Configure fail2ban custom filter and jail to block WordPress brute force attacks

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Create a custom fail2ban filter and jail to prevent  brute force login attacks on WordPress wp-login.php, xmlrpc.php, wlwmanifest.xml

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Install and configure fail2ban for Nginx on Debian 11

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How to install and configure fail2ban for Nginx using ufw on Debian 11

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Install Nginx Web Server on Debian 11

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How to install Nginx Web Server on Debian 11. Install Nginx and configure Uncomplicated Firewall (ufw). Create a simple test website and basic Nginx http server block.

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Use Certbot to get an SSL certificate from Lets Encrypt for Nginx on Debian 11

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How to use Certbot to get an SSL certificate from Lets Encrypt for Nginx on Debian 11

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Setup SSH Key Based Authentication on Debian from Windows

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How to setup SSH Key Based Authentication on Debian 11 "Bullseye". Create and manage SSH keys using ssh-keygen from Windows 10 PowerShell. Copy public keys to the server and connect using SSH keys.

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Install Linux Integration Services and Hyper-V Daemons on Debian

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How to install Linux Integration Services and Hyper-V daemons on Debian Linux, verify that virtual device drivers are loaded, and Hyper-V services are running. 

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Automatically install updates using unattended-upgrades on Debian 11

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How to install and configure unattended-upgrades for automatically installing security updates and other package updates on Debian 11

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Create a Debian Linux Virtual Machine using Hyper-V

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How to create a generation 2 Linux virtual machine on Hyper-V, assign memory, connect virtual switch and virtual hard disk. Then edit the VM settings, attach the ISO image file and install Debian.

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Install Nginx Web Server, Lets Encrypt, MariaDB and PHP on Debian 11

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A series of step-by-step guides for installing Nginx web Server, MariaDB and PHP on Debian 11. And using Certbot to get a free SSL certificate from Lets Encrypt.

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Install PHP 8.1 for Nginx on Debian 11

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How to install PHP 8.1 for Nginx web server on Debian 11

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Expand Linux Virtual Machine Disk Partition using GParted

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How to increase the size of a Linux Virtual Machine hard disk using GParted

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Expand Hyper-V Linux Virtual Hard Disk (VHDX) using GParted

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How to increase the disk size of a Hyper-V Linux Virtual Machine using GParted 

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Install Debian 11 (Bullseye) Minimal Server

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How to install a Debian 11 "Bullseye" server. Minimal setup with no GUI and with a minimum of packages installed.

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Install msmtp for forwarding system emails on Debian

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How to set up msmtp on Debian 11 for forwarding system emails to an SMTP server or email provider (Office 365, Gmail)

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Debian Linux Server Setup Checklist

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A series of step by step guides for installing and configuring a Debian 11 Linux server.

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Install and configure MariaDB on Debian 11

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How to install and configure MariaDB (MySQL) database server on Debian 11 

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Configure Network Settings in Debian

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How to setup a static IP address and configure network settings in Debian 11 (Bullseye)

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Configure Apt Sources for Updates in Debian

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How to configure apt sources for updates in Debian 11 (Bullseye). Configure apt sources.list repositories, update the package database and install the latest updates on your server.

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Setup Email Notifications for Cron Jobs on Debian

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How to set up email notifications for cron jobs on Debian 11 (Bullseye) using the msmtp SMTP email client.

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