DeluxHost Documentation

Guides and tutorials to manage your VPS or VDS independently

Welcome to DeluxHost documentation. Here you'll find guides to manage your server independently.


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I locked myself out!

Regain access via VNC and reset firewall

VNC Console

Access server even when SSH doesn't work

SSH Access

How to connect to server from Windows, Mac and Linux

Rescue Mode

Recover an inaccessible or corrupt OS server

OS Reinstallation

Reinstall or change operating system from panel

Reset Root Password

How to regain access if you forgot the password

Full Disk

How to free up space and find what's using disk

Email Not Sent

Port 25, blacklist, SPF/DKIM and SMTP relay

Cloudflare

DNS proxy, SSL, CDN and free DDoS protection

WordPress on VPS

Complete installation with LEMP, SSL and optimizations

Nginx Reverse Proxy

Expose Node.js, Python and other apps on port 80/443

Node.js with PM2

Deploy and manage Node.js apps in production

IP Blocking and DDoS

Identify and block malicious IPs and ongoing attacks

System Logs

Read logs with journalctl and find errors

Site Unreachable

502, 503, 403, 500: diagnosis and solutions

DDoS: Traffic Analysis

Capture and analyze traffic during a DDoS attack

FiveM: Opening Ports

Open FiveM ports on Windows with PowerShell or GUI

Windows Performance

Tweaks to optimize a Windows Server VPS

Linux Performance

sysctl, ulimit, I/O scheduler and kernel optimizations

IP Whitelist

Block everything except your IP with iptables/UFW/ipset

RDP: Complete Guide

Connection, port change, multi-user, audio and troubleshooting

PuTTY and FileZilla

SSH with PuTTY and file management with FileZilla on Windows

Migrate VPS

Transfer your Linux or Windows VPS from another provider

Open a Ticket

What to include for quick support resolution

Install Java

OpenJDK on Linux and Windows, multiple versions and JAVA_HOME

Windows Issues

Expired license, missing DLL, locked account, WMIC

Minecraft Server

Paper/Vanilla on VPS Linux with JVM optimizations

CS2 Server

Counter-Strike 2 dedicated server with SteamCMD

WireGuard VPN

Personal VPN on your VPS in minutes

phpMyAdmin

Web interface to manage MySQL/MariaDB

Docker Compose

Multi-container stack with WordPress, Node.js, PostgreSQL

Backup with rclone

Automatic backups to cloud (Backblaze, S3, Google Drive)

Uptime Kuma

Monitoring with Telegram/Discord notifications self-hosted

2FA for SSH

Google Authenticator to protect SSH access

Swap File

Virtual memory to avoid crashes from exhausted RAM

tmux

Persistent sessions: processes stay active after disconnection

PostgreSQL

Installation, users, backups and remote access

Netdata

Real-time dashboard for CPU, RAM, disk and network

Deploy with Git

Automatic deployment on push: bare repo, webhook, GitHub Actions


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