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| ====== Debian on SDF VPS ====== | ====== Debian on SDF VPS ====== | ||
| - | ====== Basics | + | ===== Basics ===== |
| The root user on a fresh Debian VPS has the default password " | The root user on a fresh Debian VPS has the default password " | ||
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| This user will be able to perform administrative tasks by runing '' | This user will be able to perform administrative tasks by runing '' | ||
| - | ====== Set Your Timezone | + | ===== Set Your Timezone ===== |
| dpkg-reconfigure tzdata | dpkg-reconfigure tzdata | ||
| - | ====== Networking | + | ===== Networking ===== |
| In your control panel at vps.sdf.org, | In your control panel at vps.sdf.org, | ||
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| //Note: For VPS installations of Debian 8.4 (jesse) on VPS3, please omit the above dns-nameservers line from the interfaces file, and instead add this line to // | //Note: For VPS installations of Debian 8.4 (jesse) on VPS3, please omit the above dns-nameservers line from the interfaces file, and instead add this line to // | ||
| - | | + | <file config / |
| + | nameserver 205.166.94.20 | ||
| + | </ | ||
| Add this to /etc/hosts: | Add this to /etc/hosts: | ||
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| / | / | ||
| - | ====== Setting up SSH ====== | + | ===== Setting up SSH ===== |
| You may wish to add ssh access to your VPS. It is **// | You may wish to add ssh access to your VPS. It is **// | ||
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| Load rules (now): | Load rules (now): | ||
| - | | + | <file config now> |
| - | # iptables-restore < / | + | # iptables -F |
| + | # iptables-restore < / | ||
| + | </ | ||
| Load rules (boot): | Load rules (boot): | ||
| - | | + | <file config boot> |
| + | # vi / | ||
| - | | + | #!/bin/sh |
| - | / | + | / |
| + | |||
| + | # chmod 755 / | ||
| + | </ | ||
| - | # chmod 755 / | ||
| ===== Software and Distribution Updating ===== | ===== Software and Distribution Updating ===== | ||
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| To update your system, run the following commands: | To update your system, run the following commands: | ||
| - | * apt-get update | + | * apt-get update |
| - | * apt-get dist-upgrade -y | + | </ |
| + | * apt-get dist-upgrade -y < | ||
| + | </ | ||
| ===== Reducing Memory Usage ===== | ===== Reducing Memory Usage ===== | ||
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| You might not need one or both of those, so you can deactivate them with | You might not need one or both of those, so you can deactivate them with | ||
| + | <file config cron and at> | ||
| # update-rc.d -f atd remove | # update-rc.d -f atd remove | ||
| # update-rc.d -f cron remove | # update-rc.d -f cron remove | ||
| + | </ | ||
| This frees up ca. 7MB (if both are deactivated). | This frees up ca. 7MB (if both are deactivated). | ||
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| This being a virtual system, you won't need getty on tty1-6. In order to eliminate them, edit / | This being a virtual system, you won't need getty on tty1-6. In order to eliminate them, edit / | ||
| - | <code> | + | <file config / |
| co: | co: | ||
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| # | # | ||
| # | # | ||
| - | </code> | + | </file> |
| You need to keep the line with hvc0 so you can attach a serial console from vps.sdf.org to your vps. This frees up ca. 10MB. | You need to keep the line with hvc0 so you can attach a serial console from vps.sdf.org to your vps. This frees up ca. 10MB. | ||
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| rsyslogd eats a lot of memory by default (26MB on my vps) which can be reduced by the usage of ulimit. Edit / | rsyslogd eats a lot of memory by default (26MB on my vps) which can be reduced by the usage of ulimit. Edit / | ||
| - | | + | <file config / |
| + | ulimit -s 256 | ||
| + | </ | ||
| Example: | Example: | ||
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