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Follow hands-on guides to Docker, self-hosted apps, developer tools, monitoring, and backups. Check what each setup needs and how to verify it after deployment.
Choose a guide based on the job you want to do. This category covers deploying a self-hosted app, setting up developer tools or monitoring, and improving how you back up or release a service. Check what you’ll need to maintain once it’s running.
Confirm the operating system, software versions, resources, domain, and external services the guide assumes. Decide what you need to verify at the end, such as signing in, saving data, or restoring a backup. Then work through the setup.
Once the service starts, test access from outside, authentication, permissions, whether data survives a restart, and whether you can recover from a backup. A convenient test setup may need changes before you leave it running publicly. Follow the guide’s requirements for long-term use.
Start with the VPS tutorials for signing in and transferring files. Those guides are currently available in Chinese. Once you’re comfortable with those tasks, pick a guide here for the app or workflow you want to set up.
The ultimate guide to self-hosting a mail server in 2025. Use Docker Mailserver to quickly deploy a secure, modern mail service, with detailed explanations of DNS records (SPF/DKIM/DMARC/PTR) configuration, teaching you how to avoid sending blacklists and achieve a 10/10 email score.
A complete guide to deploying Code-server on a VPS in 2025. Docker containerized deployment, Caddy reverse proxy with automatic HTTPS, and security hardening so you can write code in your browser anytime, anywhere.
Quickly deploy Gitea on a VPS with Docker Compose to build a private Git repository. Covers SSH port mapping, Caddy automatic HTTPS, Gitea Actions CI/CD configuration, and data backup guidance.
The latest 2025 guide to building a private cloud drive on a VPS. An in-depth comparison of the two major open-source solutions, NextCloud and Seafile, plus ready-to-use Docker deployment configurations.
The latest 2025 guide to comprehensive VPS monitoring. Learn to build a professional-grade monitoring system with Prometheus + Grafana and Node Exporter to track server load in real time.
The latest 2025 tutorial for installing aaPanel (Baota Panel). A step-by-step guide to deploying a LNMP/LAMP environment on a CentOS/Ubuntu VPS with one click, even if you have zero experience. Includes security hardening and environment configuration tips.
Three mainstream approaches to building a personal blog on a VPS in 2025: WordPress, Typecho, and Hugo. This article provides detailed Docker deployment tutorials and an HTTPS configuration guide to help you easily own an independent blog.
An up-to-date 2025 hands-on tutorial on containerized deployment with Docker. Learn how to install Docker Engine and Compose on a Linux VPS with a single command, configure a registry mirror, and follow step-by-step demos deploying the Portainer web UI and an Nginx website.
The complete 2025 guide to automated VPS backups. Learn how to use Rclone to sync your databases and files to cloud storage (S3/OneDrive/GD) on a schedule, building an unbreakable line of defense for your data.
