My VPS Install Process (Oracle Cloud)

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First steps:

#/bin/bash
# custom install script 1
 
sudo apt update; sudo apt upgrade
sudo adduser newUser
sudo usermod -aG sudo newUser
sudo -u newUser mkdir /home/newUser/.ssh
sudo cp /home/ubuntu/.ssh/authorized_keys /home/newUser/.ssh/
sudo chown newUser:newUser /home/newUser/.ssh/authorized_keys
sudo reboot now

Oracle fires up Ubuntu instances with two default users: "ubuntu" and "opc". Next we will remove the old predictable accounts.

Log back in as the new user:

sudo userdel -r ubuntu

sudo userdel -r opc

Now we will harden ssh access and change the ssh port. SSH ports are often tested by public, change port to slow down those trying to intrude.

sudo vim /etc/ssh/sshd_config

add this:

# custom changes
PasswordAuthentication no
PermitRootLogin no
Protocol 2
Port 1234
AllowUsers newUser
MaxAuthTries 6
# end custom changes

Custom command for Oracle cloud to open the new ssh port sudo iptables -I INPUT -p tcp -s 0.0.0.0/0 --dport 1234 -j ACCEPT

This takes place of the ufw work below. Oracle cloud doesn't use ufw

For non Oracle cloud ubuntu instance:

sudo ufw enable

sudo ufw allow 1234/tcp

sudo ufw status numbered

sudo ufw delete 2

Then restart ssh. I also include some instructions here to install nvm (Node.js Version Manager (opens in a new tab)) and a Nginx web server (opens in a new tab)

sudo service ssh restart
curl https://raw.githubusercontent.com/creationix/nvm/master/install.sh | bash
source ~/.profile
nvm install 16.14.0
sudo apt install nginx

You can use this command to search what node versions are available and choose your own if you prefer.

nvm ls-remote

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