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Self-hosted private messaging: Matrix, Snikket or chatmail
Matrix, XMPP with Snikket or chatmail with Delta Chat: compare RAM, DNS, ports, federation and mobile apps to choose your private messaging server on a VPS.
Zabbix on a VPS: Monitor Servers, Services and Network
Install Zabbix on a VPS with Docker Compose: server, SNMP network and website monitoring, triggers and alerts, behind nginx over HTTPS.
Coder on a VPS: Self-Hosted Cloud Development Environments
Install Coder on a VPS: Docker workspaces for the whole team, VS Code in the browser, SSH access and Terraform templates, without Codespaces.
Centrifugo on a VPS: Self-Hosted Real-Time Server
Install Centrifugo on a VPS: an open-source real-time server to push WebSocket messages from your backend, with JWT tokens and a publish API.
OpenSSH 10.6p2: password bypass on Alpine
OpenSSH 10.6p2 fixes a password authentication bypass on Alpine and musl: check your exposure, update the package, restart sshd and look for traces in your logs.
QuestDB on a VPS: a SQL time-series database
Install QuestDB on a VPS: an open-source time-series database with fast ingestion and SQL queries, plus a web console and a REST API.
MLflow on a VPS: ML Experiment Tracking and Model Registry
Install MLflow on a VPS: machine learning experiment tracking, a model registry and LLM tracing, password-protected and served over HTTPS.
PolyShell CVE-2026-48356: check and fix your Magento stores
PolyShell (CVE-2026-48356) is in the KEV catalog: find Magento stores missing the APSB26-73 fix, update them, then hunt for webshells and injected JavaScript.
GreptimeDB on a VPS: Metrics, Logs and Traces in SQL
Install GreptimeDB on a VPS: an observability database that brings metrics, logs and traces together, queryable with SQL, PromQL and from Grafana.
Import or export a database with phpMyAdmin in cPanel
Import a .sql file into a MySQL database or export it as a backup with phpMyAdmin, opened from cPanel (Meridian interface).
Certimate on a VPS: automate SSL certificates with ACME
Install Certimate on a VPS: SSL certificates issued through ACME, deployed over SSH to your servers, renewed on their own, with alerts before expiry.