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Setting Up a Secure Ruby on Rails Environment on UpCloud: Best Practices

Ruby on Rails (RoR) is a robust, open-source web development framework designed to help developers build applications efficiently. Written in the Ruby programming language, this […]

Anita Ihuman

How to regain access to a server that was deployed using SSH keys

When deploying a Linux Cloud Server using SSH keys as the login method, the root user account is created without a password. This method greatly […]

Samir Haliru

How to generate SSH Keys using PuTTY

If you’re using a Windows laptop or PC with the PuTTY SSH client, you can create a new SSH key pair using the built-in key […]

Samir Haliru

How to set up a private VPN Server using UpCloud and UTunnel

UTunnel is an easy-to-setup VPN as a Service (VPNaaS) provider, offering robust VPN and Zero Trust networking solutions targeted towards small and medium businesses. UTunnel […]

UTunnel VPN

UTunnel is a cloud-based service that allows users to set up their own Private VPN easily for business or personal use.

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How to set up secure access to UpCloud with Perimeter 81

Perimeter 81 makes securing the connection to cloud resources extremely easy with simple setup on Cloud Servers and an easy to use client.

Perimeter 81

Perimeter 81 enables businesses to more easily secure access to local network resources, cloud environments, and business applications, with a seamless and highly intuitive SaaS solution.

How to install DNSCrypt on Cloud Server

DNSCrypt enabled authenticating communications between DNS clients and DNS resolvers which is easy to install on your Cloud Server.

Zachariah George

How to install Shadowsocks-libev SOCKS5 proxy server

Shadowsocks-libev is a lighter and faster open-source port of the Shadowsocks SOCKS5 proxy ideal to protect privacy on the Internet.

Zachariah George

How to get started with WireGuard VPN

WireGuard is a fast and modern VPN that utilizes state-of-the-art cryptography. In this tutorial, we will set up WireGuard on Ubuntu 18.04 server.

Aaro Kuusela

How to setup iptables firewall effortlessly using ‘recent’ triggering and ipset

In this quick guide to iptables and ipset we'll put a stop to the ever so prevalent issue of brute force SSH attempts on Linux cloud servers.

Antti Louko

How to reset root password on Cloud Server

Resetting the root password of your cloud server is fairly straightforward and will only take a few minutes to complete.

Janne Ruostemaa

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