Guides for choosing and running a VPS.
Choose a region, understand crypto payment and account access, then plan storage, encryption and recovery for your workload. Each guide links relevant service conditions and further reading.
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Operations
2 articlesHow to choose a VPS region
“Which VPSDEN region should I choose?”
Compare nine VPS regions by location, prepaid total and practical workload requirements.
A practical VPS hardening checklist
“What should I secure after receiving a Linux VPS?”
Plan SSH access, updates, least privilege, firewall rules and tested backups for a self-managed Linux VPS.
Privacy engineering
4 articlesRAM-only VPS: choosing a diskless workload
“When should I choose a GHOST RAM-only server?”
Understand diskless GHOST plans, volatile state, backups and workloads that need persistent storage.
Country labels and a hosting decision
“Should I choose a VPS using intelligence-alliance labels alone?”
Use practical hosting requirements and published conditions instead of treating a country label as a privacy guarantee.
Disk encryption and remote-unlock planning
“What should I check before using LUKS on a VPS?”
Plan encryption keys, remote unlock, backups and recovery for a Linux VPS without confusing at-rest protection with running-host security.
Reading a warrant canary
“Has VPSDEN published a signed warrant canary?”
Check VPSDEN canary publication status and understand the limits of signatures and update schedules.
Legal
2 articlesCopyright complaints and VPS hosting
“Does an offshore VPS ignore copyright complaints?”
Understand the VPSDEN copyright-reporting process and the limits of an offshore-hosting label.
Buying a VPS without an ID upload
“What does no-KYC mean when buying a VPSDEN server?”
Understand VPSDEN optional contact, access keys, crypto payment and the policies that still apply to the service.
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Choose the resources and region for your project.
CIPHER Sofia starts at €11.04 prepaid for 3 months with base resources and no paid options.
Optional contact · No ID upload · Crypto payment · Preparation after automatic payment confirmation