My machines are hosted in 3 different places. First is at Exoscale, second is Vultr and the third is... my flat. All of them run either OpenBSD on its -current branch, or the latest version of Ubuntu. At this time, that's Ubuntu 19.10. After a couple of years working on OpenBSD ports (i.e. packaging), I believe fresh software is better, security-wise.

https://chown.me/blog/infrastructure-2019.html

#server

Instructions and files to set up a functional OpenBSD server.

A collection of scripts to ease bootstrapping of a new OpenBSD server. Includes nginx with SSL, mail with DKIM, WireGuard and IKEv2 VPN setup. Stack:

- Shell: zsh, oh-my-zsh, tmux
- SSH
- Web server – nginx with automatic http to https redirect and A+ SSL
- Mail server – OpenSMTPD, Dovecot, Rspamd, Redis, RainLoop (+PHP, optional)
- Brute force protection: PF
- VPN: OpenIKED, WireGuard, Unbound, PF

https://github.com/d32f123/openbsd-server-setup

#server

Cruising a VPS at OpenBSD Amsterdam.

When it comes to getting an OpenBSD virtual machine, you can go to your preferred Linux VPS provider and hack its rescue mode to install OpenBSD. Or you can go to a VPS provider that offers booting from an ISO file and getting access to the console. In that case, you’d probably get an OpenBSD VM running on KVM. Which is not that bad.

But you can also book your VM from OpenBSD Amsterdam and let the 100% OpenBSD journey begin...

https://www.tumfatig.net/2025/cruising-a-vps-at-openbsd-amsterdam/

#vps #server