm not sure why people here are being condescending to him. Sure, he should've had a plan in mind but buying a vps and trying things out yourself helps you get a decent sense of how things work concerning a particular distro.
He's asking for suggestions, not for any instructions on how to fulfill your suggestions.
The first question is why did you buy it? Ie what is your planned use for it?
People get off from being rude here, is like that get a hard on from condescending on newbies for wanting to learn some basic vps administration.
This place is better than WHT where you have to copy & paste replies that meet their strict standards.
main thing I do and my family and close friends love it,
I run my own private DNS (use to be public)
Blocking Unwanted Connections with a Hosts File --> http://winhelp2002.mvps.org/hosts.htm
Mod the Hosts file to work with your DNS server and BY BY Web page bullshit,
no more running ad blockers on each device - just point to your own DNS server,
it's also fun setting up your own fake domains..
And dedicated server is next topic?
Asking what to do?
Who’s been condescending and who’s been rude?
I see a bunch of jokes totally in keeping with the general tone of the forum, and some genuinely useful information.
What in particular do you take exception to?
just his usual, if you don't know how don't do it,
no pointing to any vps tutorial of any kind..
He's telling the OP that he needs to learn linux administration, and that if that's not what he wants to do, he'll be better off with shared hosting.
That is a perfectly valid piece of advice, considering that the OP has shared zero details of what he wants to do.
Ok Good advice, So where to find good tutorial on how to admin a Linux hosting server?
go google and all you get is tech geek talk of a geek talking to another geek..
Well, stating facts has been frowned upon by some for odd reasons in recent times.
There are many useful guides but the trouble is he doesn't know what he wants to do with it so how can anyone point him to one. How can he even decide what OS to put on it?
Well, messing the VPS up for the fun of it would be a fine start. That's what you do when you get married. You mess with your wife.
So, I typed into Google 'linux administration basics'. Top 3 results for me were:
https://www.linode.com/docs/tools-reference/linux-system-administration-basics
https://www.tecmint.com/60-commands-of-linux-a-guide-from-newbies-to-system-administrator/
http://www.tutorialspoint.com/listtutorials/linux/administration/1
All three have some relevant information, so it's not much of an ask, right?
Anyway, there had already been some comments about basics beforehand. The relevant part of the information is the suggestion that if the OP isn't going to study linux administration to at least some degree, shared hosting may be better.
Maybe in the 1800s. Now, you mess with her, and she ends up your wife. The same way you go from a VPS to a dedi to a loose-knit network.
It amuses me how much I annoy those who offer less to the community than I do.
What do you mrean amuses you? You thrive on it and I know it.
I agree, it is quite a good starting point. Although a rasberry pi might be a better start.
With a Rasberry Pi you could setup a home server network and really have some fun while learning linux's abilities. Data share/backup, home plex server, small webhost even if just internal (intranet), setting up firewalls, ....sharing Linux ISOs...., the works. Then pickup a VPS when the bandwidth of the home has reached it's limit or they feel ready.
But with that said nothing wrong with finding a cheap VPS deal here and wanting to learn.
This is one hell of an extreme way to start. Many people now are afraid to replace batteries- hooking up various hardware and homerolling different libraries to make it work, and then having a rather shitty and intolerant PSU setup on the Pi is slightly below "Headgasket replacement" for the majority of Windows/Mac users.
Installing VirtualBox and cutting your teeth there is a much easier way for people to learn their way into this new strange text-based operating system.
True on all marks.. However I imagine most would get very bored of a VM running on their computer. Where as a Pi seems like almost a whole different PC (it is), and the low power state of it allows it to run tasks 24/7 without it really impacting the power bill.
Literally the whole point of low end VPSes
You're misrepresenting the technical abilities of Millennials. Those technically capable will learn, migrate, and move. The others just see "OH SHIT CHEAP INTERNET", and end up like our OP, who has something, but is stymied by what the hell they're supposed to do with it.
He could simply cancel it.
Perhaps the lack of difficulty in acquiring affordable media, or distraction through smart phones has limited the ingenuity of Millennials. Why learn how to fish when your fed chicken every day?
This guy, this guy's a quiter!