Hosting, VPS & DevOps
Shared hosting, VPS and managed platforms, server hardening, deployments, backups and monitoring for business websites.
This section covers shared hosting, vps and managed platforms, server hardening, deployments, backups and monitoring for business websites. Articles are written for businesses in the US, UK and EU, with practical steps you can implement immediately.
What you'll find here
- →Step-by-step implementation guides
- →Checklists and practical templates
- →Actionable strategies you can apply directly
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- →3 published articles
- →Updated regularly with new content
- →Written by Anushka Dahanayake
Shared vs VPS vs Managed Hosting for a Small Business Website or Store
A plain comparison of shared hosting, VPS and managed hosting or PaaS for small business sites and online stores: responsibilities, isolation and performance, the signs a WooCommerce store or Next.js app has outgrown shared hosting, GDPR data residency, and a decision table.
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How to Secure a New Ubuntu VPS: A Setup Checklist for Business Websites
A step-by-step hardening checklist for a fresh Ubuntu 26.04 or 24.04 LTS VPS that will host a business website, with copy-paste commands for SSH keys, ufw, unattended-upgrades, fail2ban, time sync, swap, monitoring and backups.
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Deploy a Next.js 16 App on a VPS with Nginx, systemd or PM2, and HTTPS
A working guide to running Next.js 16 on your own VPS: Node.js LTS, build-time versus runtime environment variables, a systemd unit and PM2 alternative, an Nginx server block with certbot HTTPS, the standalone output option, logs, and a two-port release script.
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