Add phpMyAdmin to ServerPilot

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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 for individual database users. This guide however goes through using phpMyAdmin instead and using it…

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Replacing the default ServerPilot Firewall with your own using UFW

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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 firewall used is called UFW (uncomplicated firewall) which is a simplistic wrapper over the underlying IP…

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Set Up LMD Maldet and ClamAV on ServerPilot and VULTR

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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 database of known malware exploits from an updated registry. The Linux Malware Detect tool can also integrate…

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Changing the SSH Port in ServerPilot

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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 ip tables but with a lower learning curve, by default the below rules are the…

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