SHSanskriti Harmukhinvultr.hashnode.dev·May 8 · 4 min readSetting Up WireGuard VPN on Ubuntu 26.04WireGuard is a modern VPN protocol built into the Linux kernel since version 5.6, offering a significantly smaller codebase, faster handshakes, and lower latency compared to OpenVPN or IPsec. This gui00
SHSanskriti Harmukhinvultr.hashnode.dev·May 8 · 3 min readInstalling Webmin on Ubuntu 26.04Webmin is an open-source web-based administration panel for Linux servers, providing a graphical interface for managing users, packages, firewall rules, cron jobs, and services without requiring comma00
SHSanskriti Harmukhinvultr.hashnode.dev·May 8 · 3 min readAdding Swap Memory on Ubuntu 26.04Servers with limited RAM are vulnerable to out-of-memory kills during traffic spikes or memory-intensive workloads. Swap provides an overflow area on disk, giving the kernel room to move inactive memo00
SHSanskriti Harmukhinvultr.hashnode.dev·May 8 · 3 min readInstalling Apache Web Server on Ubuntu 26.04Apache is one of the most widely deployed web servers, with native support in Ubuntu 26.04's default APT repository requiring no external sources. This guide covers the full setup from installation to00
SHSanskriti Harmukhinvultr.hashnode.dev·May 8 · 2 min readInstalling Python and pip on Ubuntu 26.04Ubuntu 26.04 ships Python 3.14 in its default APT repository, making it available without any external sources or version management overhead. This guide covers installing Python and pip, verifying th00
SHSanskriti Harmukhinvultr.hashnode.dev·May 8 · 3 min readInstalling MariaDB on Ubuntu 26.04MariaDB is a drop-in replacement for MySQL that remains fully open source under the GPL license, available directly from Ubuntu 26.04's default APT repository with no external sources required. This g00
SHSanskriti Harmukhinvultr.hashnode.dev·May 8 · 3 min readInstalling MySQL on Ubuntu 26.04Ubuntu 26.04 includes MySQL 8.4 in its default APT repository with no third-party sources required. This guide covers installation, service configuration, security hardening with mysql_secure_installa00
SHSanskriti Harmukhinvultr.hashnode.dev·May 8 · 3 min readInstalling Docker Engine on Ubuntu 26.04Running containers on a fresh Ubuntu 26.04 server? The default repositories do not ship a production-ready version of Docker. This guide installs Docker Engine directly from the official Docker reposi00
SHSanskriti Harmukhinvultr.hashnode.dev·May 8 · 3 min readInstalling Node.js and npm on Ubuntu 26.04Ubuntu's default APT repository ships an outdated Node.js build that is not suitable for modern JavaScript development. This guide installs Node.js 24.x from the NodeSource repository and covers NVM a00
SHSanskriti Harmukhinvultr.hashnode.dev·May 8 · 5 min readInstalling the LAMP Stack on Ubuntu 26.04The LAMP stack — Linux, Apache, MySQL, and PHP — powers a large portion of the web, including WordPress, Laravel, and Drupal. Ubuntu 26.04 ships with PHP 8.5, giving you a modern base to build on. Thi00
