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Debian Server Setup Guide

Download and install Debian ISO (DVD)

  • Configure networking during installation using the provided IPv4.
  • Use nameserver: 1.1.1.1 or 1.0.0.1.

Check internet connection first

Just ping google.com and see the resoults

The internet does indeed work

You're good to go and can skip the next section 🫠

Internet is fucked up

Danger

Setting those sysctl keys to 1 disables IPv6 at the kernel interface level, so the system will not accept or process IPv6 packets and services. If internet (ping) doesn't work it's better to set manually the getaway

Proceed to disable ipv6

sudo tee /etc/sysctl.d/99-disable-ipv6.conf > /dev/null <<EOF
net.ipv6.conf.all.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.default.disable_ipv6 = 1
net.ipv6.conf.lo.disable_ipv6 = 1
EOF
sudo sysctl --system
ip -6 addr show

Add new user

Create new user

sudo adduser username
sudo ausermod -aG username

SSH setup

On VPS

sudo apt install -y openssh-server
sudo systemctl status ssh
Edit SSH config:

sudo nano /etc/ssh/sshd_config
port 4822
PubkeyAuthentication yes
PasswordAuthentication no
KbdInteractiveAuthentication no
UsePAM yes
PermitRootLogin no

On client:

ssh-keygen -t ed25519 -C "your_email@example.com"
ssh-copy-id username@server_ip
ssh-copy-id username@server_ip

Restart ssh (on VPS)

Restart SSH:

sudo systemctl restart ssh

Correct .nanorc

Make your personal modifications on the nanorc file

nano .nanorc

Correct the .bashrc

Make your personal modifications on the bashrc file

nano ~/.bashrc
Put inside the debian orange theme (arbitrary)
PS1="\[$(tput setaf 196)\]\u\[$(tput setaf 202)\]@\[$(tput setaf 208)\]\h \[$(tput setaf 231)\]\w \[$(tput sgr0)\]$ "

fastfetch

Warning

The fastfetch will NOT work right away you'll must install first fastfetch

Last adjustements

sudo tee /etc/resolv.conf > /dev/null <<EOF
nameserver 1.1.1.1
nameserver 1.0.0.1
EOF

sudo apt install fastfetch              # Essential
sudo apt install qemu-guest-agent       # For the host status on kyun.host dashboard
sudo systemctl start qemu-guest-agent   # Start and enabble the service
sudo systemctl enable qemu-guest-agent

A config file with a backup of all pangolin will be hopefully attatched to this guide