linux



Saving resources: how to get the most out of a cheap VPS?

Greetings, friends!Anyone who has ever used servers understands the following situation: you have a small pet project, a Telegram bot, a VPN, or a scraper, and you don't want to buy a powerful machine...

What is Suricata IDS and who needs it to work?

Greetings, friends!In 2026, classical server protection at the port level is no longer enough. Standard firewalls (like iptables or UFW) function like a basic door lock: they either close a port or op...

Game server on VPS: How to set up and destroy lags? The full guide in 2026

Greetings, friends!Anyone who has ever tried to host a game server for Counter-Strike 2, GTA 5 (FiveM), Minecraft, or Rust has faced the three horsemen of the apocalypse: high ping, packet loss, and s...

Windows vs Linux on the server: What should I choose for your project?

Greetings, friends!As a person working in the hosting provider industry and representing the MivoCloud infrastructure, I often see how the question of which OS to choose for a server becomes a stumbli...

Why Do People Choose Docker? What Is Portainer and How to Install It on Ubuntu 24.04

Greetings, friends!Are you familiar with that feeling when you try to install some program on a server, and it requires "dependencies" of a specific version? You update one library, and another servic...