Setting Up Dokku via Command-Line Script

Dokku is a PAAS implementation, useful for websites, servers, or development. As it notes in its website, the installation in a Debian host running Bash is just three steps: # only works on debian systems! wget https://raw.githubusercontent.com/dokku/dokku/v0.5.3/bootstrap.sh sudo DOKKU_TAG=v0.5.3 bash bootstrap.sh # go to your server’s IP and follow the web installer The last “step” …

Hints for Securing Ubuntu on a VPS

Digital Ocean and Godaddy Pro are nice VPS providers. However, it’s important to update the security of any box you create ASAP. It took under 24 hours for one of my boxes to be hacked and turned into a DoS! Therefore, when you create your box, make sure to add a firewall immediately. Add an SSH …

Getting a C# Server Working with Dokku and Vagrant

Developing a self-hosted web server in C# to run on Linux is like solo climbing a mountain: not a lot of people will be accompanying you; and the route will be unmarked, unmaintained, and often dangerous. In the digital world, there are two groups of programmers: people who use Node.js, Java, Ruby, etc. hosted on …