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Since buying the first server last year, I have bought several servers up to now. Because they are exposed to the internet, some necessary configurations in terms of firewall, ssh, etc., are required for security issues. This article records how I setup a server from scratch. I generally use Debian/Ubuntu, and Debian is used as an example server in this article. Some commands may differ for other distributions, but the overall process is similar.

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From July 1, 2018, Chrome shows all sites that do not use SSL certificates as "not secure", while sites with SSL certificates receive a boost in weight ranking. In fact, it is easy to issue, install, and renew an SSL/TLS certificate. All needed are a virtual private server (VPS) and a domain name pointing to this server's IP. In this article, I'm going to show how to acquire an SSL cert using acme.

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