Spinning up your own Linux server in the cloud takes about ten minutes and a few dollars a month. In this beginners guide I’ll walk you through creating a VPS on DigitalOcean from scratch – no prior server experience needed.
We’ll start by generating an SSH key so your server is locked down from the very first boot, then create a Droplet, add a startup script that configures the machine for you automatically, and walk through the settings worth turning on. Finally we’ll SSH in and talk about what to do with it.
