My First Steps on VPS

first_steps

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#FIRST STEPS ON A VPS (A PERSONAL SETUP)
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#Log in 
ssh root@"serverip" -p "ssh port"

#Update all packages
apt-get update; apt-get upgrade

#get nano 
apt-get install nano

#fix locales
dpkg-reconfigure locales

#install sudo
apt-get install sudo

#add user
adduser "user"

#make user sudo
visudo

# User privilege specification
# add line below root to read:
# user    ALL=(ALL:ALL) ALL

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#If Feel like FISH
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#download fish release key
wget http://download.opensuse.org/repositories/shells:fish:release:2/Debian_7.0/Release.key

#add fish release key
apt-key add - < Release.key  

#change shell to fish
chsh -s /usr/bin/fish

#reload shell

#set nano as default text editor
set -Ux EDITOR nano

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#END
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#setup ssh keys
# nb the && that one would expect in bash ect... is replaced with ; in fish - swap out otherwise
cat ~/.ssh/id_rsa.pub | ssh "user"@"ip of remote server" -p "port of remote server" "mkdir -p ~/.ssh ; cat >>  ~/.ssh/authorized_keys"

#disable root login
sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config

#change PermitRootLogin to without-password
PermitRootLogin without-password

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# Nyr openvpn script - must be run as root
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wget git.io/vpn --no-check-certificate -O openvpn-install.sh; bash openvpn-install.sh