Datacenterlight (and IPv6OnlyHosting) beginner's guide¶

• Table of contents
• Datacenterlight (and IPv6OnlyHosting) beginner's guide
  • Status
  • Introduction
  • What am I here for?
    • What is a Virtual Machine (VM)?
    • Networking: IPv4, IPv6?
    • Choosing an Operating System (OS)
  • Getting started
    • Logging in into my VM
    • What can I do, now?
    • (Optional) graphical management helpers/tools
  • Good practives
    • Understanding, and wisely using permissions
    • (Automatically) applying security updates
    • Firewalling your system
    • Versioning configuration
    • Monitoring & backups
  • Advanced topics, further references, common use cases (web, mail, letsencrypt)

Status¶

This document is a DRAFT, there's a lot of WORK IN PROGRESS.

Introduction¶

This page is intended for users that are not familiar with system administration and hope to give them a good stepping stone into this unfamiliar world.

What am I here for?¶

• what do we offer? +links

What is a Virtual Machine (VM)?¶

Networking: IPv4, IPv6?¶

Choosing an Operating System (OS)¶

Getting started¶

Logging in into my VM¶

What can I do, now?¶

(Optional) graphical management helpers/tools¶

Good practives¶

Understanding, and wisely using permissions¶

(Automatically) applying security updates¶

Firewalling your system¶

Versioning configuration¶

Monitoring & backups¶

Advanced topics, further references, common use cases (web, mail, letsencrypt)¶

Yet to be populated.