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Hosting Elasticsearch on a VPS: security and troubleshooting
Install and secure Elasticsearch on a VPS: precise JVM prerequisites, Docker deployment, xpack.security, ILM, S3 snapshots and heap monitoring.
Hosting MinIO on a VPS
MinIO on a VPS: buckets, console, TLS, backups. The Community edition is archived, so here is how to decide between staying and migrating.
Self-Host Nextcloud on VPS: NC 35, PHP 8.3 and MariaDB 11 Guide
Host Nextcloud on a VPS: Docker Compose, Redis, MariaDB backup, uploads over 40 GB behind Cloudflare and an alternative to Office 2021.
Hosting Ghost on your own VPS: complete 2026 guide
Deploy Ghost v6 on your VPS with Caddy, MySQL, Ghost CLI and Stripe Tax: installation, TLS reverse proxy, updates and troubleshooting common startup errors.
Host WordPress on your own VPS
Host WordPress on your VPS for maximum performance and control: Docker, MariaDB, caching, reverse proxy and SSL.
Host Gitea on your own VPS in 2026
Deploy Gitea 1.25 on a VPS with Docker and SSL. Full guide: Gitea Actions CI/CD, Gitea vs Forgejo v16 comparison, daily administration, SSH and HTTPS troubleshooting.
Self-Host Forgejo on Your VPS: Complete 2025 Guide
Deploy Forgejo on your VPS with Docker, SSL, Actions runners and hardened security. Step-by-step guide for a sovereign Git forge.
Host Mattermost on your own VPS
Complete 2026 guide: deploy Mattermost v10/v11 on VPS with Docker, PostgreSQL, SSL, integrations and backups. Self-hosted alternative to Slack.
Host Rocket.Chat on your own VPS
Install Rocket.Chat on your VPS with Docker, MongoDB and SSL. Full guide: omnichannel, administration, updates, monitoring and SSO.
Host Jitsi on your own VPS
Deploy Jitsi Meet on your VPS with Docker, coturn TURN server and SSL. Full guide: .env config, troubleshooting ICE failed, missing audio and screen sharing.
Host BookStack on your own VPS
Complete guide to installing BookStack on a VPS with Docker Compose, SSL, SMTP and backups. Open source wiki, ~2 GB RAM, deployed in 15 minutes.
Host Outline on your own VPS
Deploy Outline on your Cloud VPS: a self-hosted collaborative knowledge base with Docker, PostgreSQL, Redis and SSL. Complete guide.