Adding Cloudflare to the mix of ServerPilot and fail2ban
This guide looks at adding Cloudflare to a set up of ServerPilot and fail2ban with a WordPress jail set up. Once you start using Cloudflare as a CDN solution for your hosting, you are adding another firewall into the equation,…
Add phpMyAdmin to ServerPilot
By default when you set up a ServerPilot instance no GUI app is installed for MySQL interaction, ServerPilot recommend using Adminer which has a similar interface to phpMyAdmin and sits as a standalone single php file which you can use…
Add Lets Encrypt SSL Certs on ServerPilot Free Plan
ServerPilots’ free plan does not offer SSL certs from Lets Encrypt, it is only available on the paid plans, here is a guide below that can allow you to install and renew the SSL certs with a custom script. You…
Deploying a WordPress site via Git Hooks on a ServerPilot Server
This guide looks at setting up a git deployment using hooks to push local commits from a local development to a remote development branch which then published those changes live, stored on a staging domain using a ServerPilot set up.…
Setting Up GeoIP Location on Piwik on ServerPilot
Using a combination of ServerPilot and a Vultr server instance is a great solution for a Piwik server for tracking analytics. After setting up the initial Piwik install here is how you can set up the GeoIP location module set…
Replacing the default ServerPilot Firewall with your own using UFW
ServerPilot comes with a default firewall enabled when you connect to a droplet instance such as from Vultr or Digital Ocean, the only option you have from the ServerPilot control panel is to toggle if on or off. The actual…
Adding WordPress to fail2ban on ServerPilot
Dealing with brute force attacks on WordPress is an issue that you would need to address, this guide looks at adding a solution for WordPress sites running on ServerPilot on a Vultr instance but can be also used on platforms…
Install fail2ban for SSH on ServerPilot / Vultr Instance
ServerPilot out of the box does not have a solution to deal with brute force attacks, it does have a sister company called Heatshield which rejects IP addresses that try and constantly connect to your site, you can also do the…
Set Up LMD Maldet and ClamAV on ServerPilot and VULTR
Set up a malware scanner with LMD Maldet and ClamAV on ServerPilot and an instance like Vultr or Digital Ocean. One of the key server malware scanners is Linux Malware Detect and works very nicely scanning any Linux distribution, it keeps an updated…
Changing the SSH Port in ServerPilot
ServerPilot comes with a default firewall which is enabled and comes in the form of a toggle in the ServerPilot control panel. The panel is a front for the ufw (uncomplicated firewall) app which in turn is a front for…
