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Practical guides to configure your VPS, deploy your applications and master your infrastructure.
Jellyfin vs Plex: Which Self-Hosted Media Server?
Jellyfin vs Plex: complete comparison to choose your self-hosted media server on a VPS — Docker deployment, troubleshooting, and Jellyfin 12 migration.
Gitea vs GitLab: Which Self-Hosted Git Forge on a VPS?
Gitea vs GitLab self-hosted: memory footprint, CI/CD, registries, and scalability compared to choose your Git forge on a VPS.
PostgreSQL vs MySQL: Which Database for Your VPS?
PostgreSQL vs MySQL on a VPS: data types, JSON, transactions, replication, and performance compared to choose your self-hosted database.
Meilisearch vs Typesense: Which Self-Hosted Search Engine?
Meilisearch vs Typesense self-hosted: relevance, typo tolerance, facets, and memory usage compared for your search engine on a VPS.
Ollama vs LocalAI: Which Self-Hosted LLM Model Server?
Ollama vs LocalAI on a VPS: OpenAI API compatibility, model management, GPU/CPU, and flexibility compared to host your LLMs.
Caddy vs Nginx: Which Web Server / Reverse Proxy for Your VPS?
Caddy vs Nginx on a VPS: full comparison — automatic HTTPS, configuration, HTTP/3, rate limiting, troubleshooting and when to choose Traefik.
Portainer vs Dokploy: Which Docker Management Interface?
Portainer or Dokploy on your VPS? A concrete comparison to choose the Docker management interface suited to your deployments.
Monitoring your VPS with Uptime Kuma
Deploy Uptime Kuma on your VPS to monitor your sites and services self-hosted, with alerts and a public status page.
VPS Monitoring with Grafana and Prometheus
Set up a Grafana + Prometheus stack on your VPS to collect, store and visualize your system and application metrics.
Monitor your VPS in real time with Netdata
Install Netdata on your VPS for per-second real-time monitoring: thousands of metrics, zero configuration, alerts included.
Securing your VPS with CrowdSec
Deploy CrowdSec on your VPS to block attacks thanks to behavioral detection and a shared community blocklist.
Fail2Ban Enhanced on VPS: blocking repeated attacks
Link Fail2Ban Enhanced to the ServOrbit catalog: SSH/Nginx banning, readable logs and official documentation.
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