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Build a Nextcloud private cloud on a VPS from scratch: run Nextcloud, PostgreSQL, Redis and Cron with Docker Compose, configure HTTPS with Caddy, and fully handle large file uploads, mobile sync, WebDAV, backup and restore, upgrades and security hardening.
This tutorial shows how to deploy Apache Guacamole 1.6.0 on an Ubuntu 24.04 VPS with Docker Compose, configuring MariaDB, guacd, Caddy HTTPS, TOTP, login lockout, RDP/SSH/VNC connections, least privilege, backup, upgrades and troubleshooting.
This tutorial shows how to deploy qBittorrent WebUI on an Ubuntu 24.04 VPS with Docker Compose, configure local ports, Caddy HTTPS, download directories, PUID/PGID permissions, TCP/UDP peer ports, traffic rate limits, disk alerts, backup and updates, and common troubleshooting.
This tutorial shows how to deploy FRP intranet tunneling on an Ubuntu 24.04 VPS, with complete frps/frpc configuration, Token file authentication, enforced TLS, port allowlists, SSH remote access, NAS domain HTTPS, systemd autostart, traffic monitoring, upgrade and rollback, and common troubleshooting.
Your RackNerd VPS can log in via VNC, but SSH connections time out and Ping to the internet fails. This article troubleshoots layer by layer through the network interface, IP, default route, DNS, firewall, Fail2Ban, and sshd, and covers safe repair methods for Ubuntu/Debian and Rocky/CentOS separately.
Build a long-running WordPress site on a VPS from scratch: deploy WordPress and MariaDB with Docker Compose, configure automatic HTTPS with Caddy, and fully handle SMTP email, database and file backups, update rollback, security hardening and common failures.
Deploy Plausible Analytics on a VPS from scratch: run the app, PostgreSQL and ClickHouse with Docker Compose, configure Caddy HTTPS, SMTP, privacy-friendly analytics, backup and restore, upgrades and rollbacks, and common troubleshooting.
Deploy the Outline team knowledge base on an Ubuntu 24.04 VPS with Docker Compose, covering PostgreSQL, Redis, OAuth login, Caddy HTTPS, attachment storage, backup and restore, upgrade and rollback, and common troubleshooting.
For 1-core 1G/2G VPS running MySQL 8 Docker, this covers Exit Code 137, ibdata1 error 11 and container restart issues, with troubleshooting and tuning steps for dmesg, lsof, Docker memory limits, InnoDB buffer pool, Performance Schema and Swap.
