What to do after buying an Ubuntu 16.04 VPS? Ubuntu 16.04 VPS Setup
Lets get to Ubuntu 16.04 VPS Setup. First of all of course, you should login to your server. With windows you can use PuTTy, with linux, open terminal and type in
ssh root@your_server_ip
After that, we will create a new user and add it to “sudoers” group so we do not have to use root. You should never login with root remotely because it is a great security risk for your server.
Replace “yourusername” with the username of your choice
adduser yourusername
usermod -aG sudo yourusername
Additional security: Disable root login
Open file /etc/ssh/sshd_config with your favorite text editor, I will be using nano. You can install it by typing apt-get install nano
nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
Find the following line: PermitRootLogin yes, change it to no
Press CTRL+X -> Y -> Enter to save the file.
Now you should login with the new user and start doing what you’re going to do.
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