Self-Hosting & DevOps · 40 min

Deploying on a VPS (Hostinger/DigitalOcean)

A repeatable, scripted deploy to a $6-12/month VPS with firewall and SSH hardening.

Key concepts

  • UFW firewall rules
  • SSH key-only login
  • Unattended security upgrades

Exercise

Provision a fresh VPS, harden SSH, open only 80/443, and deploy n8n with Docker Compose.

Official docs