vps-provisioninglisted

# VPS provisioning patterns Targeting Debian 12 (Bookworm) and Ubuntu 24.04 LTS. Commands and package names are Debian/Ubuntu unless noted. Verify against your distribution's current docs. ## When to load this skill - Project contains Ansible playbooks, Terraform configs, shell provisioning scripts - Files contain nginx `server {}` blocks, certbot commands, systemd unit files - `.service` files, `ufw allow` commands, `sshd_config` references - User asks about VPS setup, SSH hardening, nginx config, Let's Encrypt, fail2ban, systemd, ufw, unattended-upgrades ## When not to load this skill - Kubernetes cluster management (different abstraction layer) - Cloud-managed services where the OS is not directly accessible (PaaS, Lambda) - Windows Server administration ## Reference files | File | Topics | | ---------------------------------------------- | -------------------------------------------------------------------- | | [initial-setup.md](reference/initial-setup.md) | Non-root sudo user, SSH key auth, disabling root/password login | | [firewall.md](reference/firewall.md) | ufw default policy, allow/deny rules, rate limiting | | [nginx.md](reference/nginx.md) | Server blocks, HTTPS redirect, reverse proxy, gzip, security headers | | [ssl-tls.md](reference/ssl-tls.md) | certbot, Let's Encrypt issuance, auto-renewal