Hey guys,

I finally come around and started the journey of self-hosting and decided to get a VPS. After securing it, by making login via public-key default, I installed CasaOS and instantly regretted it since it now can be reached freely from the internet. A while ago, I read that you can limit the incoming connection to only VPN and ssh. And configured a Wireguard-VPN on the server via pivpn. But the server can still be reached from the internet. So what do I have to do now? Is it even the right choice, or am I missing something? How do you guys secure your VPS?

  • Algenza Algenza
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    11 year ago

    @notepass@feddit.de @rmstyle@feddit.de Also, you can change the SSH port to something not 22. Some guide here. To connect to SSH, just use ssh -p PORT site.com

    • @notepass@feddit.de
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      11 year ago

      You can, but you should configure your server in a way that this shouldn’t be a security feature of your setup (e.g. key-auth as OP did). It does help to cut back on uninvited guests a lot tho.