Upgrading to a New Ubuntu LTS Release

If you SSH into an Ubuntu 20.04 LTS server, you might see a message that encourages you to simply run a command to upgrade to 22.04 LTS: We strongly recommend against upgrading any server with a command like this for a few reasons. However, we can recommend the following options. Option 1: Start Fresh Instead of…

Using SFTP to Connect to Your SpinupWP Servers

FTP (File Transfer Protocol) is still a popular way to connect to a web server and manage files on the server. FTP applications like Cyberduck and FileZilla allow users to connect to the server using a GUI interface similar to a computer’s file explorer application. SFTP (SSH File Transfer Protocol or Secure File Transfer Protocol)…

Using SSH Keys

To encourage security best practices in SpinupWP we disable SSH password authentication by default. Instead, authentication with your servers is done using SSH Keys. How Do SSH Keys Work? The Secure Shell (SSH) protocol allows you to securely connect and authenticate to remote servers over an unsecured network using end-to-end encryption. SSH keys provide a more…

What Does Ubuntu “LTS” Mean?

One of the minor inconveniences in owning and managing your own web servers is knowing which operating system to use. There are a wide variety of open-source Linux distributions (or distros) available for your web server. SpinupWP recommends using either Ubuntu 22.04 or Ubuntu 24.04, which are both LTS releases. If you do a bit…

What’s Installed on Your SpinupWP Server

SpinupWP servers are always set up with the latest stable software versions so you don’t have to worry about the nitty gritty of keeping up with best practices. When you spin up a new server using SpinupWP the following software will be installed: Nginx (with HTTP/2 enabled) PHP-FPM MySQL 8 Redis Git Composer WP-CLI Certbot…

Whitelisting IP Addresses

If you wish to restrict SSH access to your server using IP whitelisting, you will need to whitelist the following IP addresses to allow SpinupWP to connect to your server: IPv4 67.205.131.221 67.205.148.70 68.183.120.65 192.34.58.2 157.245.128.167 104.248.115.117 157.245.82.51 IPv6 2604:a880:400:d0::1720:8001 2604:a880:400:d0::db3:f001 2604:a880:400:d0::db7:8001 2604:a880:400:d1::9b0:c001 2604:a880:400:d0::18f7:4001 2604:a880:400:d0::18f8:2001 2604:a880:400:d1::a9c:2001 This list will definitely be updated in the future….