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Security

Advice and information on protecting your servers, systems, and websites.

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Fail2Ban: Comprehensive Protection for Your Servers

Posted in May 2025 on the DeployHQ blog

Install and configure Fail2Ban to block brute-force attacks on SSH, Nginx, and Apache. Includes real log examples, custom jail configuration, email alerts, fail2ban-regex testing, Docker integration, and an honest comparison with CrowdSec and Cloudflare WAF.

How to Implement Server Backups with AWS S3

Posted in January 2025 on the DeployHQ blog

Learn how to build a complete S3 backup strategy for your servers — automated scripts, scheduling, lifecycle policies, verification, and how to deploy backup scripts with DeployHQ.