SafeServerSetup
Human-reviewed hardening · Not a script

Secure your VPS in one afternoon, not one weekend.

Give us a fresh Ubuntu or Debian VPS and we’ll return it hardened, documented, and production-ready — with a security audit report you can share with your team.

Turnaround
24–72 hours
Supported OS
Ubuntu · Debian
Payment
One-time
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Works with every major VPS provider
DigitalOcean Linode Hetzner Vultr AWS Lightsail OVH Contabo DigitalOcean Linode Hetzner Vultr AWS Lightsail OVH Contabo
What you get

A sensible security baseline, applied carefully by hand.

No magic scripts. Every change is reviewed, documented, and reversible — and grouped into the six layers below.

Network Auth Maintenance Performance Web · TLS Deliverables
your-vps · hardened.preview secure
Hardened server illustration showing SSH, UFW, fail2ban, NGINX, auto-updates, and audit report
Network

UFW firewall

Default-deny inbound with only the ports you actually use allowed. IPv4 and IPv6.

Auth

SSH keys

We install your public key, disable password and root login, and rotate the port if you want.

Network

fail2ban

SSH jail enabled out of the box, configurable ban times, whitelists for your office or VPN.

Auth

Non-root user

A sudo-enabled user you actually log in as. No more root passwords in a password manager.

Maintenance

Auto security updates

Unattended-upgrades configured for security patches, with optional email notifications.

Performance

Swap + tuning

Swap sized to your RAM, sensible sysctl defaults, timezone and NTP configured.

Web · TLS

NGINX baseline

Hardened defaults, modern TLS profile, security headers, and a ready-to-go virtual host.

Deliverables

Handover document

A plain-English write-up of everything we changed, with commands to verify each piece.

Deliverables

Security audit report

Findings, severity ratings, what we fixed, and what you might want to address next.

How it works

Four steps — most of them done by us.

Credentials in transit are encrypted and wiped 7 days after delivery. The hardened box comes back with new credentials and full documentation.

Encrypted handover illustration: your credentials enter a vault, the hardened VPS comes back
  1. 1
    Pick a plan

    Four tiers from Starter to Enterprise. Pay once, no subscription.

  2. 2
    Pay securely

    Authorize.Net Accept.js — your card data never touches our server.

  3. 3
    Send credentials

    Submit the VPS login in a simple form. Stored encrypted, wiped 7 days after delivery.

  4. 4
    Get your server

    Receive a handover doc, the new credentials, and a security audit report.

What you receive

Three things land in your inbox.

Plain-English deliverables you can share with your team — no proprietary tooling, no agents, no lock-in.

  • Handover document

    Every change we made, in plain English, with the commands to verify each one.

  • Security audit report

    What we found, what we fixed, and what you might want to address next — with severity ratings.

  • New credentials

    A fresh non-root user with your SSH key installed, custom port, and the path forward documented.

Three deliverables: a handover document, a security audit report, and a credentials terminal mockup
Case studies

The kind of work we do.

Sample engagements with role-based attribution and representative numbers — what we typically find on a fresh VPS, what we change, and the before/after you can expect. As real, named-customer engagements ship, they'll appear alongside these.

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Plans

Simple, one-time pricing.

From a single Starter box to a production-ready pair of servers. No recurring charges.

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Starter Hardening

Essential VPS lockdown for a single server.

$9.99 one-time
  • UFW firewall with sensible defaults
  • SSH key authentication (password login disabled)
  • Non-root sudo user
  • fail2ban with SSH jail
Start with Starter
Most popular

Standard Hardening

Starter + NGINX and a clean web baseline.

$12.99 one-time
  • Everything in Starter
  • NGINX installed with hardened defaults
  • Default TLS-ready server block
  • HTTP security headers (HSTS, X-Frame-Options, etc.)
Choose Standard

Pro Stack

Production-ready server for a real app.

$89.99 one-time
  • Everything in Standard
  • Let’s Encrypt TLS certificate with auto-renewal
  • One language runtime installed (Node, PHP, or Python)
  • One database installed (MySQL or PostgreSQL) with least-privilege user
Go Pro
Power users

Enterprise Hardening

Two-server pairing with monitoring and custom rules.

$99.99 one-time
  • Everything in Pro
  • Second server hardened and paired (app + DB split)
  • Private networking between servers
  • Custom firewall rules mapped to your stack
Contact for Enterprise
Booking now · ~24h turnaround

Stop fighting your VPS. Hand off the boring parts.

Pick a plan, send the credentials, and we’ll come back with a hardened box and full documentation — usually within 24 hours.

$9.99
Starter plan
~24h
Turnaround
9
Changes per box
0
Subscriptions

No subscriptions · One-time payment · 7-day credential auto-wipe