01 Feb 14, 11:49AM
(This post was last modified: 01 Feb 14, 11:52AM by RandumKiwi.)
Draul, although your intentions are good, the way you present yourself comes across that of a dickhead.
QG|Exodus, I've run servers for quite some time and have set them up a lot of times, over and perfected a set-up. Here's a real tutorial for any noob:
1) Research if actually running your own server is of any real benefit to you. Why are you doing it, opportunity cost, etc.
2) Research your VPS provider thoroughly. If you're paying next-to-nothing for a VPS, you'll get what you paid for (i.e. next to nothing). Check your VPS provider gives good service, has a history of uptime, isn't an overnight operation, etc. Check that pings are suitable and PJ is OK.
3) After purchasing your VPS, do the following:
* Google "common linux terminal commands" and learn a few of them.
* Google "how to access SSH with putty"
* Google "how to secure/harden ssh"
* Google "how to secure/harden linux"
* Google "how to block ports with iptables" and then, block all unused ports.
* Google "how to use apt-get update"
* Google "analyzing linux log files"
4) Once you've done lots and lots of research and you're confident your VPS is secure and you're happy that you know enough terminal stuff to do things, then you can haz AC.
5) Extract AC somewhere, go modify the cfg files to your liking.
6) Install "screen"
7) Learn how screen works. HINT: If you want to learn how any linux command works, type "man screen" (or whatever the command is). Use 'q' to quit 'man'.
8) Use this: screen -d -m -S SCREENNAME bin_unix/linux_64_server -c8 -etc -etc -etc (put whatever command line options you want there).
QG|Exodus, I've run servers for quite some time and have set them up a lot of times, over and perfected a set-up. Here's a real tutorial for any noob:
1) Research if actually running your own server is of any real benefit to you. Why are you doing it, opportunity cost, etc.
2) Research your VPS provider thoroughly. If you're paying next-to-nothing for a VPS, you'll get what you paid for (i.e. next to nothing). Check your VPS provider gives good service, has a history of uptime, isn't an overnight operation, etc. Check that pings are suitable and PJ is OK.
3) After purchasing your VPS, do the following:
* Google "common linux terminal commands" and learn a few of them.
* Google "how to access SSH with putty"
* Google "how to secure/harden ssh"
* Google "how to secure/harden linux"
* Google "how to block ports with iptables" and then, block all unused ports.
* Google "how to use apt-get update"
* Google "analyzing linux log files"
4) Once you've done lots and lots of research and you're confident your VPS is secure and you're happy that you know enough terminal stuff to do things, then you can haz AC.
5) Extract AC somewhere, go modify the cfg files to your liking.
6) Install "screen"
7) Learn how screen works. HINT: If you want to learn how any linux command works, type "man screen" (or whatever the command is). Use 'q' to quit 'man'.
8) Use this: screen -d -m -S SCREENNAME bin_unix/linux_64_server -c8 -etc -etc -etc (put whatever command line options you want there).