Everything I personally do when hosting a website on a new server

> But what if you want to learn the basics of renting a virtual private server (VPS), spinning it up, and configuring it to run your website? Is learning the nitty-gritty of server setup obsolete these days? Maybe, but it's fun! So this is why I'm going to spend the rest of this blog post going highlighting my personal checklist for provisioning and hardening a VPS!